Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.07.2015 um 18:15 schrieb Daniel Frey: > Well, I sure haven't had much luck with SSDs. This will be the third one > I've lost. > > On Wednesday I was watching my mythtv frontend when it hardlocked. Last > time this happened the 7-year-old rust recordings drive failed. However, > all that check

[gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Hardly had I said that MBR had caused me no problems in years, guess what? It did. I tried to mount /boot (ext2) to install a new kernel but it couldn't be mounted - wrong fs type or some such. When I got it mounted as ext4 it looked fine. Fsck had found nothing wrong either, but fd

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 28 July 2015 12:34:15 I wrote: > Looks like time I investigated GPT or BTRFS. But I don't want to go from > GRUB legacy to GRUB-2. Is that possible? In particular, is there a suitable installation medium that can create BTRFS before installing into it? -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:39:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > In particular, is there a suitable installation medium that can create > BTRFS before installing into it? System Rescue Cd, I've just installed a new laptop with it, using btrfs for everything but /boot. -- Neil Bothwick First Law of

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:39:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> In particular, is there a suitable installation medium that can create >> BTRFS before installing into it? > > System Rescue Cd, I've just installed a new laptop with it, using bt

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Stroller
On Tue, 28 July 2015, at 12:34 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > But I don't want to go from GRUB legacy to GRUB-2. Is that possible? I didn't want to go to GRUB-2 either but, in fact, doing so was far easier than I expected. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [150727 23:07]: [..SNIP..] > I tried the stripped down version of wpa_supplicat.conf with mixed > results. I changed it as follows: > > hw_mode=n # a simply means 2.4GHz > channel=0 # the channel to use, 0 means the AP will search for > the channel w

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 28 July 2015 08:31:58 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:39:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> In particular, is there a suitable installation medium that can create > >> BTRFS before installing into it? > > > > Syst

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Todd Goodman [15-07-28 17:01]: > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150727 23:07]: > [..SNIP..] > > I tried the stripped down version of wpa_supplicat.conf with mixed > > results. I changed it as follows: > > > > hw_mode=n # a simply means 2.4GHz > > channel=0 # the channel to use, 0

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Thanasis
On 07/28/2015 06:27 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: By the way...While tumbling down the google hole ;) I came across "hostapd" which exactly seems to be build for the purpose I want: An access point. BUT: I could not decide, what tutorial is correct: Do I still need wpa_supplicant with hostapd

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 28 July 2015 08:31:58 Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> > I've just installed a new laptop with it, using btrfs >> > for everything but /boot. > > I know you use grub-2, which can

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Thanasis [15-07-28 18:08]: > On 07/28/2015 06:27 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > >By the way...While tumbling down the google hole ;) I came across > >"hostapd" which exactly seems to be build for the purpose I want: An > >access point. > > > >BUT: > >I could not decide, what tutorial is corr

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:26:14 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > Yeah, that one probably would need some hand-rolling unless you > basically wanted to write your own mkconfig plugins or your own > mkconfig. Writing your own mkconfig plugin is pretty simple, it's just a shell script that spits out the re

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 11:28]: [..SNIP..] > Hi Todd, > > thanks for your help! :) > > I will to adjust the config file and see what will happen... > Dont worry about the password...it is a fake one. If everything is > running fine, if will choose a more random one. > > By the way...While

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Thanasis
On 07/28/2015 07:36 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: When starting hostapd, it says: * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Bringing up interface wlan0 * Running preup ... * Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... *

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Todd Goodman [15-07-28 19:08]: > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 11:28]: > [..SNIP..] > > Hi Todd, > > > > thanks for your help! :) > > > > I will to adjust the config file and see what will happen... > > Dont worry about the password...it is a fake one. If everything is > > running fine, if will

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 13:25]: > Todd Goodman [15-07-28 19:08]: > > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 11:28]: > > [..SNIP..] > > > Hi Todd, > > > > > > thanks for your help! :) > > > > > > I will to adjust the config file and see what will happen... > > > Dont worry about the password...it

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Todd Goodman [15-07-28 19:48]: > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 13:25]: > > Todd Goodman [15-07-28 19:08]: > > > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 11:28]: > > > [..SNIP..] > > > > Hi Todd, > > > > > > > > thanks for your help! :) > > > > > > > > I will to adjust the config file and see what will h

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 14:08]: [..SNIP..] > Hi Todd, > > I unblocked with rfkill and I am a step further: > The SSID is shown on my tablet together with a > boobastic signal strength (no wonder: distance is below 30 cm...;) > BUT: No connect...: > > I start hostapd by hand since wpa_supp

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Todd Goodman [15-07-28 20:24]: > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 14:08]: > [..SNIP..] > > Hi Todd, > > > > I unblocked with rfkill and I am a step further: > > The SSID is shown on my tablet together with a > > boobastic signal strength (no wonder: distance is below 30 cm...;) > > BUT: No connect

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Thanasis [15-07-28 19:28]: > On 07/28/2015 07:36 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > >When starting hostapd, it says: > > * Caching service dependencies ... > >[ ok ] > > * Bringing up interface wlan0 > > * Running preup ... >

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 14:44]: [..SNIP..] > Hi Todd, > > ok, I've fixed that...now it displays another error: > > >/usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE > Using interface wlan0 wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Bruce Schultz
On 29 July 2015 2:26:14 AM AEST, Rich Freeman wrote: >On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Peter Humphrey > wrote: >> On Tuesday 28 July 2015 08:31:58 Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Neil Bothwick >wrote: >> >>> > I've just installed a new laptop with it, using btrfs >>> >

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Todd Goodman [15-07-28 21:16]: > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 14:44]: > [..SNIP..] > > Hi Todd, > > > > ok, I've fixed that...now it displays another error: > > > > >/usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > > Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > > wlan0: interface state UNINITI

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 15:31]: [..SNIP..] > Hi Todd, > > thanks for all your help and patience... :)) > > The recursive(recursive(recursive).problem.).problem).problem has > been solved by rebooting my PC (due to the new kernel) and restarting > the tablet PC. > > Now I am fighting again

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:29:18 +1000, Bruce Schultz wrote: > >You may not need an initramfs to run root on btrfs as long as btrfs is > >compiled into your kernel (I haven't looked into it closely though). > > But I think you do if your btrfs is raid 1. The kernel can't mount > multidisk btrfs unt

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 21:18:43 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:29:18 +1000, Bruce Schultz wrote: > > >You may not need an initramfs to run root on btrfs as long as btrfs is > > >compiled into your kernel (I haven't looked into it closely though). > > > > But I think you do if your b

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 20:35:55 Todd Goodman wrote: > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 15:31]: > [..SNIP..] > > > Hi Todd, > > > > thanks for all your help and patience... :)) > > > > The recursive(recursive(recursive).problem.).problem).problem has > > been solved by rebooting my PC (due to the n

Re: [gentoo-user] Hubris?

2015-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:59:40 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > But I think you do if your btrfs is raid 1. The kernel can't mount > > > multidisk btrfs until it done a btrfs device scan in userspace, run > > > from initramfs. > > > > According to the btrfs wiki you can pass > > device=/dev/sda1,device=/

[gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-28 Thread gottlieb
I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd). lspci reports 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59) I looked this up and it requires the iwlwifi driver and iwlmvm, which I enabled in the kernel (as modules). lsmod reports Module

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick [15-07-29 03:32]: > On Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 20:35:55 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 15:31]: > > [..SNIP..] > > > > > Hi Todd, > > > > > > thanks for all your help and patience... :)) > > > > > > The recursive(recursive(recursive).problem.).problem).problem has > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick [15-07-29 03:32]: > On Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 20:35:55 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 15:31]: > > [..SNIP..] > > > > > Hi Todd, > > > > > > thanks for all your help and patience... :)) > > > > > > The recursive(recursive(recursive).problem.).problem).problem has > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with wireless on new install

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
gottl...@nyu.edu [15-07-29 03:32]: > I am having trouble with wireless on a new install (gnome/systemd). > > lspci reports > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59) > > I looked this up and it requires the iwlwifi driver and iwlmvm, which I > enabled in the kernel

[gentoo-user] Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, the AP is now up and running ... but the the transfer rates are only about 80 Kb/sec (conky). I use an Atheros based USB wifi dongle, create_ap for setup and the internet connection goes via my PC. There are no other transfers running (check with wireshark), beside occassional dns and pop3

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > the AP is now up and running ... but the the transfer rates are only > about 80 Kb/sec (conky). > > I use an Atheros based USB wifi dongle, create_ap for setup and the > internet connection goes via my PC. There are no o

Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

2015-07-28 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 03:42:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Mick [15-07-29 03:32]: > > On Tuesday 28 Jul 2015 20:35:55 Todd Goodman wrote: > > > * meino.cra...@gmx.de [150728 15:31]: > > > [..SNIP..] > > > > > > > Hi Todd, > > > > > > > > thanks for all your help and patience... :)) > > > >