[gentoo-user] vmware + ext4 issue

2018-01-01 Thread Adam Carter
When i run a vmware workstation windows 10 guest on an ext4 nvme drive, I get a kernel crash. The same guest seems stable on an ext4 filesystem on a spinning disk. Should i report this to kernel devs, and if so, how? Dec 31 17:20:39 sysname kernel: [ cut here ] Dec 31 17:20

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.7 no longer switches to VT7

2018-01-01 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:46:06 GMT Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-12-31 01:56, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > If you don't mind my asking, what factors make you prefer vanilla to > > gentoo sources? (I assume that's what you use.) > > One reason is security fixes. Sometimes longterm vanilla alre

Re: [gentoo-user] Troubleshooting mounting local filesystems

2018-01-01 Thread Adam Carter
> > > Can you cut and paste the terminal session of the post boot fixes? > > What are you asking for here? > Just fishing for more info because I cant think of any circumstance that would cause the issue you're seeing. If it were me i'd force an fsck on next reboot, then reboot. I just had a look

[gentoo-user] Re: Running Gentoo in VirtualBox

2018-01-01 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Sun, 31 Dec 2017 12:40:43 -0700 schrieb thelma: > I'm using Gentoo as a server (so it runs 24/7) Apache, Asterisk, Hylafax > etc. > > What are my chances to run Gentoo as a VirtualBox? > > Installing Gentoo takes me 2-3 days (basic setup min., I don't do it > every month so I have to go throu

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.7 no longer switches to VT7

2018-01-01 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hello Kai, Am Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:48:09 +0100 schrieb Kai Krakow: [snip] > If I remember right (many months ago), I fixed it by changing one line > in /etc/sddm.conf: > > [X11] > ServerArguments=-nolisten tcp -keeptty > >This is where

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.7 no longer switches to VT7

2018-01-01 Thread Jörg Schaible
Hi Alan, Am Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:18:12 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon: [snip] > It's probably a dodgy kernel point bersion, 4.14 is problematic. [snip] > If you want to fix the bugs, then by all means soldier on. But if your > intent is to have a working system that boots, probably drop using >

Re: [gentoo-user] Troubleshooting mounting local filesystems

2018-01-01 Thread Daniel Frey
On 01/01/18 01:14, Adam Carter wrote: > Can you cut and paste the terminal session of the post boot fixes? What are you asking for here? Just fishing for more info because I cant think of any circumstance that would cause the issue you're seeing. If it were me i'd force an fsck on n

[gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods

2018-01-01 Thread tuxic
Hi, Happy New Year!!! the programmable pocket calculator "DM42" offers OFFIMAGES, which will be displayed, when the calculator is switched off. The display is pure black and white. For displaying (the illusion of) different shades of gray, one need to convert the colored image into a so called

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods

2018-01-01 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 09:24:46PM +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > […] > For displaying (the illusion of) different shades of gray, one need > to convert the colored image into a so called "dithered" black and > white image (newspapers often use this trick). > Since -- in difference to the ne

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods

2018-01-01 Thread tuxic
On 01/01 10:34, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 09:24:46PM +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > […] > > For displaying (the illusion of) different shades of gray, one need > > to convert the colored image into a so called "dithered" black and > > white image (newspapers oft

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods

2018-01-01 Thread Adam Carter
> > I am looking for a command line tool... > I want to do 'mass dithering' and want neither a gui nor a > heavy program like The Gimp. > > I checked pbmplus and found no useful part for that porpuse... > Does this do what you want? Its installed by default with imagemagick http://www.imagemagick