[gentoo-user] Warning: Do not update PAM on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Andreas Fink
Hello, I've noticed a problem with the current PAM update to sys-libs/pam-1.4.0. The update adds passwdqc USE to sys-auth/pambase, which pulls in sys-auth/passwdqc. However sys-auth/passwdqc fails to build on my system, and leaves me with an installed sys-libs/pam-1.4.0 which is broken and does

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:34:41 +0200, Andreas Fink wrote: > I've noticed a problem with the current PAM update to > sys-libs/pam-1.4.0. > The update adds passwdqc USE to sys-auth/pambase, which pulls in > sys-auth/passwdqc. However sys-auth/passwdqc fails to build on my > system, and leaves me with

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 09:29:39 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:34:41 +0200, Andreas Fink wrote: > > I've noticed a problem with the current PAM update to > > sys-libs/pam-1.4.0. > > The update adds passwdqc USE to sys-auth/pambase, which pulls in > > sys-auth/passwdqc. Howeve

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Andreas Fink
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:51:13 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 09:29:39 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:34:41 +0200, Andreas Fink wrote: > > > I've noticed a problem with the current PAM update to > > > sys-libs/pam-1.4.0. > > > The update adds passwdqc

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:03:00 +0200, Andreas Fink wrote: > > > Thanks for the heads up. To play safe, I emerge passwdqc before > > > emerging @world. It actually emerge without complaint on the three > > > systems I tried. I also made sure I could SSH in after updating PAM > > > before terminating

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

2020-06-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 7:38 PM antlists wrote: > > On 16/06/2020 13:25, Rich Freeman wrote: > > And of course the problem with these latest hidden SMR drives is that > > they generally don't support TRIM, > > This, I believe, is a problem with the ATA spec. I don't understand > what's going on, b

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

2020-06-17 Thread Wols Lists
On 17/06/20 05:47, Dale wrote: > From what I've read, all the drive makers were selling SMR without > telling anyone at first. It wasn't just WD but Seagate as well. Yes, but Seagate didn't start selling SMR drives advertised as "optimised for raid/nas".THAT is what's so bad about the WD case - t

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

2020-06-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 8:32 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 17/06/20 05:47, Dale wrote: > > From what I've read, all the drive makers were selling SMR without > > telling anyone at first. It wasn't just WD but Seagate as well. > > Yes, but Seagate didn't start selling SMR drives advertised as > "opt

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

2020-06-17 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, Dale wrote: [..] >For the /dev/one, I found some which seems to work.  They listed further >down.  I think my google search terms was poor.  Google doesn't have ESP >for sure.  O_o [..] >dd if=<(yes $'\xFF' | tr -d "\n") of= This is correct but _much_ slower than my pr

[gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
Hello, I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? I see that currently gentoo-sources only includes 4.x and 5.x sources. Thanks, raffaele

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

2020-06-17 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 07:32:10 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:42:30 AM CEST n952162 wrote: > > On 06/17/20 06:48, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:08:23 PM CEST n952162 wrote: > > >> On 06/16/20 22:36, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > > > I have not co

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

2020-06-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 June 2020 19:01:54 CEST, Michael wrote: >On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 07:32:10 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:42:30 AM CEST n952162 wrote: >> > On 06/17/20 06:48, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> > > On Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:08:23 PM CEST n952162 wrote: >> > >> On 06/16/20

Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 June 2020 18:52:49 CEST, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >Hello, > >I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for >some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? >I see that currently gentoo-sources only includes 4.x and 5.x sources. > >Thanks, > >raffaele Not enti

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

2020-06-17 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:31:42 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 17 June 2020 19:01:54 CEST, Michael wrote: > >https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/Snapshots2 > > Can you point to where in the commands above the memory anf cpu state is > actually stored and loaded back when reverting to the snapshot?

Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:36:51 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 17 June 2020 18:52:49 CEST, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for > >some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? > >I see that currently gentoo-so

Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for >some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? I see that >currently gentoo-sources only includes 4.x and 5.x sources. You might try sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.1

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

2020-06-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 June 2020 21:32:19 CEST, Michael wrote: >On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:31:42 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On 17 June 2020 19:01:54 CEST, Michael >wrote: > >> >https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/Snapshots2 >> >> Can you point to where in the commands above the memory anf cpu state >is >> actually

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

2020-06-17 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:55:19 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 17 June 2020 21:32:19 CEST, Michael wrote: > This brings another problem I have with KVM/QEMU: all howtos and documents I > find show long commandline options to just start the VM. I have not found > one where I can provide all the

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualbox in headless configuration broken after update: delayed echo [ RESOLVED, kinda ]

2020-06-17 Thread William Kenworthy
On 18/6/20 3:55 am, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 17 June 2020 21:32:19 CEST, Michael wrote: >> On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:31:42 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> On 17 June 2020 19:01:54 CEST, Michael > > This brings another problem I have with KVM/QEMU: all howtos and documents I > find show long co

[gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread William Kenworthy
Hi all,     I ve just installed MS-Teams from portage and do not have webcam video (it sees the USB code, but gives a black screen).  I also tried the linux download from MS and it behaves the same.  The camera works fine in teams on chromium, Firefox, zoom etc. under the same user. Has anyone an

Re: [gentoo-user] old kernel on Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread Gerrit Kuehn
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:52:49 + Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > I might need to build and run an old 3.x kernel on a Desktop PC for > some very specific tests. Would Gentoo be a good solution? I see that > currently gentoo-sources only includes 4.x and 5.x sources. There is still 3.x in the vanil

Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:58:00 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: > Hi all, > > I ve just installed MS-Teams from portage and do not have webcam > video (it sees the USB code, but gives a black screen). I also tried > the linux download from MS and it behaves the same. The camera works > f