Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

A point to keep in mind - if you can feel the drive moving it may be generating errors!  Depending on the drive, the errors may just be handled internally and I can see it slowing things down though probably would be barely noticeable.  I have seen it myself with random errors from a WD green d

Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

On 28/12/2021 09:30, William Kenworthy wrote: A point to keep in mind - if you can feel the drive moving it may be generating errors!  Depending on the drive, the errors may just be handled internally and I can see it slowing things down though probably would be barely noticeable.  I have seen

Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

William Kenworthy wrote: > A point to keep in mind - if you can feel the drive moving it may be > generating errors!  Depending on the drive, the errors may just be > handled internally and I can see it slowing things down though > probably would be barely noticeable.  I have seen it myself with >

Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

Le mar. 28 déc. 2021 à 13:32, Dale a écrit : > William Kenworthy wrote: > > A point to keep in mind - if you can feel the drive moving it may be > > generating errors! Depending on the drive, the errors may just be > > handled internally and I can see it slowing things down though > > probably w

Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

Le mar. 28 déc. 2021 à 14:03, Jacques Montier a écrit : > > > > Le mar. 28 déc. 2021 à 13:32, Dale a écrit : > >> William Kenworthy wrote: >> > A point to keep in mind - if you can feel the drive moving it may be >> > generating errors! Depending on the drive, the errors may just be >> > handle

[gentoo-user] Kernel 5.15.11 won't boot

I recently upgraded several systems from gentoo-sources-5.10.76-r1 to 5.15.11, using my usual approach copy current config to new sources make oldconfig all modules_install install run dracut reboot All worked well except my desktop, which just sits there showing EFI stub: Loaded initrd from co

Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

Jacques Montier wrote: > / > / > > > Le mar. 28 déc. 2021 à 14:03, Jacques Montier > a écrit : > > / > / > > > Le mar. 28 déc. 2021 à 13:32, Dale > a écrit : > > William Kenworthy wrote: > > A point to keep in

Re: [gentoo-user] Long boot time after kernel update

On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 8:32 AM Jacques Montier wrote: > > Well, il cleaned my dusty mobo, unplugged and plugged again the sata cables. > Now, with or without NCQ, boot time is rather short (~28s). > So it seems it was a connection problem. Yeah, I've suspected my cables for some of these ATA err

RE: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

>> >> -Original Message- >> From: Wols Lists >> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 2:29 PM >> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network. >> >> On 23/12/2021 21:50, Mark Knecht wrote: >> > In the case of astrophotography I will hav

RE: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

>> -Original Message- >> From: Wols Lists >> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 9:54 AM >> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network. >> >> > As always I'm interested in your comments about what works or >> > doesn't work abo

RE: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

>> -Original Message- >> From: Rich Freeman >> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2021 9:50 AM >> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network. >> >> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 12:39 PM Mark Knecht wrote: >> > >> > I'll respond to Rich's po

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 5.15.11 won't boot

On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:40:44 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > I recently upgraded several systems from gentoo-sources-5.10.76-r1 to > 5.15.11, using my usual approach > > copy current config to new sources > make oldconfig > all modules_install install > run dracut > reboot > > All worked well

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 5.15.11 won't boot

On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 16:09:09 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:40:44 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > > I recently upgraded several systems from gentoo-sources-5.10.76-r1 to > > 5.15.11, using my usual approach > > > > copy current config to new sources > > make oldcon

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 5.15.11 won't boot

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:14:51 +, Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 16:09:09 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:40:44 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > I recently upgraded several systems from gentoo-sources-5.10.76-r1 > > > to 5.15.11, using my usual approa

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 5.15.11 won't boot

On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 19:23:31 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:14:51 +, Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 16:09:09 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:40:44 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > I recently upgraded several systems fr

[gentoo-user] SD memory card not erasing, even with dd.

Howdy, As some may recall, I have quite a few deer trail cameras that use SD memory cards.  On occasion some of the cards start acting weird.  I've got one that is really weird.  Usually I just replace them but this one is a bit of a puzzle I'd like to solve.  When it stopped working, it had a doz

Re: [gentoo-user] Ktorrent using a lot of memory recently

computers with nikita nikita wrote: > I dont use Ktorrent, While what you are describing sounds like a > memory leak, > have you considered it could be the active downloads connecting to a > large number of peers? Or it could be it building a very large dht > index (not sure what the proper termino

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 5.15.11 won't boot

Neil Bothwick wrote on 28/12/2021 14:40: > So the bootloader has loaded the kernel but then there is absolutely > nothing. I tried removing the initrd option, but then it went straight to > a blank screen without the above message. I left it for a while, in case > it was just a case of no output, b

Re: [gentoo-user] Ktorrent using a lot of memory recently

If a tool is not working the way it should I chuck it and find one that does. There are many good torrent apps out there. Lee 😎 On Dec 28, 2021 at 12:28 PM, Dale wrote: computers with nikita nikita wrote: > I dont use Ktorrent, While what you are describing sounds like a > memory leak, > have

Re: [gentoo-user] Ktorrent using a lot of memory recently

I recommend qbittorrent (its qt so it should theme nicely with kde), it works really well IMO On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 2:09 PM ny6p01 wrote: > If a tool is not working the way it should I chuck it and find one that > does. There are many good torrent apps out there. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Ktorrent using a lot of memory recently

computers with nikita nikita wrote: > I recommend qbittorrent (its qt so it should theme nicely with kde), > it works really well IMO > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 2:09 PM ny6p01 > wrote: > > If a tool is not working the way it should I chuck it and find one > that d

Re: [gentoo-user] Ktorrent using a lot of memory recently

Yes, you can open magnet links directly from your browser using qbittorrent, I hope you'll be able to solve the memory leak though, good luck On Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 5:40 PM Dale wrote: > computers with nikita nikita wrote: > > I recommend qbittorrent (its qt so it should theme nicely with kde),