From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10007138330 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 04:50:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AF78E09A9; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 04:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6D32E08C7 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 04:50:12 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0B/AwALW9BX/44QNJ1dHRODIQEBAQEBHoEMR7hAggMUhgIEgW05FAECAQEBAQEBAV4nhQ8THBBPEyEFJSQTiEqgT5w3in2HbYIvBZlZgTmNeolaF4V0kEseNoJoG4FpIDSFVgEBAQ X-IPAS-Result: A0B/AwALW9BX/44QNJ1dHRODIQEBAQEBHoEMR7hAggMUhgIEgW05FAECAQEBAQEBAV4nhQ8THBBPEyEFJSQTiEqgT5w3in2HbYIvBZlZgTmNeolaF4V0kEseNoJoG4FpIDSFVgEBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.30,296,1470715200"; d="scan'208";a="271933922" Received: from 157-52-16-142.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([157.52.16.142]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 09 Sep 2016 00:50:10 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:50:09 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 00:50:09 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?) Message-ID: <20160909045009.GA2472@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: a742ceb9-a39f-4f5f-995a-8bc319702dfe X-Archives-Hash: 07eef05fd8f882612f968e98c7b323e1 64-bit no-multilib install on a relatively new Dell Inspiron... 1) X works OK, but installing x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel finishes off with the message... *********************************************** WARN: postinst This driver requires KMS support in your kernel Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) ---> <*> Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver) ---> i915 driver [*] Enable modesetting on intel by default *********************************************** Note that make.conf contains... VIDEO_CARDS=3D"intel i965" =2E..and X loads the i965 driver, and runs OK. Why is i915 even mentioned? 2) "uname -a" gives the following output... [i3][root][~] uname -a Linux i3 4.4.6-gentoo #4 SMP Wed Sep 7 17:12:27 Local time zone must be set= --see zic m x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU= /Linux =2E..but I've already run... [i3][root][~] emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data Configuring pkg... * Updating /etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern 3) The new machine is not co-operating with my hardware KVM switch. If I select the machine while it's booting up, it works fine. But if I switch away and come back, the VGA video does not work. I've confirmed that the keyboard part of KVM still works... * boot up with new machine selected * log in as root in text console mode * switch away * switch back, and there's no video * but if I blindly type "poweroff", it shuts down, so keyboard works Ugly hack... The new machine has VGA and HDMI ports. My monitor has VGA (which the KVM switch uses) and HDMI (and DVI and Displayport?). I can add one more cable to the "rat's nest" under the table. But switching between machines will also require toggling the monitor as well as the KVM. 4) media-libs/x265 took 68 minutes to build on a relatively new 4-core Intel Silvermont with 8 gigs of RAM, and X was not running! Time output real 68m48.122s user 87m52.139s sys 0m25.027s It got stuck at a few times building "deblock"... [ 98%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/common.dir/deblock.cpp.o cd /v= ar/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source-abi_x86_64.amd= 64-main10/common && /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DEXPORT_C_API=3D0 -D= HAVE_INT_TYPES_H=3D1 -DHIGH_BIT_DEPTH=3D1 -DX265_ARCH_X86=3D1 -DX265_DEPTH= =3D10 -DX265_NS=3Dx265_10bit -DX86_64=3D1 -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS=3D1 -I/var/= tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/. -I/var/tmp/por= tage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/common -I/var/tmp/portag= e/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/encoder -I/var/tmp/portage/= media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source-abi_x86_64.amd64-main10 -DNDE= BUG -O2 -march=3Dnative -mfpmath=3Dsse -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-unwi= nd-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fPIC -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -= fPIC -Wno-array-bounds -ffast-math -mstackrealign -fno-exceptions -o CMakeF= iles/common.dir/deblock.cpp.o -c /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/wo= rk/x265_11047/source/common/deblock.cpp When I say "stuck", I mean that "top" shows yasm pegging one core at 100% PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3520 portage 20 0 178920 171848 2032 R 100.0 2.1 24:48.70 yasm 3749 waltdnes 20 0 21808 2824 2340 R 0.7 0.0 0:03.54 top 1 root 20 0 4188 1564 1460 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.37 init 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd --=20 Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications