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[76.10.184.45]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id xx7sm6176967pac.3.2016.09.09.08.17.36 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:17:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20160909045009.GA2472@waltdnes.org> From: Daniel Frey X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <57D2D28F.6070306@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 08:17:35 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.8.0 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 In-Reply-To: <20160909045009.GA2472@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 96efddb7-ea7e-48bb-8f13-03730e4a7c7f X-Archives-Hash: 1f8e7108bf110a2b9a62c32e085df4d9 On 09/08/2016 09:50 PM, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote: > 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="intel i965" > ...and X loads the i965 driver, and runs OK. Why is i915 even mentioned? You have built the Intel driver in the kernel correct? It is telling you you didn't build KMS support in your kernel and showing you what needs to be set in your kernel. This will probably correct your problem #3, by the way. > > > 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 > > > ...but I've already run... > > [i3][root][~] emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data > > Configuring pkg... > > * Updating /etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern The new link is /etc/timezone, not /etc/localtime. I would think if you renamed it that problem will go away? > > 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. Try building KMS support (and the Intel driver if you haven't) in the kernel and report back. > > 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 /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source-abi_x86_64.amd64-main10/common && /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DEXPORT_C_API=0 -DHAVE_INT_TYPES_H=1 -DHIGH_BIT_DEPTH=1 -DX265_ARCH_X86=1 -DX265_DEPTH=10 -DX265_NS=x265_10bit -DX86_64=1 -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS=1 -I/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/. -I/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/x265_11047/source/common -I/var/tmp/portage/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 -DNDEBUG -O2 -march=native -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fPIC -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -fPIC -Wno-array-bounds -ffast-math -mstackrealign -fno-exceptions -o CMakeFiles/common.dir/deblock.cpp.o -c /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/x265-1.8-r3/work/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 > > I haven't tried compiling this one so I can't comment on it. Dan