Questions tagged [gentoo]
Gentoo is a source-based Linux distribution designed to be automatically optimized and customized according to the user's need.
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Cannot modify /lib on Gentoo live image
I am trying to install Gentoo on my laptop. The wifi included is not supported by the Linux kernel, so I found a driver for it. When I went to install the driver to /lib/modules/..., I got the error: ...
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Installing DWM on gentoo
I was just trying to install dwm on my gentoo machine but I keep on encountering the same problem every time I make clean install. The error is...
drw.c:5:10: fatal error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or ...
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How do I enable colours by default for common utilites in PowerShell on (Gentoo) Linux?
I'm currently running Gentoo Linux and have installed PowerShell (app-shells/pwsh-bin) as I am a contrarian.
That being said, I am unable to obtain colour by default when running certain commands. ...
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Why is my backup GPT partition table corrupt on my MD RAID 1? And why does the kernel only see 1 randomly picked member disk a time?
I have 2 disks, each 1TB in size, and both of them are a member of an MD RAID-1 array, as created by this command:
mdadm --create /dev/md0 /dev/sda /dev/sde --level=1 --metadata=1.0
The argument --...
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KDE Plasma problems: All launchers broken, app launcher empty, desktop error message, all file associations missing
After updating Qt to 5.15.8 (testing, ~amd64) on my Gentoo system running KDE Plasma 5.26.5 (~amd64), I'm dealing with a bunch of issues with the desktop:
All launchers are broken, appearing as blank ...
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Grub loads unsigned kernel with secure boot enabled
I am currently dual booting Gentoo and Windows (on two different disks). I boot on the linux drive with grub2, where I can choose either Gentoo or Windows (added by os-prober).
Recently, I updated ...
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"br-connection-not-supported" after trying to connect a bluetooth mouse
I'm trying to connect a Mouse to my Idea Pad Lenovo with Gentoo over Bluetooth.
I have tried with the graphical interface and after some seconds I get br-connection-not-supported.
I don't have an idea ...
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Black screen with i915 driver on newly installed Gentoo system
I am trying to install Gentoo GNU/Linux on my laptop as a dual boot, the other OS being Devuan GNU/Linux (Chimaera).
Devuan is already installed and works properly. In particular, the video card works ...
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Why rc-status changes ip_forward state and how to prevent it?
I've got some issue with gentoo rc-status (currently using sys-apps/openrc-0.45.2-r1 but it was happening long time before this version). From time to time some of machines are loosing ip_forwarding. ...
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Gentoo wifi setup issue: wpa_supplicant works but wpa_cli doesn't
I am trying to setup Gentoo on my laptop and am having trouble connecting to wifi. I've never done this before, so I might be making a simple mistake.
I've been following these instructions. My /etc/...
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hdparm suspend disk : SG_IO: bad/missing sense data
I'm trying to suspend two 8TB drives that are set up as RAID1 with logical volumes on them.
The disks are identical so I show output for only one here but have the same output (bar Unique ID) for both ...
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Is it possible to force specific ram size in linux kernel (with unrecognized sticks)?
First of all I'm asking for an old PowerMac G5 Quad which ultimately is able to boot with
2x1GB DDR2
2x4GB DDR2
2x4GB DDR2
2x4GB DDR2
Problem is it utilizes only the first 2 gigs.
The other 3 pairs ...
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How To enable/disable "Lock Screen" setting from Linux terminal?
Please, do NOT say how to lock screen, i know how to do it.
How To enable/disable Lock Screen service from terminal? Looks it's using xflock4 for locking screen.
I can enable or disable it in ...
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Constant kernel panics (arch and gentoo)
For the past few months, my Linux installation have been kernel panicking every couple of hours or so.It didn't bother me much back then since I had Windows on another drive which I ended up using 24/...
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Reduce microsecond jitter (using realtime kernel)
I have a raspberry pi 4B running Gentoo, with the 5.15.44 raspi kernel & realtime patches applied to it. The kernel is configured for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT (big surprise), as well as ...
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Omnisharp not working with Mono and Unity on Gentoo
My OS is Gentoo, x64. I am currently trying to make VSCode work properly with Unity.
I have 2 Mono installations: one is of version 6.12, which is installed via portage, and the other of version 6.13. ...
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can't write to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/*/energy_performance_preference when ac-adapter is connected
AC-adapter unplugged:
$ echo power | sudo tee energy_performance_preference
power
$ echo $?
0
AC-adapter plugged-in:
$ echo power | sudo tee energy_performance_preference
power
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nmcli doesn't show some SSIDs while iwlist does
I can't connect to some SSIDs because nmcli doesn't show them whenever I run:
~ via ⬢ v16.15.0
➜ nmcli d w r & nmcli d w l
[1] 29060
[1] + 29060 done nmcli d w r
IN-USE BSSID ...
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Microphone fitlered through pulseeffects not being regonized on Zoom
I am using pulseeffects on my microphone inputs to filter my voice a bit. It's working in every other application that supports pulseaudio except Zoom.
Zoom seems my microphone, but it just ignores ...
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problem while upgrading packages on gentoo
While doing the doas emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world command,
this pops up. It doesn't seem like it updated. (I’m a new Gentoo user, so I don't know much).
WARNING: One or more ...
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Does Coreboot/SeaBIOS support GPT partition table?
Few days ago, I flashed my x230 with coreboot with this tutorial.
Now, while I was installing Funtoo using its GPT-Partitioning guide (not using MBR-Partitioning),
I got following error:
EFI ...
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How to get Gentoo Package Count with C Code?
I have a terminal fetching program on my GitHub that is similar to Neofetch but it is written in C instead of bash called Cfetch
I know how to get the package count for Arch with C:
static char *...
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Severe lagging of Gentoo terminal after fresh installation
I have just freshly installed the Gentoo via the latest Minimal installation CD released on January 02, 2022 (OpenRC Stage3). I have installed Gentoo several times before. But none of the time I ...
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How can I change the OS version output?
My uname -r (and as is my real problem, Java system property os.version) returns a version number that has dashes in it. It looks like: 5.9.12-gentoo-blah-blah.
This breaks an app I'm using which ...
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Why are LUKS partitions so slow?
I created a LUKS partition using cryptsetup's default values (cryptsetup 2.3.6).
Read speed on the device:
# cat /dev/md/thedev | pv > /dev/null
yields ~1GiB/s. Reading from the encrypted ...
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Why is my M.2 SSD so slow?
In my system are two M.2 SSD of the same type (Corsair Force MP600). One for Windows, one for Linux.
Copying bigger files on Windows always runs with ~4..5GB/s. Surpassing 5GB/s on larger files - and ...
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KDE+SDDM won't launch Xorg can't find screen (EE) [closed]
So currently I am running gentoo in CLI, and wanted to install desktop enviroment. I followed gentoo wiki, but sddm seems not to work correctly:
GENTOO MACHINE ~ # rc-service display-manager start --...
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media-libs/libogg package won't install because lack of certificate
Intro/Context - https://ibb.co/8jkBNLy.
What I am trying to do: I want to install kde-plasma desktop enviroment, on my gentoo machine that works only in text mode now. emerge --ask kde-plasma/plasma-...
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I can't install the custom gentoo kernel I just built
I have built the kernel with this command
make && make modules_install && make install.
I am trying to install a custom kernel I just build with this command.
genkernel --install --...
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Quemu Network How to?
Hi I'm Really new to quemu well I have try many times but here it's exactly where i get problem i do
qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom install-x86-minimal-20211220T170558Z.iso -cpu host -enable-kvm -m 2048 -...
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Cannot connect my phone: `mtpfs` command and `modprobe fuse` command fail
I am trying to connect my phone in Gentoo. I have mtpfs installed and FUSE enabled in my kernel, user_allow_other set in /etc/fuse.conf. I ran modprobe fuse with and without -fv flags and it produces ...
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Can't interact with DWM
I'm running gentoo and, as the title says, i can't interact with DWM.
By this i mean that Alt+Shift+Return doesn't open a st, Alt+p doesn't open dmenu
Weirdly Alt+Shift+q does exit DWM.
I do have st ...
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Gentoo - iwlwifi: Unknown symbol dev_coredumsg (err -2)
Recently I installed Gentoo on my Lenovo legion 5 laptop
After following the iwlwifi guide, wireless interface still doesn't appear in the ip link list
Here is output of dmesg | grep iwlwifi
[ 5....
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unknown filesystem type 'fat32' when trying to mount /boot
i was trying to do a modification to my gentoo kernel, and while i was doing the installation i got this error when trying to mount /boot, "unknown filesystem type 'fat32'." i looked around ...
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Unable to startx with non-root user (Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied))
I'm unable to startx without root permissions, as it throws me this error:
parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (permission denied)
When I run startx as root, either with sudo or by login, it ...
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mount: /: mount point not mounted or bad option (fresh Gentoo installation)
Just rebooted gentoo install from livecd, and it seems like nothing is writable. On boot I get this error as it tries to remount the root filesystem read/write:
mount: /: mount point not mounted or ...
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Fingerprint reader stop work after first attempt
I'm using fingerprint reader on my Lenovo T495s laptop with Gentoo linux.
I use fprintd service and it works well for login, unlocking screen etc.
Problem occurs when I did not place my finger ...
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How to install PFL (e-file) on Gentoo (in Docker)
I can't seem to figure out how to install pfl in order to get the e-file command.
It was mentioned here that the pfl package would install the e-file command.
So started a Gentoo Docker container and ...
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Grub bootup steps
Am installing gentoo. At Grub bootloader but can’t seem to find kernel, which is odd because it’s existence was verified before restarting the machine. There doesn’t seem to be a “root” or “kernel” ...
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prevent moon key on a Sun keyboard from shutting down my gentoo PC
I have a Sun keyboard attached to my gentoo PC. If I accidentally touch the key with the moon symbol on it (happens once or twice a week as I am reaching for my mouse), it triggers an orderly ...
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Mounting anything during gentoo installation breaks everything using official live cd
It doesn't matter what I mount. Even mounting tmpfs (with mount -vt tmpfs none /mnt) doesn't work.
I'm trying to install Gentoo in a VirtualBox VM, but everything stops working after mounting the the ...
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unable to connect to wlan on gentoo
Could've worded that title better but anyways,
I recently did a gentoo install, networking worked fine during the livecd stage so my network card is probably supported.
Ethernet works with no problem.
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Gentoo - Cannot get internet to work on installation
I am trying out Gentoo for the first time on my PC. It is connected via Ethernet cable.
I downloaded the minimal ISO, I booted to the gentoo kernel, then I tried running the ping command to check for ...
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Xorg freezing during high system load
I have problem with my Gentoo system. Xorg freezes and sound loops when system is under high load. I use Xorg session. Can this problem be caused by the proprietary NVIDIA drivers? If I get rid of ...
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Gentoo invalid profile
So. Been going at the gentoo install without proper instructions until very recently. After emerge-webrsync stage of the install a message pops up saying "your current profile is invalid". ...
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Linux sandbox that shows which files have been created/modified
I use Gentoo Linux.
I need to find out what the program running under root downloads and where it puts the downloaded files.
I would also like to have a sandbox for testing programs from unreliable ...
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How do you merge files with dispatch-conf?
Sorry for such a simple question, but I can't figure this out for the life of me. Neither DISPATCH-CONF(1) nor wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dispatch-conf provide any instructions.
When running dispatch-conf:
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Is it safe to install packages with multiple instances of emerge running at the same time?
I'm currently installing Gentoo by following the Handbook. I ran emerge -uDN @world after changing USE flags and it's taking hours, but I would like to continue with the next step. Is it fine to ...
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Build not found when using the command "make" in gentoo linux
so I've cloned this github repository https://github.com/xiangzhai/rt5370
It's a drive for my wifi adapter.
My problem is that whenever I try to use the "make" command, it returns this error
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I have a problem with sysklogd on gentoo linux
first picture
second picture
when I start the system it gives me an error with the sysklogd logs in the first image the error is found and in the second the output of / var / logs
(I use profile: ...
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