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64-bit no-multilib install on a relatively new Dell Inspiron... |
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1) X works OK, but installing x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel finishes off |
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with the message... |
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WARN: postinst |
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This driver requires KMS support in your kernel |
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Device Drivers ---> |
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Graphics support ---> |
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Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) ---> |
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<*> Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver) ---> |
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i915 driver |
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[*] Enable modesetting on intel by default |
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Note that make.conf contains... |
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VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965" |
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...and X loads the i965 driver, and runs OK. Why is i915 even mentioned? |
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2) "uname -a" gives the following output... |
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[i3][root][~] uname -a |
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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 |
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...but I've already run... |
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[i3][root][~] emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data |
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Configuring pkg... |
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* Updating /etc/localtime with /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern |
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3) The new machine is not co-operating with my hardware KVM switch. If |
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I select the machine while it's booting up, it works fine. But if I |
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switch away and come back, the VGA video does not work. I've confirmed |
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that the keyboard part of KVM still works... |
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* boot up with new machine selected |
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* log in as root in text console mode |
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* switch away |
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* switch back, and there's no video |
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* but if I blindly type "poweroff", it shuts down, so keyboard works |
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Ugly hack... The new machine has VGA and HDMI ports. My monitor has |
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VGA (which the KVM switch uses) and HDMI (and DVI and Displayport?). I |
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can add one more cable to the "rat's nest" under the table. But |
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switching between machines will also require toggling the monitor as |
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well as the KVM. |
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4) media-libs/x265 took 68 minutes to build on a relatively new 4-core |
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Intel Silvermont with 8 gigs of RAM, and X was not running! Time output |
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real 68m48.122s |
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user 87m52.139s |
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sys 0m25.027s |
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It got stuck at a few times building "deblock"... |
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[ 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 |
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When I say "stuck", I mean that "top" shows yasm pegging one core at 100% |
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PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND |
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3520 portage 20 0 178920 171848 2032 R 100.0 2.1 24:48.70 yasm |
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3749 waltdnes 20 0 21808 2824 2340 R 0.7 0.0 0:03.54 top |
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1 root 20 0 4188 1564 1460 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.37 init |
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2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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