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So, this changes how grub.cfg operates. I now have to stick my LFS kernel in the EFI partition (I'm using the EXTRAVERSION var in the Makefile to keep them separate) and now paths are relative to that because it's a mount, not a directory. Also, it's the UUID of the FAT32 EFI partition now, not the ...

I would have just torn it down again and blasted back the tarballs again if it didn't work. I was getting close to doing just that :evil: However, I finally have Arch booting with UEFI, no thanks to my BIOS. I had to go with the "default" EFI install again (like I did with ReFind) only wit...

So... giving this some more thought, the only explanation I can think of for the CSM and Resizable BAR incompatibility would be registers. When you enable the CSM compatibility module in order to boot from MBR code, you are probably using the same registers needed to initialize that Resizable BAR fe...

You could have had shit from Mate in autostart or something. For example, XFCE dumps a bunch of shit in there and it used to be a cat and mouse game of me deleting them, arch putting them back every time there's an XFCE update etc. (I don't even have xscreensaver though, so that does nothing) [groga...

So I'm fairly surprised at what I can enable here in this game. Not only Ultra everything (except no motion blur) and no scaling rubbish, DirectX raytraced shadows and reflections, adaptive sharpening (cleans up after antialiasing lol) and variable rate shading (VRS). That's actually just a performa...

I just got the "filesystem" package that made this change in /usr/lib/sysctl.d and I rebooted. I can verify that it's not fucking with any of my values with the output of: (or I could pipe the results through grep etc.) [grogan@nicetry ~]$ sysctl -a abi.vsyscall32 = 1 debug.exception-trace...

Imagine trying to install one of those high end monster 4 slot cards (I think they're all Nvidia) :) I saw a video with Jay with one of those, it was like that, a big monster with a liquid cooling block (this was the "Megaman" PC build with the steampunk custom tubing). It needed a suppor...

I think I understand what happened with the BIOS and CSM support. While the CSM module is just for backwards compatible booting (you still have a "UEFI BIOS") it conflicts with Resizable BAR support. I still don't understand what that has to do with booting from a master boot record, but i...

Arch has decided to change the default vm.max_map_count to 1048576 (which is far lower than my value lol) If you have already set one, make sure it overrides the default in /usr/lib/sysctl.d. One would think that simply putting files in /etc/sysctl.d would do that, since it's the one that's processe...

Well, somethings things do go right. I got away with putting the RX 570 back in the old computer without taking it off the desk or laying it down or disconnecting anything (power supply switch off and capacitance drained though) with no difficulty. Other than previously getting tools etc. I didn't e...

So the other night I played Odyssey because I couldn't play the games I'm currently most interested in. I found, oddly, that Odyssey ran shittier on this computer with the RX 570 card, vs. the old computer. I hadn't even changed any of the settings because I only briefly tested it on the new rig (I ...

Ray Tracing tested in the game Control. I chose that one to test it first because it's one where I'll notice it (one that needs it). That game has bugged me for a long time, the lighting and dithering and particles. Also, it's not that DXR ray tracing. I have the Ray Tracing settings on High, with a...

Well... no hesitation in either of those games now I tell you (Starfield and Far Cry 6) with maxed out settings. Though I haven't tried enabling the DXR settings... not sure how well our drivers can actually do the ray tracing on RDNA3 at this time, though my card has accelerators for it and they sa...

Fuck... nothing ever goes right. First of all, the card didn't seat right the first time (dropped right in, seemed good but evidently wasn't). It's a monster of a card, big metal support bracket supporting the weight of the card so it won't sag being held by the tang. It's not going to move now. The...

Card arrived as promised. Too late to install right now (have to leave) but that's about as good as it could get around here. Ordered 12:30 AM Friday, here 3:30 PM Saturday (and nobody else delivers on Saturday, Sunday and holidays but Amazon contracted couriers here)

That was caught fast, considering there was no actual payload until very recently. Also, only silly distros would have upgraded xz that quickly, nothing "enterprise" or even mainstream like Ubuntu. It's also just one library, with a specific backdoor, yet I saw sensational headlines like &...

I think the 7700 card should be fine, it's probably 8 months old since release. RDNA3 should be fine on Linux 6.4+ and current stable mesa, so I'll be fine with current kernels and certainly my mesa builds. I just worry about glitchy behaviour on newer hardware series'. By the way, I took that locki...

Yes, with a name like Jia Tan he has to be a Chinese spy

(No, I mean he was playing the long game, a simple miscreant hacker isn't going to do that)

That's good to hear, I'm glad you're some relief and some rest. Yep, you have to judge drug side effects and balance whether its worth it or not. We actually only need a bit of stomach acid (HCl), it's an acidic environment so the digestive enzymes can work. With your overproduction, it's probably s...

Yes, that's significant if something isn't going to fail in 30 days. I'm going to make sure I use the shit out of this new video card in the first 30 days lol Reading that language on Asrock's website, I'd have never bought anything had I seen it before. We'll see how they do after I actually contac...

I spoke too soon on the keyboard light ESD thing. While I haven't had the behaviour while sitting at it typing (pretty sure that's not going to happen anymore, it would have by now), when I came back from being out, I walked up and discharged underneath the keyboard and the 3 lock status lights blin...

Guess what the ESD/EMI problem was all along? That's right, the video card. Something on it must have been shorting to ground. I know it's fixed for real now, I can shuffle my feet on the carpet, walk up on the vinyl mat, touch the computer with both hands... snap. Nothing happens and I tried it sev...

It seems Newegg is a circle jerk too. The "chat" is a bot that tells me "I'm sorry, I can't locate the information you requested" and "chat with a representative" leads to "we're sorry, live chat is unavailable" and it directs me to self help. Also, I notice t...

Asrock's website seems very unhelpful, all I'm seeing are reasons they aren't going to help me. RMA's are only for "Authorized Dealers in the U.S." and I'm to contact my seller. It's like "if you're an end user, you can email support if you want, but...". Then they go on to tell ...

Sonofabitch... neither of those games will even run on this card. Neither Starfield nor Far Cry 6. In both cases I tried renaming their config files but neither game will launch. The card is way below system requirements, but that doesn't usually mean the game won't launch at all. Jeeze. Ahh well, I...

I'm thinking about this: https://www.amazon.ca/GIGABYTE-Graphics-WINDFORCE-GV-R77XTGAMING-OC-12GD/dp/B0CGC5P7H3/ Originally I wanted something in the RX 6700 series because I wanted to stay a series behind for the drivers. This is a RX 7700 XT. I've given up on sub-$500 lol Fuck those stupid, cheape...

... and just guess what the actual problem is. The Assrock RX 6700 XT card beshat itself and died. Last night was a warning. I didn't have any more trouble until tonight, playing Far Cry 6. Well, it died in the same way, only this time for good. Those page faults were a symptom, not the cause. I pul...

Linux 6.8.4 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.4 All reverts to backported workqueue patches that caused regressions. P.S. I found a bugzilla report for this, it can cause the kernel to be unable to unhook things to hibernate and stuff. Stuck work queues etc. That could be wh...

Heh... blacklist ahci blacklist kvm_intel blacklist fuse blacklist dm_mod (in /etc/modprobe.d/whatever.conf) That takes care of all unnecessary modules (and their dependencies). I'll load those manually (in whatever scripts I use to initiate things that would use them anyway) if I need them. Using t...

Something else. This is the first time I've even had to look at logs in 4+ years. I got poxxed off with the way journald was usurping the socket, making it difficult to use syslogd without piping from journald first, and shut logging off altogether. I never once, missed not having logs on Manjaroo/A...