| Oontz turn on dual pairing
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| Turn them both on. One should be paired with your phone, the other should be flashing blue, trying to connect.
On the Play Control Speaker (speaker with solid Blue Light) press and hold down the Play/Pause button for 5 seconds until the flashing White Light appears and the speaker says “Dual Pairing”. - The Play Control Speaker will then connect to the second speaker.
There is NO WAY you can guess this. You'll be back here to re-learn...
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| Ubuntu and shitty Seiki
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| AMD
Radeon driver sucks, won't go over 1080p; and Dune (AMD chipset) overscans so you can't see the edge.
The only fix I found was to use xrandr. It kinda sucks though bc it's a resize solution that blurs all pixels. Cest la vie.
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set underscan on
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set "underscan hborder" 40 --set "underscan vborder" 22
Let's try the binary ATI driver.
lspci -vvnn | grep VGA
[...] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780 [Radeon HD 3200] [1002:9610]
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| nvidia
For 4k video on an nvdia chipset (like wimpy), first get Ubuntu to use nvidia's driver:
- Go to System Settings-> Software & Updates
- Select the Additional Drivers tab
- Select the tested, proprietary NVIDIA binary driver
- REBOOT - the nvidia driver works at the kernel level so you won't be able to just restart X. fools
- WHY does ubuntu make you do all this?
Next, here is the "magic super-secret" Seiki 4K goo that should go in xorg.conf (if needed).
It's from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164924
See /etc/X11/xorg.conf for the full details:
# MDM added based on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164924
# Modeline "3840x2160" 307.00 3840 4016 4104 4400 2160 2168 2178 2250 +hsync +vsync
# MDM 2015/02/12 A more recent one from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164924&page=3&s=b53cb9ea1b751f4b9f2fe1aadfb6f43f
Modeline "3840x2160" 296.70 3840 4016 4104 4400 2160 2168 2178 2250 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "1920x1080" 297 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
To get a full output of what the hell X is doing:
scite /var/log/Xorg.0.log &
# Or create one if needed
X -logverbose 6 :2 # this crashed my machine but did produce a log first
scite /var/log/Xorg.2.log &
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| Fix things after IP changes
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| Time Warner seems to keep giving the same IP back to my main linux router/server, as long as the NIC card doesn't change. It also happened when they upgraded my service (and started labeling my IP as dynamic to SpamHaus, fuckers...).
If it changes, fix these things:
- Update the IP at 1and1.com for ALL domains, bleh...
- mod evasive has a whitelist, it needs the actual IP, bleh...
-rw-r--r-- 1 m m 1.1K Mar 28 22:13 /home/m/config/etc/apache2/modules.d/10_mod_evasive.conf
- reset cable modem (see specific steps)
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| Reset 1020 cable modem so it grants a real IP address (not private)
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Resetting things sometimes has to be done in this precise order:
- cable modem -> blue cable -> **ONBOARD** bitpost NIC
- LAN switch -> yellow cable -> **ADDON CARD** bitpost NIC
- power off bitpost and cable modem
- power up cable modem
- wait 5 minutes
- power up bitpost
- verify that you can ping google.com, LAN works, etc.
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| BOX: bitpost
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Update gentoo kernel
| drives
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My primary server at Blount St
bitpost ~ # df
Filesystem 1G-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda7 171G 143G 19G 89% /
/dev/sdb1 3668G 3343G 326G 92% /spiceflow/tvmind-4g-mel
/dev/sdc1 5545G 3585G 1681G 69% /spiceflow/film-6tb-bp
/dev/md0 3668G 1578G 1904G 46% /spiceflow/softraid
(^sdd+sde)
/dev/sdf1 3667G 1G 3667G 1% /spiceflow/hare-s3-4t
bitpost ~ # lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 190M 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3.8G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 55.9G 0 part
└─sda7 8:7 0 173G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 3.7T 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 3.7T 0 part /spiceflow/tvmind-4g-mel
sdc 8:32 0 5.5T 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 5.5T 0 part /spiceflow/film-6tb-bp
sdd 8:48 0 3.7T 0 disk
└─md0 9:0 0 3.7T 0 raid1 /spiceflow/softraid
sde 8:64 0 3.7T 0 disk
└─md0 9:0 0 3.7T 0 raid1 /spiceflow/softraid
sdf 8:80 0 3.7T 0 disk
└─sdf1 8:81 0 3.7T 0 part /spiceflow/hare-s3-4t
2019/06/01 spicey-3g died just as its replacement arrived, cest la vie. lost a bit of everything, move on. replaced with hare-s3-4t:
Jun 2 17:40:54 bitpost kernel: ata8: hard resetting link
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: ATA-11: Samsung SSD 860 QVO 4TB, RVQ01B6Q, max UDMA/133
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: 7814037168 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8: EH complete
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Samsung SSD 860 1B6Q PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: Enabling discard_zeroes_data
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] 7814037168 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.64 TiB)
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: Enabling discard_zeroes_data
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: ata8.00: Enabling discard_zeroes_data
Jun 2 17:40:55 bitpost kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI disk
Before, at Peace Street...
I had to stuff the goddamned drives right into the case since the rosewill was giving me such shit.
In hindsight, it might not have been the rosewill at all...
I am considering restuffing the box with the drives...
but for now, i have this:
sda root
sdb1 tvmind
sdc1 film
sdd & sde softraid
sdf1 spicey
sdg1 reservoir
sdh1 plethora
sdi1 win
Before it was like this:
================================
BAYS of the bitpost.com Rosewill
================================
To figure this stuff out, it was easiest to mount/umount drives and/or just access the mounted files
(and watch the bay lights, of course)
Disk layout:
8 7 6 5
4 3 2 1
1) spicey-3g-mel
2) reservoir-3g-mel
3) tvmind-4g-mel
4) newraid1-4tb-bp WD Black installed 2014-10-05
5) plethora-3tb-bp i hope this was not being used - 3GB Seagate barracuda - mount says some ntfs looking thing with no partitions and unable to mount - so i reformatted ext4
6) win-pax09 some old windows drive with lots of game goodies; also has sdf2 swap partition (kill it some day)
7) film-6tb-bp WD Green installed 2014-10-05
8) newraid2-4tb-bp WD Black installed 2014-10-05
================================
Before THAT, it was this...
8 bay SATA tower houses these drives:
- 2.0tb archive (sdb right?)
- 250gb landofthelost circa ABB timeframe /dev/disk/by-label/LandOfTheLost /dev/sdc1
- 1.5tb raid drive #1 /dev/disk/by-label/d-sp-raid -> ../../sdd1
- 2.0tb latest /dev/disk/by-label/d-sp-20newmovies -> ../../sde1
- 1.5tb raid drive #2 (needs label change maybe)
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There are also these drive partitions:
- / /dev/sda4
- ubuntu root ub_root -> ../../sda5
- /vista /dev/sda3
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| rtorrent keys
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rtorrent CAN actually work pretty well, IF you pay attention to these basic keys:
- enter - specify a torrent file to load - USE TAB COMPLETION
- ctrl-d - STOP torrent, smack that shit, delete it forever
- ctrl-s - START torrent - WARNING ONLY WORKS IF YOU DISABLE TERMINAL CAPTURE with...
stty stop undef
stty start undef
- ctrl-o - change download dir
- ctrl-k - close files - needed before ctrl-o, usually
- ctrl-r - recheck hash
NOW GET rutorrent going! :-)
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| rtorrent fix torrents that didn't move into place properly
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* if the torrent is archived properly, use move_and_resymlink to move it:
cd ~/download/torrents/archived/symlinks
move_and_resymlink [symlink] [destdir]
- if things are a mess due to hard drive failure (etc), you should do this:
- use r(u)torrent to see where rtorrent thinks the files are
- copy the files, if available, to the final destination (under a .* dir in symlinks)
- create a symlink: ln -s .music/Fresh/ELO-Secret\ Messages ELO-Secret\ Messages
- close the torrent files (ctrl-k), move the destination (ctrl-o), start again (ctrl-s)
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| Creating a new ssh key pair for no-password access to a remote system
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Say you've got a new machine with user [m] and you want to connect to it, do this:
- install sshd, make sure it's running
- get on the new machine - ssh to the new machine by typing the password if you don't have direct access
- $ scp m@tdm:.ssh/id_rsa .ssh/
- $ scp m@tdm:.ssh/authorized_keys .ssh/
wow I just had serious issues with basic ssh usage, so i'll put a summary on the wiki
basically most misunderstandings stem from describing these two:
client: machine that is trying to ssh into the server
server: machine that the client user wants to get to
most poor sots are just sitting on the client
and they create a pair and push their public key to the server
but in my case, more often, i want to create a pair on the server
and push the private key to the multiple places i need to connect FROM
when doing that, you have to push the public key into the server's authorized_keys
and configure the client to juggle multiple private keys
create a key pair:
ssh suser@server
ssh-keygen
use defaults
will create:
.ssh/id_rsa (private key)
.ssh/id_rsa.pub (public key)
put the public key in place:
cd .ssh
cat id_rsa.pub >>authorized_keys
put the private key on the client and configure:
scp id_rsa cuser@client:.ssh/id_rsa_server
ssh cuser@client
em .ssh/config
Host tdm thedigitalmachine.com
Hostname thedigitalmachine.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
User m
Host server
Hostname server.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_server
User suser
all is full of light
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| bitpost LAN IP addresses
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All IP address management happens on bitpost, via dnsmasq, which, rocks.
- Set up machine names in /etc/hosts
- Set up IP leases by MAC address in top of: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
Initially set up bitpost with DHCP as follows:
config_eth0="dhcp"
config_eth1="192.168.22.1/24"
Turn DHCP-assigned IP into static as follows:
- /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
dhcpcd[3867]: eth0: carrier acquired
dhcpcd[3867]: DUID 00:01:00:01:1a:c3:6f:da:e0:3f:49:a3:4b:d9
dhcpcd[3867]: eth0: IAID 49:a3:4b:d9
dhcpcd[3867]: eth0: rebinding lease of 66.57.227.83
dhcpcd[3867]: eth0: leased 66.57.227.83 for 86400 seconds
dhcpcd[3867]: eth0: adding route to 66.57.226.0/23
dhcpcd[3867]: eth0: adding default route via 66.57.226.1
config_eth0="66.57.227.83/23"
routes_eth0="default via 66.57.226.1"
- /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
We will monitor and log success here to see how it goes.
- 2014/05/05 set to static 66.57.227.83/23, gateway 66.57.226.1
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| view dnsmasq IP leases
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cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
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|
| BOX: viper
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2016 ASUS Republic of Gaming laptop
| Boot from USB
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I had to flip bios switches:
- Disable secure boot
- Enable CSM (some compatibility bullshit)
- Reboot, THEN USB will show in boot options, just hit del to enter bios, go to save page, and select the USB you want to override on next boot. PITA!
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| Trackpad
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toggle_trackpad.sh
xinput list # recently, "Elan Touchpad" is #14
xinput list-props 14
xinput --set-prop 14 "Trackpad Sensitivity" 55 # speed (55 good, 75 faster)
xinput --set-prop 14 "Trackpad Touch Pressure" 6 1 # finger (6 1) vs thumb (12 1)
- Persist settings here (note they kinda match up but diff names, sigh):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics.conf
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| BOX: wimpy
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| My main gaming machine
P8P67LE mobo Intel i5 quad core
website
- HARDWARE:
- Plug keyboard/mouse hub into TOP USB SLOT in back or BIOS won't recognize it
- Make sure you plug Vive usb into a USB 3.0 slot
- ON BOOT:
- REMOVE USB KVM or the keyboard won't work - most of the time that's ok because we let it go through
- IF you boot into ubuntu, the USB hub didn't seem to work, i had to plug right into mobo
- had to install from iso after windows update got stuck FUCK OFF
it TOTALLY WENT ON A DIET
my 148GB drive was only using 34GB AFTER the install and cleanup
WAY better than before
took the time to move EVERYTHING I COULD to fatboy
steam base install, plus games
origin base install, plus games
visual studio ce, plus mobile, c++, game dev
but it sucked up 36GB on "system drive", assholes
they dump android stuff, ios stuff, all this bullshit there
cest la vie
installing:
chrome (like pulling teeth to get it set as default)
steam, games
origin, games
vs ce 2017 edition w/xamarin,c++,games,unity
OLD NOTES:
drives and partitions:
- sda HDD, OLD OSes, need to wipe and reformat to ntfs; sda2 ntfs 1.1TB old??
- sdb
- sdb1 fat32 300MB wimpy-efi
- sdb2 ntfs 147GB windows10???
- sdb3 fat32 287MB /boot/efi
- sdb4 linux-swap 7GB
- sdb5 ext4 wimpy-ubuntu-ssd 216GB
- sdb6 ext4 wimpy-gentoo-ssd 54GB
- sdb7 ext4 wimpy-openelec 19GB
- sdb9 fat32 "boot, esp"
check in windows:
wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber
boot is in /ubuntu/boot
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| BOX: case
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Fixing boot
Windows Updates tend to clobber the EFI boot setup.
THen you have to set BIOS to boot with "UEFI+Legacy", and put the UEFI "USB" drive first in front of the "Windows Boot Manager" one.
THen reboot, you should get grub.
Go into Ubuntu and reinstall refind.
Boot back into bios, and set back to UEFI boot. Leave the USB drive first. Reboot and yhou should get refind again. FU Bill.
Install Ubuntu
To originally install ubuntu, I had to add [... --- nomodeset] to the boot line in the grub booter.
Then I had to use a desktop 1080p monitor - the 4k Sony would not come up for some reason.
The Seiki is working fine now, go figure.
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| BOX: Raspberry Pi 2 and 4k
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You can override settings in /flash/config.txt; here's how, from here:
mount -o remount,rw /flash
nano /flash/config.txt
# Make your changes, then ctrl+x to save.
mount -o remount,ro /flash
reboot
Settings for 4k (from here)...
disable_overscan=1
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080
hdmi_cvt 3840 2160 30
framebuffer_width=3840
framebuffer_height=2160
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_pixel_freq_limit=400000000
max_framebuffer_width=3840
max_framebuffer_height=2160
I couldn't get 4K to stick in OpenELEC tho (except for the splash screen(!))...
Settings->System->System->Video->Refresh->30Hz
Settings->System->System->Video->Resolution->3840x2160
(it won't come up, just drops back to 1080p.. just as well, video at 30fps sucks...)
And to overclock the Pi 2 (from here):
# OVERCLOCKING TO 1.1 GHz, EXTREME
# default is 700
# this will NOT void the warranty :-)
arm_freq=1000
sdram_freq=500
core_freq=500
over_voltage=6
temp_limit=80 #Will throttle to default clock speed if hit.
#
# there is also the "turbo" thingee (that "voids warranty", hot!!)
#force_turbo=1
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| BOX: melange
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| My primary dev box
90% ubuntu for development
10% gaming machine, has steam, low end half-height video card that works fine for Risk of Rain etc.
It has a mid-range video card, enough to drive 1080p x 2 for development.
This used to be the primary Kodi box up until 10/2015, should still be current.
It has the same high-end i5 or i7 of other 2015 boxes, fast.
| drives
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- /dev/sda contains ubuntu, kodi, windows - using ubuntu 90% of the time
- /dev/sdb melange_data
used gparted to remove existing partitions
used gdisk to create an EFI partition table and an 8300 "linux file system"
mkfs.exfat /dev/sdb1
exfatlabel /dev/sdb1 melange-data
emacs /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-label/melange-data /melange_data exfat noatime 0 0
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| BOX: wallee
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| My 2009 MacbookPro 5.3 multi-boot laptop (see blog for multi-boot howto)
Ubuntu
Install all hardware-specific packages in one shot:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer xserver-xorg-input-mtrack
Post-install MUST-DOs:
- broadcom "b43" wifi driver:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
(reboot)
- synaptic driver (for trackpad)
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-mtrack
# use synclient to determine what works best
su -
synclient -l # lists all params
synclient PalmDetect=1 # temporarily change settings
# save what you like, here:
root@wallee:~# emacs /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics.conf
Windows 10
- Upgraded existing Windows 8.1
- Hack the INF file of the nvidia driver to get it to install - runs PERFECTLY
- Add bluetooth stack - or not - i think i ended up back at the default Windows
- keyboard driver to get function key working: /spiceflow/softraid/software/OS/windows/macbook_windows10_drivers/AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe
Then one day... it just stopped booting... Ten-Plus says the main board has a bad power circuit or something... sad day, MOVE ON.
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| BOX: tdm
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| My primary server that does just about everything internet-related
P8P67LE mobo Intel i5 quad core
names that are hosted:
- thedigitalmachine.com
- thedigitalage.org
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| BOX: dune
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| Follow the ubuntu install.
We also use a StarTech AC600 ac wifi adapter. The chipset is specified here. It's a Realtek - RTL8811AU. It is not supported with the vanilla 15.04 kernel, but it's easy to build a module from sources available on github:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au.git
cd ~/rtl8812au
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au
Then, run NetworkManager and nm-applet, and as soon as you plug the USB dongle in and remove the wired connection, you'll get a running wifi applet, YES.
We also want to drive the crappy Seiki at 4K. A 4k mode shows up in our X probe, but ubuntu is not picking it...... yet...
OLD gentoo NOTES
My XMBC media center and samba-based storage server
AMD
post-kernel tasks:
make sure you update /etc/conf.d/modules for any new modules added
update-modules
module-rebuild populate
module-rebuild rebuild (if you feel brave)
module-rebuild list (if you want to do it manually)
# NOTE: NO MORE ATI-DRIVERS they no longer support my old-ass onboard HD 3000 graphics chip
# But the open-source radeon driver does, oh yeah!
emerge lirc # etc
emerge -a1 $(qlist -IC x11-drivers/)
update-modules
dispatch-conf
# NO! eselect opengl set ati
# aticonfig --ovt opengl # "no supported adapters"?
eselect opengl set xorg-x11
reboot
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