Re: [gentoo-user] can genkernel install files with different names?
On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:42:25 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > make install will create symlinks for vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old to the > latest and previous kernel, doing much of what you need. You need /boot > to be on a filesystem that supports symlinks and ISTR that it only > updates the symlinks if already present but doesn't create them from > scratch. I think you need sys-apps/debianutils installed too. -- Neil Bothwick Too many clicks spoil the browse. pgpFYkL0kkMlP.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] can genkernel install files with different names?
On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:54:26 +, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: > you are just wrongly assuming that they are mutually > exclusive... > > seriously, one could have kernels named, > without versions, as: > > vmlinuz > vmlinuz-older > vmlinuz-older2 > . > . > . > vmlinuz-olderN > > this way, new kernel installation, and rotation, > will be decoupled from the boot loader's configs, > effectively removing any housekeeping for the > boot loader. make install will create symlinks for vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old to the latest and previous kernel, doing much of what you need. You need /boot to be on a filesystem that supports symlinks and ISTR that it only updates the symlinks if already present but doesn't create them from scratch. -- Neil Bothwick A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance from Mom. pgpJ3eM2zE3RO.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] can genkernel install files with different names?
you are just wrongly assuming that they are mutually exclusive... seriously, one could have kernels named, without versions, as: vmlinuz vmlinuz-older vmlinuz-older2 . . . vmlinuz-olderN this way, new kernel installation, and rotation, will be decoupled from the boot loader's configs, effectively removing any housekeeping for the boot loader. rgrds, cm. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, October 21, 2019 7:07 PM, Wols Lists wrote: > > You just want a nasty recovery job if the update screws up ... > > Seriously, I always just add new kernels as the new default option, > precisely so as I can go back to a working one if things go wrogn ... > > Cheers, > Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] OCR for music (OMR)
Thanks Daniel, On Monday, 21 October 2019 15:27:18 BST dan...@sonck.nl wrote: > I vaguely remember using some windows based program when archiving old > music. The community in question had maps full of paper scores and making > them digital would have made it much more compact and versatile. However > even back then I remember manually writing lilypond files. I did use Linux > at that time but wasn't aware of any OMR tools. > > Eventually I stopped visiting and the project fell out of favor due to the > immense manual labour. Literally hundreds of sheet music ranging from single > page meant for the artists up to the combined score for the conductor. There have been a relatively large number of OMR projects falling in and out of obscurity, forked, taken over, mixed with closed source and then die. I was looking for an OMR package in portage to scan PDF sheets of music and then split different voice parts out into separate midi files - but if a single application will do the full workflow then I would be more than happy. > A quick search led me to audiveris. I have no experience but it might do > what you want. It has the option to export to MusicXML. I tried to use > Rosegarden to read a MusicXML which "worked". It did get the notes right, > but alternated with trebble and bass lines, being a somewhat monophonic end > result. > > Hope this helps > > Daniel I understand there are a few apps by/for Apple, who seem to be the favourite OS for arty users, but I no longer have OSX running here or any applications for it. There are also a number of other applications some of them for Linux - but I haven't found one yet in portage (TBH I wouldn't know its name off- hand). >From what I read here Rosegarden will not perform OMR itself, but will import various file formats: https://www.rosegardenmusic.com/doc/en/file-other.html -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: New monitor & wine ==> crash
Hartmut Figge: >I have visited WineHQ and subscribed to a forum there, Wine Help. Of >course it is moderated and of course the first three postings need >approval from a moderator. Takes time. > >In old times there was a news group with the name wine-user. It was >abandoned years ago in favor of a forum. Grrr. It is uncertain at the moment if the issue is a Gentoo one or one of upstream. In case someone is interested in the topic here is a link to the forum thread. https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8=33095 Hartmut
Re: [gentoo-user] can genkernel install files with different names?
On 18/10/19 10:26, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: > specifically, i want to install kernel + initramfs without version > numbers. this way, i will not need to update my boot loader every time > i update the kernel. > You just want a nasty recovery job if the update screws up ... Seriously, I always just add new kernels as the new default option, precisely so as I can go back to a working one if things go wrogn ... Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] OCR for music (OMR)
I vaguely remember using some windows based program when archiving old music. The community in question had maps full of paper scores and making them digital would have made it much more compact and versatile. However even back then I remember manually writing lilypond files. I did use Linux at that time but wasn't aware of any OMR tools. Eventually I stopped visiting and the project fell out of favor due to the immense manual labour. Literally hundreds of sheet music ranging from single page meant for the artists up to the combined score for the conductor. A quick search led me to audiveris. I have no experience but it might do what you want. It has the option to export to MusicXML. I tried to use Rosegarden to read a MusicXML which "worked". It did get the notes right, but alternated with trebble and bass lines, being a somewhat monophonic end result. Hope this helps Daniel On Monday, October 21, 2019 1:39:03 PM CEST Wols Lists wrote: > On 20/10/19 13:39, Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm on the lookout for an application which can convert musical notation > > from scanned bitmap copies/pdf files to midi files. Apparently there are > > some apps in the Apple store, but I have not yet found anything in > > portage. > > > > Do you have experience using any tools for this purpose? > > I'm not aware of any apps at all. Rosegarden is a midi editor, and might > have some scanning ability. Lilypond is a music publishing program and > can generate midi output. If you transcribed your music into either of > those programs (Rosegarden would be best) you can generate midi, but > that's work you clearly would rather avoid ... > > Cheers, > Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] OCR for music (OMR)
On Monday, 21 October 2019 12:39:03 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 20/10/19 13:39, Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm on the lookout for an application which can convert musical notation > > from scanned bitmap copies/pdf files to midi files. Apparently there are > > some apps in the Apple store, but I have not yet found anything in > > portage. > > > > Do you have experience using any tools for this purpose? > > I'm not aware of any apps at all. Rosegarden is a midi editor, and might > have some scanning ability. Lilypond is a music publishing program and > can generate midi output. If you transcribed your music into either of > those programs (Rosegarden would be best) you can generate midi, but > that's work you clearly would rather avoid ... > > Cheers, > Wol Thanks Wol, yes, I suspect asking the user to transcribe umpteen sheets of music notation manually from PDF won't go down nicely. I'll check Rosegarden again in case it can perform OMR. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Memory manager
On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:01:01 +0100, Mick wrote: > Now, in a gentoo scenario, say a mammoth compile like Chromium, with a > large count of jobs specified for it, you could end up swapping part or > all of one or more jobs into memory, only to swap it out again in order > to process it. The compile keeps swapping in and out a job at a time in > order to carry on compiling. The disk thrashing is now continuous and > indeed interacting with your desktop will be painful - potentially > waiting for minutes at a time before an application responds. The way > out of this bottleneck is to either increase your RAM, or minimise the > use of memory by reducing the job count in MAKEOPTS. Shutting down > desktop applications and login out of any desktop sessions to release > RAM will also help. > > On a laptop with 4G RAM compiling Chromium is quite challenging when > even a single gcc job could grow to 3G or more. Swapping and a disk > I/O bottleneck becomes unavoidable and moving the compile of binaries > to a bigger PC becomes a rather wise solution. That's why I have Chromium, as well and LO and qtwebengine, set to use my SSD for PORTAGE_TMPDIR on this laptop, which is limited to 8GB. MAKEOPTS is also constricted for Chromium. As a result, the packages build more quickly with minimal impact on using the system. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 3: Working vacation pgpSZT2Se7d0N.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OCR for music (OMR)
On 20/10/19 13:39, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm on the lookout for an application which can convert musical notation from > scanned bitmap copies/pdf files to midi files. Apparently there are some > apps > in the Apple store, but I have not yet found anything in portage. > > Do you have experience using any tools for this purpose? > I'm not aware of any apps at all. Rosegarden is a midi editor, and might have some scanning ability. Lilypond is a music publishing program and can generate midi output. If you transcribed your music into either of those programs (Rosegarden would be best) you can generate midi, but that's work you clearly would rather avoid ... Cheers, Wol
