On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
Or skip the net config/init scripts stuff and just use something like wicd.
Getting a manager to write your wpa_supplicant.conf for you (in
effect), has been the right way of configuring wifi for the average
user for
Complementing James comment, when I messed with Gentoo on a notebook I
also tried the confusing and troublesome way: configuring wi-fi to
connect at boot time. It was REALLY a challenge, maintaining a
realistic configuration file, which would let you boot with network up
equally while home and
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Spidey / Claudio spide...@gmail.comwrote:
Complementing James comment, when I messed with Gentoo on a notebook I
also tried the confusing and troublesome way: configuring wi-fi to
connect at boot time. It was REALLY a challenge, maintaining a
realistic
On 26 September 2011 15:12, Spidey / Claudio spide...@gmail.com wrote:
Complementing James comment, when I messed with Gentoo on a notebook I
also tried the confusing and troublesome way: configuring wi-fi to
connect at boot time. It was REALLY a challenge, maintaining a
realistic
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
boot what are the workarounds to compensate for Microsoft's efforts to
exclude other operating systems from available hardware?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/26/uefi_linux_lock_out_row_latest/
--
Regards,
Mick
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Spidey / Claudio spide...@gmail.com
Between the Gentoo Handbook and Google
(... )I didn't even know there was a better way of managing wireless networks!
This is exactly the problem.
I'm working on rewriting the Handbook's page on setting up wifi, but
I'm
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 08:31:10 PM IST, Mick wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
boot what are the workarounds to compensate for Microsoft's efforts to
exclude other operating systems from available hardware?
Somebody on twitter told me that Ubuntu uses a special patch for
freetype that improves font rendering manifolds.
So I rebuilt freetype with these useflags: +auto-hinter +bindist
What is the difference between this unpatented auto hinter and the
TrueType BC interpreter?
--
Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan
cont...@nileshgr.com wrote:
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 08:31:10 PM IST, Mick wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
boot what are the workarounds to compensate for Microsoft's efforts to
exclude other operating
On 26 September 2011 16:01, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
boot what are the workarounds to compensate for Microsoft's efforts to
exclude other operating systems from available hardware?
My opinion is that signed
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 08:51:17 PM IST, James Broadhead wrote:
On 26 September 2011 16:01, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
boot what are the workarounds to compensate for Microsoft's efforts to
exclude other operating
On 26 September 2011 16:26, Nilesh Govindarajan cont...@nileshgr.com wrote:
And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will
surely find out a way.
Oh, I don't doubt that I'll be able to boot Linux, I just think that
we're going to enter another era where setting up a
Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 08:51:17 PM IST, James Broadhead wrote:
On 26 September 2011 16:01, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
boot what are the workarounds to compensate for Microsoft's efforts to
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 08:51:17 PM IST, James Broadhead wrote:
On 26 September 2011 16:01, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into UEFI
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan
cont...@nileshgr.com wrote:
Somebody on twitter told me that Ubuntu uses a special patch for
freetype that improves font rendering manifolds.
So I rebuilt freetype with these useflags: +auto-hinter +bindist
What is the difference between
On 2011-09-26 17:13, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
What is the difference between this unpatented auto hinter and the
TrueType BC interpreter?
As far as I know, the truetype byte code interpreter patent expired
about 2 years ago... See:
On 2011-09-26 17:13, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
What is the difference between this unpatented auto hinter and the
TrueType BC interpreter?
Here's some more info:
http://www.freetype.org/patents.html
Best regards
Peter K
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:56:20 +0530
Nilesh Govindarajan cont...@nileshgr.com wrote:
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 08:51:17 PM IST, James Broadhead wrote:
On 26 September 2011 16:01, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know if you have seen this. Given that we're moving into
UEFI boot what
How can one tell how far along a kernel compile is? I can see the modules being
built in /var/log/genkernel.log
(Aside: Please, no hysteria about using genkernel)
But I'd like to know of some way to guesstimate how much of the process is
completed. Is there a list the compile has generated
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Indi thebeelzebubtrig...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:56:20 +0530
Nilesh Govindarajan cont...@nileshgr.com wrote:
As this is being touted a win8 feature (with win8 set for release
sometime in 2012), I predict this will be defeated before the first
On 26 September 2011 16:49, pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote:
...but don't take my word for it... If you really need to know for sure
- contact a lawyer[1].
[1] IANAL :-)
If you were, would you give your opinion freely on the internet?
`s/would/could`?
Since our system is set up so that one can
Michael Mol wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
Well, since I don't have or use M$'s junk, I guess I am OK then? I just
need to make sure any mobo I buy in the future either doesn't have this or
can be disabled?
Heck, if you
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gentoo at gmail.com writes:
I believe it uses the browser's setting as default. It's probably best
to block all cookies by default in Firefox's settings, that way only
the ones you explicitly allow in the Cookie Monster add-on will be
accepted.
Anyone know how that
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Harry hputn...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gentoo at gmail.com writes:
I believe it uses the browser's setting as default. It's probably best
to block all cookies by default in Firefox's settings, that way only
the ones you explicitly allow in
On 2011-09-26 18:13, James Broadhead wrote:
If you were, would you give your opinion freely on the internet?
`s/would/could`?
Well, you never know... ;-)
Since our system is set up so that one can spend significant amounts
of money just to find out whether something is or is not a
between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked
boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least
initially
I know which one I'd pick if it came down to it :)
And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will
surely find out a way.
Hi,
Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might
find interesting (if you haven't seen it already):
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Torvalds-s-Lessons-on-Software-Development-Management/ba-p/440
Best regards
Peter K
Harry hputnam3 at gmail.com writes:
How can one tell how far along a kernel compile is? I can see the
modules being built in /var/log/genkernel.log
(Aside: Please, no hysteria about using genkernel)
But I'd like to know of some way to guesstimate how much of the process is
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net wrote:
between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked
boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least
initially
I know which one I'd pick if it came down to it :)
And you really
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM, pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote:
Hi,
Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might
find interesting (if you haven't seen it already):
On Monday 26 Sep 2011 20:29:14 Jonas de Buhr wrote:
between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked
boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least
initially
I know which one I'd pick if it came down to it :)
And you really need not worry
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday 26 Sep 2011 20:29:14 Jonas de Buhr wrote:
between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked
boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least
initially
I know which one
I'd like to hire a freelancer to work on my website. I don't want to
provide access to all of my code, but instead only the particular file
or files being worked on. Does anyone know of a development framework
that would help facilitate that sort of thing? Would no shell access
along with
On 2011-09-26, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM, pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote:
Hi,
Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might
find interesting (if you haven't seen it already):
On 26 September 2011 20:44, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, I just saw that. Admittedly, when I saw this section:
--begin-section--
I'll add at this point that this isn't just a programmer problem. I've
seen entire companies get locked into the idea that “perfecting” the
program
yes, there will most likely be a technical way to circumvent it. the
problem is that involved companies might try (and likely succeed) to
make that illegal.
the reasoning will be this: it is assumed that you only make that
modification to run pirated copies of commercial operating systems.
On 26 September 2011 20:29, Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net wrote:
between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked
boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least
initially
And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will
surely
I am assuming that unlike the old days when I used to boot Linux on
PCs using a floppy with SmartBootManager, now we'll need to generate
some key/hash for our freshly compiled kernel, then add it to the BIOS
firmware and flash the BIOS with it before we are able to boot into it?
Is it more
On 26 September 2011 20:29, Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net
wrote:
between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a
cracked boot, with little in the way of switching between the two,
at least initially
And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will
surely
hi harry!
don't take my word for it, but i don't think there is an easy solution
to this :)
cmake creates makefiles which show the percentage completed in a build
step. maybe you can look into how it does that and apply that to the
kernel?
/jonas
Harry hputnam3 at gmail.com writes:
How can
Am 26.09.2011 21:56, schrieb Michael Mol:
Is it more complicated than that?
Just a hunch, but I think the BIOS will probably be signed. Perhaps in
replacement of the existing checksum functionality.
I have something like that on my Motorola Milestone Android Phone.
It is not possible to
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM, pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote:
Hi,
Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might
find interesting (if you haven't seen it already):
The only problem with that attitude is that it eventually leads you to
the same position that Microsoft is in with Windows -- where too many
years of refusing to drop backwards compatibility were completely
holding them back.
i thought of that too. as with many other things, the trick is to find
On 09/26/11 16:01, Grant wrote:
I'd like to hire a freelancer to work on my website. I don't want to
provide access to all of my code, but instead only the particular file
or files being worked on. Does anyone know of a development framework
that would help facilitate that sort of thing?
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Harry hputn...@gmail.com wrote:
How can one tell how far along a kernel compile is? I can see the modules
being
built in /var/log/genkernel.log
(Aside: Please, no hysteria about using genkernel)
But I'd like to know of some way to guesstimate how much of
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:06:36 +0200
Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net wrote:
The only problem with that attitude is that it eventually leads you
to the same position that Microsoft is in with Windows -- where too
many years of refusing to drop backwards compatibility were
completely holding
On Monday 26 Sep 2011 21:26:03 Jonas de Buhr wrote:
I am assuming that unlike the old days when I used to boot Linux on
PCs using a floppy with SmartBootManager, now we'll need to generate
some key/hash for our freshly compiled kernel, then add it to the BIOS
firmware and flash the BIOS with
On Monday 26 Sep 2011 16:03:10 James Broadhead wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Spidey / Claudio spide...@gmail.com
Between the Gentoo Handbook and Google
(... )I didn't even know there was a better way of managing wireless
networks!
This is exactly the problem.
I'm working on
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday 26 Sep 2011 16:03:10 James Broadhead wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Spidey / Claudio spide...@gmail.com
Between the Gentoo Handbook and Google
(... )I didn't even know there was a better way of
I used to build and blueprint my own engines (cars and motorbikes).
Then gradually cars became electronic appliances, locked down to the
extent where engine modifications became difficult and expensive to
implement. I fear that PCs and before that laptops may be heading the
same way. :-(
this
On Monday 26 September 2011 22:45:20 Alan McKinnon wrote:
It's unrealistic to support everything you ever did forever
like MS tried to do (IE6 is *still* hanging around somehow...)
Tell me about it! IE6 is the nastiest pain in the backside of any webmaster.
I keep having to abandon pretty
pk wrote:
Hi,
Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might
find interesting (if you haven't seen it already):
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Torvalds-s-Lessons-on-Software-Development-Management/ba-p/440
Best regards
Peter K
Has anyone seen
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 11:15 -0500, Dale wrote:
So buy a mobo without it or that can disable it. Got it. It'll be a
good while before I buy a new mobo tho. I'm sure they will have a
nice
fix by then but this is something I need to remember just in
case. ;-)
Ok, I'll bite...
It depends
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:46:21 -0400
Albert W. Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org wrote:
On the server side, I don't think there is any major server
manufacturer dumb enough to sell a system not capable of running
Linux.
How very true. If a manufacturer tried that, they would lose the entire
ISP
Albert W. Hopkins wrote:
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 11:15 -0500, Dale wrote:
So buy a mobo without it or that can disable it. Got it. It'll be a
good while before I buy a new mobo tho. I'm sure they will have a
nice
fix by then but this is something I need to remember just in
case. ;-)
Ok, I'll
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Harry hputn...@gmail.com wrote:
How can one tell how far along a kernel compile is? I can see the
modules being
built in /var/log/genkernel.log
(Aside: Please, no hysteria about using genkernel)
But I'd
Is this pretty normal?
I would say no. I have a p3 system with 512 MB of ram that can make a
.config in less than a minute... and the kernel takes about an hour.
On Sep 27, 2011 5:11 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
[-- snip --]
Speaking as someone experienced in running Gentoo but certainly not a
power user - I don't write scripts or program at all - I gotta say I
don't like that way this is all working on my system so far. TO BE
CLEAR,
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:04:24 -0500
Harry hputn...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Harry hputn...@gmail.com wrote:
How can one tell how far along a kernel compile is? I can see the
modules being
built in
On 09/26/11 16:13, Grant Edwards wrote:
That's hilarious.
The Linux developers are _constantly_ changing APIs in ways that break
existing device driver code. There are repeatedly wholesale
re-designs of some APIs that happen between minor versions of a
supposedly stable kernel.
We
On 09/26/11 19:04, Harry wrote:
Sounds like there is no real way unless as you say. I've been
wrestling with kernel build after kernel build trying to get a new
install booted. Many failures led me to finally resorting to
genkernel... but you may know already that is a full day of compile
On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:08:05 +0700
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Sep 27, 2011 5:11 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
[-- snip --]
Speaking as someone experienced in running Gentoo but certainly not
a power user - I don't write scripts or program at all - I gotta
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Harry hputn...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like there is no real way unless as you say. I've been
wrestling with kernel build after kernel build trying to get a new
install booted. Many failures led me to finally resorting to
genkernel... but you may know already
On 09/26/2011 06:13 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
Somebody on twitter told me that Ubuntu uses a special patch for
freetype that improves font rendering manifolds.
So I rebuilt freetype with these useflags: +auto-hinter +bindist
When you emerge freetype, it tells you at the end that the
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
What do your basics performance tools like top and friends say? See
what swap usage looks like outside the chroot while the compile is
running - is it thrashing? What speed are you getting for the hard disk
from hdparm -t -T?
Top shows CC taking
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:08:05 +0700
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Sep 27, 2011 5:11 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
[-- snip --]
Speaking as someone experienced in running Gentoo but
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
What do your basics performance tools like top and friends say? See
what swap usage looks like outside the chroot while the compile is
running - is it thrashing? What speed
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:08:05 +0700
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Sep 27, 2011 5:11 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 27, 2011 8:47 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
What do your basics performance tools like top and friends say? See
what swap usage looks like outside the chroot while the compile is
running - is it thrashing? What speed are
Hello list,
My /home partition is 15GB, and the other day KDE warned me it was down to
1% free. I found that
.kde4/share/apps/nepomuk/repository/main/data/virtuosobackend/soprano-
virtuoso.db
was occupying 12GB, so I deleted it and rebooted.
Today it's already 3GB after only a few days. B.g.o
tisdagen den 27 september 2011 04:18:56 skrev Peter Humphrey:
Hello list,
My /home partition is 15GB, and the other day KDE warned me it was down to
1% free. I found that
.kde4/share/apps/nepomuk/repository/main/data/virtuosobackend/soprano-
virtuoso.db
was occupying 12GB, so I deleted it
I have fail2ban set up and it works quite well, except for the fact that
whenever it sends me an Email, it always sends two copies. Every night
when the logs rotate, it does this twice, once when t stops and once
when it restarts, and when it bans an ip it also sends two emails saying
so.
any
James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com
wrote:
Or skip the net config/init scripts stuff and just use something like wicd.
Getting a manager to write your wpa_supplicant.conf for you (in
effect), has been the
On Sep 27, 2011 9:51 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com
wrote:
Or skip the net config/init scripts stuff and just use something like
wicd.
Getting a manager to write
On Sep 27, 2011 9:57 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Sep 27, 2011 9:51 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman
paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
Or skip the net config/init scripts
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Sep 27, 2011 8:47 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
What do your basics performance tools like top and friends say? See
what swap usage looks like outside the
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:58:03PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote
It seems like it. Accessing www.google.com in my country always gets
me redirected to www.google.co.id. Unless I login first.
Use http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en I do that to avoid being
redirected to http://www.google.ca/
--
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't seriously considered wicd because I don't understand what
it is, how it links into everything else on the system.
At its most basic, it lists your network interfaces and you can
configure or connect with DHCP,
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 07:08:05AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
Not to belittle non-power users, most everything can be done by putting
some more intelligence into the init.d scripts.
Of course, this should be implemented by Gentoo itself. I'll spelunk in
the relevant scripts and
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:45 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
I have fail2ban set up and it works quite well, except for the fact that
whenever it sends me an Email, it always sends two copies. Every night
when the logs rotate, it does this twice, once when t stops and once
when it restarts,
On 2011-09-27, Michael Orlitzky mich...@orlitzky.com wrote:
On 09/26/11 16:13, Grant Edwards wrote:
That's hilarious.
The Linux developers are _constantly_ changing APIs in ways that break
existing device driver code. There are repeatedly wholesale
re-designs of some APIs that happen
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 06:46:21PM -0400, Albert W. Hopkins wrote:
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 11:15 -0500, Dale wrote:
So buy a mobo without it or that can disable it. Got it. It'll be a
good while before I buy a new mobo tho. I'm sure they will have a
nice
fix by then but this is
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:47:18 -0400
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
James Broadhead jamesbroadh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman
paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
Or skip the net config/init scripts stuff and just use something
like wicd.
Getting a
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:18:56AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
Hello list,
My /home partition is 15GB, and the other day KDE warned me it was down
to 1% free. I found that
.kde4/share/apps/nepomuk/repository/main/data/virtuosobackend/soprano-v
irtuoso.db
was occupying
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