Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Grant wrote: > Despite Rich's best efforts (thank you Rich! :-) ) I'm still > considering a Gentoo laptop for this along with a Chromebook. No worries. Gentoo laptops are great. There's a reason that Google decided to use them as the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: *dev-less gentoo

2016-01-20 Thread waltdnes
On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:05:52PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote > Alec McKinnon: > > On 19/01/2016 18:51, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > ... > > > I have had no pain useing an old plain /dev. What's the pain ? > > take a machine running a desktop. Plug in a usb printer. Where's your node? > > To find

[gentoo-user] Re: *dev-less gentoo

2016-01-20 Thread James
aspodata.se> writes: > I'm new to gentoo, is there some special semantic to the "bgo #" ? WELCOME Karl! You'll find gentoo is full of traditional *nix users and minimalists. Don't let the progressives disturb your reticent ways... you are in good company.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to get rid of 32bits libraries

2016-01-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:55:49 + (UTC), James wrote: > > > If possible, I'd like to install any packages with abs_x86_32 which > > > are > required for > > dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager > > I'd go looking upstream and see what they say about a 64-bit only > version; is it

[gentoo-user] Re: How to get rid of 32bits libraries

2016-01-20 Thread James
Nikos Chantziaras gmail.com> writes: > > On 18/01/16 15:31, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > If possible, I'd like to install any packages with abs_x86_32 which are required for > dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager I'd go looking upstream and see what they say about a 64-bit only version; is it

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge libxcb fails

2016-01-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 19 January 2016 22:40:31 k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Alec Ten Harmsel: > > In general (someone else, correct me if I'm wrong) this list would much > > rather have you attach a compressed build.log when you mail in the > > problem. That way, there is no chance of permissions problems, and

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-20 Thread James
lee yagibdah.de> writes: > > Windows has RDP, which is a lot better than VNC. Especially when > > dealing with low-bandwidth connections. > > Wasn't RPD deprecated earlier in this discussion because it seemed to be > not sufficiently secure? Has anyone had experience with Thinlinc ? [1] It

[gentoo-user] VLC+DVD=Video ok, Audio ok...but without the voices...??? How comes ?

2016-01-20 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, Using VLC I watched a DVD. Everything works fine with one exception: The sound contains everything but the voices of the actors. VLCs audio device was jack and qjactctrl shows connections between vlc and all audio channels of "system" (about 6). But as it seems, the channel of the voices

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-20 Thread Grant
>>> > I'm sorry, I meant can I lock down access to my web stuff so that a >>> > particular user can only come from a particular device (or from any >>> > device containing a key). >>> >> You can use apache client authentication with SSL certificates only. Of >> course you will need to create a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-20 Thread Grant
> As a independent consultant, most companies over the years frown on remote > work. So I've mostly gotten stuck driving a lot, or working on things nobody > else (sane) would touch. So one does develop thick skin; but most of this > work was engineering hardware or embedded systems. It's even

Re: [gentoo-user] VLC+DVD=Video ok, Audio ok...but without the voices...??? How comes ?

2016-01-20 Thread Willie Matthews
On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:34:59 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > Using VLC I watched a DVD. > Everything works fine with one exception: > The sound contains everything but the voices > of the actors. > > VLCs audio device was jack and qjactctrl shows > connections between vlc and all