[gentoo-user] Re: Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/11/2018 16:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote: The developers, in this instance, failed to raise the ebuild's version number from 1.20.3 when making this change, and also didn't notify users by a NEWS item, that I can see. Emerge will catch this, no need for revbump. Unless you're not using -D

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 14:01:51 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > So - if you get a permissions error whilst trying to start X, setting > the suid USE flag may well be the solution. Alternatively, create /etc/X11/X11/Xwrapper.config containing: allowed_users = anybody needs_root_rights = yes --

Re: [gentoo-user] What's with KDE?

2018-11-03 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 3 November 2018 16:28:58 GMT wabe wrote: > >> I would like to try Trinity Desktop (based on KDE3) but unfortunately >> there is no Gentoo package. I don't know if there is an Gentoo overlay >> containing Trinity, but I never used overlays and don't have time to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: no file system found for kernel 4.14.78

2018-11-03 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 04/11/18 00:46, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 03/11/2018 15:32, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> Kernel 4.14.78 has been released and I have a fail upgrading one system >> - fails to mount root vfs but oops instead of dropping to a recovery >> shell: >> >> Same boot stanza as 4.14.65, one unrelated

Re: [gentoo-user] What's with KDE?

2018-11-03 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 3 November 2018 16:28:58 GMT wabe wrote: > I would like to try Trinity Desktop (based on KDE3) but unfortunately > there is no Gentoo package. I don't know if there is an Gentoo overlay > containing Trinity, but I never used overlays and don't have time to > fiddle around anyway. In

[gentoo-user] Re: no file system found for kernel 4.14.78

2018-11-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/11/2018 15:32, Bill Kenworthy wrote: Kernel 4.14.78 has been released and I have a fail upgrading one system - fails to mount root vfs but oops instead of dropping to a recovery shell: Same boot stanza as 4.14.65, one unrelated (RCU) difference between .configs Try manually specifying

Re: [gentoo-user] What's with KDE?

2018-11-03 Thread wabe
Alan Grimes wrote: > I have not seen KDE add a single feature or even fix a single bug > (while letting new bugs pile up) in FIVE YEARS. They version bump > their entire suite for no reason every five minutes but nothing gets > even slightly better. KDE has'nt been worth anything since the QT4 >

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-03 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 10:01 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you > now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package. > Sometimes. I thought this was only required if you're not using KMS. Is this not the case?

Re: [gentoo-user] no file system found for kernel 4.14.78

2018-11-03 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 3 November 2018 13:32:43 GMT Bill Kenworthy wrote: > Kernel 4.14.78 has been released and I have a fail upgrading one system > - fails to mount root vfs but oops instead of dropping to a recovery shell: > > Same boot stanza as 4.14.65, one unrelated (RCU) difference between .configs

[gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-03 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo. HEADS UP!!! If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package. This flag causes the binary to be installed with the setuid file flag, which causes it to run as root. The developers, in

[gentoo-user] no file system found for kernel 4.14.78

2018-11-03 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Kernel 4.14.78 has been released and I have a fail upgrading one system - fails to mount root vfs but oops instead of dropping to a recovery shell: Same boot stanza as 4.14.65, one unrelated (RCU) difference between .configs Has anyone else had this problem upgrading? - its difficult to FF as

[gentoo-user] [OT] Searching to an application to 3D print from the commandline?

2018-11-03 Thread tuxic
Hi, I want to send a gcode-file directly to the 3D-printer without using media-gfx/printrun (pronsole). My setup s as follows: Y Y GENTOO-Linux(wlan)-+ +--(Raspberry Pi Zero W/Rasperian)(Print w/ Marlin) I log into my raspberry pi z w