Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

On 170402-20:52+0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: ... > xorg.conf. Instead, I have an xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf file: > >https://pastebin.com/raw/0GsxaFRj > Why not add those 30-something lines in an attachment, or straight into the body of the message? The paste don't last really, and then when

[gentoo-user] RSA-key finally WAS: Heads up: A reason *NOT* to have xorg.conf file

(top posting, because it is a change of subject) This is the first mail on gentoo-user by fellow sexagenarian Neil with RSA PGP-key. So, you're finally dumping your old DSA key? ;-) I noticed the message wouldn't verify, looked it up, and saw the reason! Also, I was thinking, with good mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean-pkg strips everything out

On Tuesday 04 Apr 2017 17:52:30 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Has anyone else noticed that running "eclean-pkg -d" removes all > > packages, or nearly so? I've had it happen recently on a few amd64 > > systems and an x86 system, and it's becoming annoying. Well, no, > > actually it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

Hi Alan, That is expected with 4.10 kernels. You can grab a patch from my /etc/portage repository: https://github.com/fsvm88/gentoo-portage_etc/blob/master/patches/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/378.09-4.10-rc8.patch I took it from the NVidia forums, you can also find it there, I just rebased it for

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean-pkg strips everything out

Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Apr 2017 09:36:57 Dale wrote: >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> On Tuesday 04 Apr 2017 17:52:30 Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that running "eclean-pkg -d" removes all > packages, or nearly so? I've had it happen recently

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

On 04/04/2017 03:11 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > > That's a good note. > > I think punch down is similar to LSA plus here in Germany, tho the > tools look very different. But with LSA you also push the wire between > to cutting contacts. > Yeah, it sounds like it works the same here: a wire is

[gentoo-user] VNC setup guide for dummies?

Hi, I want to connect my Android Tablet to my Gentoo PC. I have tigervnc installed there. Is there any configuration guide for dummies (like me). Many thanks, Helmut

[gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

I'm still running on my old kernel as I re-build my system, Nvidia drivers just barfed ### tortoise src # ls -l total 12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr 5 09:50 linux -> linux-4.10.8/ drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Apr 5 10:01 linux-4.10.8 drwxrwxr-x 25 root root 4096 Apr

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean-pkg strips everything out

On Wednesday 05 Apr 2017 09:36:57 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 Apr 2017 17:52:30 Dale wrote: > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> Has anyone else noticed that running "eclean-pkg -d" removes all > >>> packages, or nearly so? I've had it happen recently on a few amd64 > >>>

[gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

Am Wed, 5 Apr 2017 14:25:17 -0600 schrieb the...@sys-concept.com: > On 04/05/2017 12:22 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > > Am Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:40:32 -0600 > > schrieb the...@sys-concept.com: > > > [snip] > >> > >> The problem with the cable was incorrect cross-over, the cable was > >> installed by a

Re: [gentoo-user] gpg: selftest for CTR failed - see syslog for details

On 170405-18:01-0400, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > Hello, > > After a recent update I'm getting this error whenever I try to encrypt > or decrypt using gnupg. Here's error: > > > gpg: selftest for CTR failed - see syslog for details > > gpg: O j: ... this is a bug

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

On 04/05/2017 01:25 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > I think this cable tester was only designed to work with passive > receiver (that came with it) on the other end. > Using active part with switch doesn't give meaningful reading, it only > confirm that that are no broken wires inside. >

Re: [gentoo-user] VNC setup guide for dummies?

On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:13:45 +0200 Helmut Jarausch wrote about [gentoo-user] VNC setup guide for dummies?: Ho, > Is there any configuration guide for dummies (like me). Well, the obvious starting point probably is Do you intend to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

On 04/05/2017 08:14 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 04/04/2017 03:11 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: >> >> That's a good note. >> >> I think punch down is similar to LSA plus here in Germany, tho the >> tools look very different. But with LSA you also push the wire between >> to cutting contacts. >> > > Yeah,

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

You can drop it in /etc/portage/patches/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers folder, portage should take care of the rest when you emerge the package. You should see 3 lines near the prepare phase, before the configure phase, saying something like "applying user patches from... Applying ...Done applying

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:53:43 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: > I hit the "view raw" link and used save as... I then copied it into the > "files" subdirectoy and portage threw a hissy fit and refused to do > anything because letting the user patch a package is simply > unthinkable!!! A mere USER,

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Alan Grimes wrote: > I hit the "view raw" link and used save as... I then copied it into the > "files" subdirectoy and portage threw a hissy fit and refused to do > anything because letting the user patch a package is simply > unthinkable!!!

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

Looks like a good patch but can you link to instructions for applying this patch? Fabio Scaccabarozzi wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > That is expected with 4.10 kernels. > You can grab a patch from my /etc/portage repository: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

I hit the "view raw" link and used save as... I then copied it into the "files" subdirectoy and portage threw a hissy fit and refused to do anything because letting the user patch a package is simply unthinkable!!! A mere USER, applying a custom patch to one of our immaculate packages on HIS OWN

[gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

Am Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:40:32 -0600 schrieb the...@sys-concept.com: > On 04/05/2017 08:14 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 04/04/2017 03:11 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > >> > >> That's a good note. > >> > >> I think punch down is similar to LSA plus here in Germany, tho the > >> tools look very different.

Re: [gentoo-user] eclean-pkg strips everything out

Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 04 Apr 2017 17:52:30 Dale wrote: >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> Has anyone else noticed that running "eclean-pkg -d" removes all >>> packages, or nearly so? I've had it happen recently on a few amd64 >>> systems and an x86 system, and it's becoming annoying. Well,

[gentoo-user] gpg: selftest for CTR failed - see syslog for details

Hello, After a recent update I'm getting this error whenever I try to encrypt or decrypt using gnupg. Here's error: gpg: selftest for CTR failed - see syslog for details gpg: O j: ... this is a bug (seskey.c:61:make_session_key) Aborted And the syslog: gpg[8945]: Libgcrypt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

On 04/05/2017 06:35 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 04/05/2017 01:25 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> >> I think this cable tester was only designed to work with passive >> receiver (that came with it) on the other end. >> Using active part with switch doesn't give meaningful reading, it only >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: soliciting a DHCP lease / carrier lost

On 04/05/2017 12:22 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > Am Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:40:32 -0600 > schrieb the...@sys-concept.com: > [snip] >> >> The problem with the cable was incorrect cross-over, the cable was >> installed by a contractor few years back and terminated by them. >> >> When I initially tested the

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia Drivers. =(

Am Mittwoch, 5. April 2017, 18:53:43 CEST schrieb Alan Grimes: > I hit the "view raw" link and used save as... I then copied it into the > "files" subdirectoy and portage threw a hissy fit Please re-read the instructions in Fabio's mail. -- Andreas K. Hüttel dilfri...@gentoo.org Gentoo Linux

[gentoo-user] Re: How do I install slotted guile

Am Sat, 4 Mar 2017 14:56:03 +0100 (CET) schrieb k...@aspodata.se: > I need booth guile-2 (for geda) and guile-1.8 (for lilypond). > > I can install either of the two > # emerge -aqv dev-scheme/guile:12/8 # version 1.8.8 > # emerge -aqv dev-scheme/guile:12/22 # version 2.0.14 > > but not