Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 18/05/2015 20:21, Nuno Magalhães wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:08 AM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On the other hand, both btrfs and zfs will get you a level of data security that you simply won't get from ext4+lvm+mdadm - protection from silent corruption. That's one of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 17 May 2015 21:36:57 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 2015-05-17 um 18:05 schrieb Peter Humphrey: Maybe I will. I suspect dodgy disks and I have a pair of new SSDs on the way. Perhaps it's time for a rethink. perhaps one more thought to be thought right now: (I overlooked this at

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendations for WLAN-AP?

2015-05-19 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 05/18/2015 06:47 PM, waben...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Tobias tobias@gmail.com wrote: On 2 May 2015 at 17:17, waben...@gmail.com wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: tplink archer series? can cope with 20 laptops at the same time easily and is not too

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 19 May 2015 10:02:38 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: skip mdadm and lvm ... and try btrfs as you have the chance on shiny new hardware I also have a spare external hard disk, which I could experiment with for snapshots etc. Snapshots are subvolumes in btrfs, so they stay in the

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) Recommendations for WLAN-AP?

2015-05-19 Thread wabenbau
Paul Tobias tobias@gmail.com wrote: On 2 May 2015 at 17:17, waben...@gmail.com wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 27.04.2015 um 20:37 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: I'm searching for a new WLAN-AP that is fast, powerful and reliable. I can remember

Re: [gentoo-user] Brother missed in cups listing

2015-05-19 Thread Manuel Schönlaub
Hi, Did you install the correct driver from Brother? Gutenprint seems not to have support for your printer atm. Has it worked ever before (e.g. it stopped working after an upgrade of so?) Regards, MS Am 19.05.2015 15:51 schrieb Silvio Siefke siefke_lis...@web.de: Hello, i has a problem, my

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:13 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 19 May 2015 10:02:38 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: skip mdadm and lvm ... and try btrfs as you have the chance on shiny new hardware I also have a spare external hard disk, which I could experiment with for

Re: [gentoo-user] Poor mans audio in the world of the great Jack D.

2015-05-19 Thread Meino . Cramer
Emanuele Rusconi ema...@gmail.com [15-05-19 03:01]: On 18 May 2015 at 19:54, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, From time to time I come across software, which directly wants to talks to good ole' alsa and get kicked by Sensei Jack D. for accessing a device, which already is occupied by

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, May 19 2015, Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Tue, May 19 2015, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally,

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of file-system trimming on SSDs these days? I've seen values quoted between twice a day and once a week.

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of file-system trimming on

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Tue, May 19 2015, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of file-system trimming on SSDs these days? I've seen values quoted between twice a day and once a week.

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 19 May 2015 08:54:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:13 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 19 May 2015 10:02:38 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: skip mdadm and lvm ... and try btrfs as you have the chance on shiny new hardware I also have a spare

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of file-system trimming on SSDs these days? I've seen values quoted between twice a day and once a week. And how does trimming affect btrfs? I've been trimming

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Tue, 19 May 2015 10:53:26 -0400 schrieb Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of file-system trimming on SSDs these days? I've seen values quoted between

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, May 19 2015, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally, what's the received wisdom on frequency of file-system trimming on SSDs these days? I've seen values

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor mans audio in the world of the great Jack D.

2015-05-19 Thread Meino . Cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [15-05-19 03:02]: Meino.Cramer at gmx.de writes: From time to time I come across software, which directly wants to talks to good ole' alsa and get kicked by Sensei Jack D. for accessing a device, which already is occupied by him... Well, this is a

[gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-19 Thread »Q«
On Sun, 17 May 2015 14:41:21 -0700 walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: I've noticed that, when running linux, the end result of selecting text can depend on which Desktop Environment you are using. Yes indeed. If the DE comes with a clipboard manager (most do), it pays to play around with the

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread covici
Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: On Tue, May 19 2015, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 19 May 2015 10:53:26 Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Incidentally,

[gentoo-user] Brother missed in cups listing

2015-05-19 Thread Silvio Siefke
Hello, i has a problem, my printer Brother MFC-7320 is not listed in cups when i add a printer. Not on my Acer Aspire and not on Dell Inspiron. One ok, maybe printer is defect, but on all laptops then something is not okay. Has someone an idea what is wrong now? Thank you Nice Day Silvio

[gentoo-user] Re: Brother missed in cups listing

2015-05-19 Thread James
Silvio Siefke siefke_listen at web.de writes: Has it worked ever before (e.g. it stopped working after an upgrade of so?) On my acer it has last worked in january when i correct remember. Did you keep a backup of the old working config files on that system? For me it's these files; I

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-05-19 um 22:17 schrieb Rich Freeman: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:23 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Do you know if the Samsung 850 evo or similar are considered brain-dead? That's what I'm using, and I couldn't find anything too useful on Google, so I might just test it out. wow,

[gentoo-user] Re: question for en_GB users of myspell-en dictionaries

2015-05-19 Thread »Q«
On Mon, 11 May 2015 20:29:37 + (UTC) James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: »Q« boxcars at gmx.net writes: tl;dr: Is an update to the myspell-en Oxford spelling dictionary really wanted by anyone? Oxford is known as the 'the reference' for unabridged dictionaries in English

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:23 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Do you know if the Samsung 850 evo or similar are considered brain-dead? That's what I'm using, and I couldn't find anything too useful on Google, so I might just test it out. -- Rich

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: question for en_GB users of myspell-en dictionaries

2015-05-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 19 May 2015 17:43:57 »Q« wrote: The main difference between standard UK spelling and Oxford spelling is that Oxford spelling uses -ize endings (criticize, optimize) whereas standard UK spelling uses -ise. Using Oxford will make most readers think you're using American spelling,

Re: [gentoo-user] Brother missed in cups listing

2015-05-19 Thread Silvio Siefke
On Tue, 19 May 2015 16:24:17 +0200 Manuel Schönlaub manuel.schoenl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Did you install the correct driver from Brother? Yes i have installed the correct driver on both maschines i delete old one and install new. Has it worked ever before (e.g. it stopped working

[gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-19 Thread »Q«
On Mon, 18 May 2015 09:07:34 +0300 Gevisz gev...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 18 May 2015 06:26:31 +0100 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 18 May 2015 02:56:43 Daniel Frey wrote: I usually use Alt+D on the keyboard, it moves the caret to the location bar and highlights its

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor mans audio in the world of the great Jack D.

2015-05-19 Thread James
Meino.Cramer at gmx.de writes: media-sound/qjackctlhttp://qjackctl.sourceforge.net/ And master James moved slightly and asked a simply question. Suddenly the novice was enlighted. He answers It is used for my PC. And after a while he added: I want to decode sstv and weather fax.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Brother missed in cups listing

2015-05-19 Thread Silvio Siefke
On Tue, 19 May 2015 17:28:57 + (UTC) James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Did you keep a backup of the old working config files on that system? No i have not, i has use cups not so often because i not often print. But when i use i ever pluged in, make config in cups and it works. But now

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-19 Thread Daniel Frey
On 05/19/2015 09:35 AM, »Q« wrote: ctrl+k does the same thing for the search box. (And if the search box is hidden in your UI, ctrl+k opens about:home and puts the carat in its search box.) For browsers a lot of things are mousey, but for inherently type-y things, I really like the

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-19 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: Hmm. Looks like I'm hijacking Nuno's thread. Apologies if that's ruffled any feathers, but I think I'm still on-topic, more or less, and he may still be interested in the conversation. No sweat, i intend to get an SSD