Re: [gentoo-user] System76 Hardware

2015-10-02 Thread Emanuele Rusconi
On 2 October 2015 at 10:28, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > [1] http://www.pcidatabase.com/ > I didn't know that. It doesn't seem to have System76 in the database, though. Once you have your hands on the laptop, this site can help you to know which drivers you need to build

Re: [gentoo-user] System76 Hardware

2015-10-02 Thread Nuno Magalhães
I'd say the method is the same as with any other laptop: pick one specific model, look into its hardware (this[1] and a liveCD may be handy), search for drivers, search "gento" + , follow the handbook. You have the slight assurance those laptops are built with linux in mind; anything else is just

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 02/10/2015 17:42, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-10-02, Andrew Lowe wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm getting disillusioned with the direction KDE is taking, with >> respect to forcing users to use things they don't want to. The semantic >> desktop, or whatever they are now

[gentoo-user] Re: Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-10-02, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I'm getting disillusioned with the direction KDE is taking, with > respect to forcing users to use things they don't want to. The semantic > desktop, or whatever they are now calling bits and pieces of it, is one > thing that

Re: [gentoo-user] Failure to start md at boot

2015-10-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 31 May 2015 10:01:43 I wrote: > I've split this out from the previous thread because it was getting messy. > I'd followed Rich Freeman's advice to specify arrays by UUID in mdadm.conf, > and this is what happened: > > On Friday 29 May 2015 01:10:52 I wrote: > > OK, so this is what I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 06:30:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > With situations like this, one has to apply some intelligence (and the > reverse is also true - running gtk/Gnome apps on a KDE system). A few > simple apps like say okular or konsole will be very manageable, as they > have specific

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 04:33:09PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > File-attached is the "emerge -pv okular" output. To summarize... > Total: 53 packages (50 new, 3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 329,492 KiB Oops; forgot the attachment. Here it is... -- Walter Dnes I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 16:33:09 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > File-attached is the "emerge -pv okular" output. To summarize... > Total: 53 packages (50 new, 3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 329,492 > KiB > > ...because a pdf-reader really needs libogg, libvorbis, www-misc/htdig, > qtcore-4.8.6-r4,

Re: [gentoo-user] System76 Hardware

2015-10-02 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:28 AM, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > I'd say the method is the same as with any other laptop: pick one > specific model, look into its hardware (this[1] and a liveCD may be > handy), search for drivers, search "gento" + , > follow the handbook. > You

RE: [gentoo-user] System76 Hardware

2015-10-02 Thread Hunter Jozwiak
-Original Message- From: freemanr...@gmail.com [mailto:freemanr...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rich Freeman Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 18:02 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System76 Hardware On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:28 AM, Nuno Magalhães

Re: [gentoo-user] Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 02/10/2015 05:31, Andrew Lowe wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm getting disillusioned with the direction KDE is taking, with >> respect to forcing users to use things they don't want to. The semantic >> desktop, or

Re: [gentoo-user] Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Philip Webb
151002 Andrew Lowe wrote: > I'm getting disillusioned with the direction KDE is taking > with respect to forcing users to use things they don't want to. > The semantic desktop or whatever they are now calling bits and pieces of it, > is one thing that comes immediately to mind. I took 1 look at

Re: [gentoo-user] Major site redesign, SEO, and 301 redirects

2015-10-02 Thread Mick
On Friday 02 Oct 2015 00:00:08 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 03:35:48PM +0100, Mick wrote > > > PS. I hope someone will show them the door if they suggest designing > > a new Flash based web interface ... > > Especially true given that Ipads/Iphones do not support Flash.

Re: [gentoo-user] Using KDE apps in a non KDE environment

2015-10-02 Thread Mick
On Friday 02 Oct 2015 08:06:50 Philip Webb wrote: > 151002 Andrew Lowe wrote: > > I'm getting disillusioned with the direction KDE is taking > > with respect to forcing users to use things they don't want to. > > The semantic desktop or whatever they are now calling bits and pieces of > > it, is

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about initial/default ownership of /usr/portage

2015-10-02 Thread Philip Webb
151002 Raymond Jennings wrote: > Who is supposed to own /usr/portage? On my system, it's 'portage:portage'. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto

[gentoo-user] Question about initial/default ownership of /usr/portage

2015-10-02 Thread Raymond Jennings
Who is supposed to own /usr/portage?