Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:53:47 +0100, lee wrote: > > I would imagine because it cannot be used without some initial > > configuration. The default provides the greatest reliability out of > > the box, at the expense of less readable (which is not the same as > > unrecognisable, a value judgement

Re: [gentoo-user] At last! A Qt5 version of KMail-2 - but here be dragons!

2016-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:54:57 +, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Speaking of English. I always wonder which would be a better match for > someone who uses English mostly to deal with international friends and > computers. I am Dutch myself, which means it's officially a second > language for me. (Always

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:21:19 +0100, lee wrote: > > Even more reasonable: > > > > eselect news read new > > > > will only come up with the latest as yet unread news, rather than a > > long list which could have accumulated over the years. > > It seems to be clearing out the list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: should everything compile?

2016-12-27 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On December 27, 2016 6:55:31 PM GMT+01:00, Dale wrote: >> Alan Grimes wrote: >>> Holger Hoffstätte wrote: ..indicates a mismatch in C++11 ABI which changed in gcc5. What >> happens is that one the dependencies of openimageio was built against

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 Dec 2016 20:21:19 lee wrote: > Mick writes: > > On Tuesday 27 Dec 2016 08:21:53 lee wrote: > >> Rich Freeman writes: > >> > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 5:47 PM, lee wrote: > >> >> Yes, and that doesn't show me news before

Re: [gentoo-user] At last! A Qt5 version of KMail-2 - but here be dragons!

2016-12-27 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 27, 2016 5:39:09 PM GMT+01:00, Peter Humphrey wrote: >On Tuesday, 27 December 2016 15:19:29 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On December 27, 2016 3:38:28 PM GMT+01:00, Peter Humphrey > wrote: >> >On Sunday, 18 December 2016 19:07:23 GMT J.

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

2016-12-27 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 27, 2016 4:23:06 PM GMT+01:00, Philip Webb wrote: >I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing) >& compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ; >there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below). >After reboot, X started, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: should everything compile?

2016-12-27 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 27, 2016 6:55:31 PM GMT+01:00, Dale wrote: >Alan Grimes wrote: >> Holger Hoffstätte wrote: >>> ..indicates a mismatch in C++11 ABI which changed in gcc5. What >happens is that one the >>> dependencies of openimageio was built against the old C++11 >std::string

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread lee
Alan McKinnon writes: > On 27/12/2016 01:02, lee wrote: >> Alan McKinnon writes: >> >>> On 26/12/2016 21:42, lee wrote: Well, I guess you haven't realised yet that reality doesn't exist. Bubbles are a self-imposed limit for those who

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread lee
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:01:22 +0100, lee wrote: > >> > AFAIK, you have three possibilities. >> > >> > 1) If you're renaming a NIC via its MAC address, you have to edit the >> > config file thatlinks the NIC's names and its MAC address. >> > >> > 2) If

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread lee
Mick writes: > On Tuesday 27 Dec 2016 08:21:53 lee wrote: >> Rich Freeman writes: >> > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 5:47 PM, lee wrote: >> >> Yes, and that doesn't show me news before I sync, or does it? >> > >> > Correct. >> > >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

2016-12-27 Thread lee
Philip Webb writes: > I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing) > & compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ; > there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below). > After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: should everything compile?

2016-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:25:14 -0500, Alan Grimes wrote: > Yeah, I emptytree world my system after each Y in X.Y.Z compiler version > bump. Since I sad it, everyone will tell you it's bad advice but really > not. It's not bad advice unless CPU cycles, heat or energy consumption are an issue. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: should everything compile?

2016-12-27 Thread Dale
Alan Grimes wrote: > Holger Hoffstätte wrote: >> ..indicates a mismatch in C++11 ABI which changed in gcc5. What happens is >> that one the >> dependencies of openimageio was built against the old C++11 std::string ABI >> (hence the >> link errors), and needs to be rebuilt. It looks to be "Imf"

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

2016-12-27 Thread Alan Grimes
Philip Webb wrote: > I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing) > & compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ; > there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below). > After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars etc). > I tried it

Re: [gentoo-user] At last! A Qt5 version of KMail-2 - but here be dragons!

2016-12-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 27 December 2016 15:19:29 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > On December 27, 2016 3:38:28 PM GMT+01:00, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >On Sunday, 18 December 2016 19:07:23 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> More important, how is the latest kmail behaving? > > > >My first

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: should everything compile?

2016-12-27 Thread Alan Grimes
Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > ..indicates a mismatch in C++11 ABI which changed in gcc5. What happens is > that one the > dependencies of openimageio was built against the old C++11 std::string ABI > (hence the > link errors), and needs to be rebuilt. It looks to be "Imf" aka libIlmImf, > whatever

[gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

2016-12-27 Thread Philip Webb
I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing) & compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ; there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below). After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars etc). I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but

Re: [gentoo-user] At last! A Qt5 version of KMail-2 - but here be dragons!

2016-12-27 Thread J. Roeleveld
On December 27, 2016 3:38:28 PM GMT+01:00, Peter Humphrey wrote: >On Sunday, 18 December 2016 19:07:23 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> More important, how is the latest kmail behaving? > >My first impression is one of horror. It's ghastly! > >I've never seen such profligate

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

2016-12-27 Thread Alarig Le Lay
On Sat Oct 15 20:27:43 2016, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed. > This one seem completly to disable flash video finally... > since I got no video/audio at all. > > I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and > restarted

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:01:22 +0100, lee wrote: > > AFAIK, you have three possibilities. > > > > 1) If you're renaming a NIC via its MAC address, you have to edit the > > config file thatlinks the NIC's names and its MAC address. > > > > 2) If you're using udev's predictable names, the NIC'll have

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 Dec 2016 08:21:53 lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 5:47 PM, lee wrote: > >> Yes, and that doesn't show me news before I sync, or does it? > > > > Correct. > > > > The order to do this in is: > > > > Sync > > Read

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo on a VPS with little RAM

2016-12-27 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 Dec 2016 07:13:36 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday, December 26, 2016 09:45:47 PM Francesco Turco wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I have a Vultr VPS instance with Arch Linux but I'd like to replace it > > with Gentoo Linux. The last time I tried that I couldn't build some > > packages

Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

2016-12-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/12/2016 01:02, lee wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > >> On 26/12/2016 21:42, lee wrote: >>> Well, I guess you haven't realised yet that reality doesn't exist. >>> Bubbles are a self-imposed limit for those who believe in reality. >>> You probably hit that wall and