Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Frey
On 10/30/2017 12:40 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: I did some looking around (I had an APC) and all the APC branded crap you get in the stores are cheaper, inferior options. I found out the BX-prefixed models don't even have

[gentoo-user] [OT] Extracting printer settings from a gcode file?

2017-10-30 Thread tuxic
Hi, currently I am starting with 3D-printing. I have watched a lot of videos of how to create models, do bed leveling, (bad leveling, sometimes ;) choose filaments, and what else... Say one use a 3D-printer, which uses the a SDcard to read the gcode files. Beside some basic settings (hot end

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Monday, 30 October 2017 21:01:35 GMT Dale wrote: >> While it is usually plugged into a surge strip already, >> the more the better. Actually, surge at the wall, UPS, then another >> surge strip that all my stuff plugs into. > I'm sure I have read in some UPS manual that it should

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
no, varistors (what's in nearly all surge suppressors) either clamp the voltage at about twice what it should be, or fail shorted which they tend to do eventually (harmlessly blowing a fuse hopefully).   the issue is with plugging one thing, into another, into another and then into the wall,

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday, 30 October 2017 21:04:00 GMT Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Dale wrote: >> > have we profited on today'. However, when a company is public, stocks >> > and such,

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Mick
On Monday, 30 October 2017 21:01:35 GMT Dale wrote: > While it is usually plugged into a surge strip already, > the more the better. Actually, surge at the wall, UPS, then another > surge strip that all my stuff plugs into. I'm sure I have read in some UPS manual that it should be plugged

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Mick wrote: > On Monday, 30 October 2017 20:50:16 GMT Dale wrote: >> I think we both agree that companies should look long term, it's not >> likely they ever will. Their stock owners would cringe if they did, > > Not really. Pension

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Mick
On Monday, 30 October 2017 21:04:00 GMT Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Dale wrote: > > have we profited on today'. However, when a company is public, stocks > > and such, then it is about what have we made today with no one caring > > about years

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Mick
On Monday, 30 October 2017 20:50:16 GMT Dale wrote: > I think we both agree that companies should look long term, it's not > likely they ever will. Their stock owners would cringe if they did, Not really. Pension funds would not cringe at all, but feel relieved they found a company with clear

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Dale wrote: > > have we profited on today'. However, when a company is public, stocks > and such, then it is about what have we made today with no one caring > about years from now. After all, the people owning the stocks may not > even

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: >> I did some looking around (I had an APC) and all the APC branded crap you >> get in the stores are cheaper, inferior options. I found out the BX-prefixed >> models don't even have proper AVR (they only

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
if the fan is running all the time, i'd keep it of the floor and out of the dust as much as possible.  might add a filter to the inlet, i've done it on processor fans and it doesn't seem to have any negative effect, though you have to remember to check it occasionally.  The fan likely makes it

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:46:02 -0500 > Dale wrote: > >> I've always seen UPSs as the best insurance of decent power.  I find >> them handy for almost anything electronic.  No matter where a person >> lives, good power is sometimes just not going to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: > > I did some looking around (I had an APC) and all the APC branded crap you > get in the stores are cheaper, inferior options. I found out the BX-prefixed > models don't even have proper AVR (they only correct when the

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Frey
On 10/30/2017 12:33 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: I did some looking around (I had an APC) and all the APC branded crap you get in the stores are cheaper, inferior options. I found out the BX-prefixed models don't even have proper AVR (they only correct when the voltage drops below a certain point,

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Frey
On 10/30/2017 07:47 AM, Mick wrote: On Monday, 30 October 2017 14:09:58 GMT Daniel Frey wrote: On 10/30/2017 03:15 AM, Mick wrote: Now, I better look into finding a way to silence this new UPS fan which seems to be going on 24/7 with or without load on it! o_O Some new UPS systems are

Re: [gentoo-user] mostly OT: qemu sparc64 emulation

2017-10-30 Thread R0b0t1
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I built the gentoo qemu package [1] with support for a couple of non-x86 > arches. Trying the sparc64 one, I installed FreeBSD-11.1 into it. It > kind of works, but: > > 1. It's very slow - I estimate about 5x-10x

Re: [gentoo-user] mostly OT: qemu sparc64 emulation

2017-10-30 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 08:43:50AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > I built the gentoo qemu package [1] with support for a couple of > non-x86 arches. Trying the sparc64 one, I installed FreeBSD-11.1 > into it. It kind of works, but: > > 1. It's very slow - I estimate about 5x-10x slower than an

[gentoo-user] mostly OT: qemu sparc64 emulation

2017-10-30 Thread Ian Zimmerman
I built the gentoo qemu package [1] with support for a couple of non-x86 arches. Trying the sparc64 one, I installed FreeBSD-11.1 into it. It kind of works, but: 1. It's very slow - I estimate about 5x-10x slower than an emulated x86_64, also running FreeBSD-11.1. 2. 1 processor on the host

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Mick
On Monday, 30 October 2017 14:09:58 GMT Daniel Frey wrote: > On 10/30/2017 03:15 AM, Mick wrote: > > Now, I better look into finding a way to silence this new UPS fan which > > seems to be going on 24/7 with or without load on it! o_O > > Some new UPS systems are designed to have the fan

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Daniel Frey
On 10/30/2017 03:15 AM, Mick wrote: On Monday, 30 October 2017 09:10:07 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: Today's forecasts of doom are the result of 30 years of dithering by governments of all stripes, neglecting to invest in new generation in spite of its absolute indispensability. I'll refrain

Re: [gentoo-user] UFO: 'No. You make ME a sandwich.'

2017-10-30 Thread Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov
> check-if-root: > @if test `id -u` = 0 && ! grep -q 'lxc\|docker' /proc/self/cgroup; then > \ > echo; \ > echo 'No. You make ME a sandwich.'; \ > echo; \ > exit 1; \ > fi That code means "if current user is root and it is not a

Re: [gentoo-user] UFO: 'No. You make ME a sandwich.'

2017-10-30 Thread Jean-Christophe Bach
Hello, * Helmut Jarausch [30.10.2017. @11:59:09 -]: > Hi, > when trying to re-emerge libreoffice I get the strange message > No. You make ME a sandwich. > Has anybody seen this before? Really ?! I have never seen this message, but it remindsme that:

Re: [gentoo-user] UFO: 'No. You make ME a sandwich.'

2017-10-30 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > when trying to re-emerge libreoffice I get the strange message > No. You make ME a sandwich. > Has anybody seen this before? > This occurs after having re-emerge 3500 packages from an > emerge --emptyworld > >

[gentoo-user] UFO: 'No. You make ME a sandwich.'

2017-10-30 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, when trying to re-emerge libreoffice I get the strange message No. You make ME a sandwich. Has anybody seen this before? This occurs after having re-emerge 3500 packages from an emerge --emptyworld Many thanks for some hints, Helmut

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Mick
On Monday, 30 October 2017 09:10:07 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > Today's forecasts of doom are the result of 30 years of dithering by > governments of all stripes, neglecting to invest in new generation in spite > of its absolute indispensability. I'll refrain from jumping into arguments on

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:46:02 -0500 Dale wrote: > I've always seen UPSs as the best insurance of decent power.  I find > them handy for almost anything electronic.  No matter where a person > lives, good power is sometimes just not going to be there.  I spent an instructive

Re: [gentoo-user] insane backends

2017-10-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:39:31 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 'sane-backends-1.0.27' just stabilised, so I updated to it. > Previously I had selected 4 items from the list in SANE_BACKENDS, > which is shown by 'emerge', ie 'epson epson2 plustek plustek_pp'. > My scanner is an 'Epson V550 Photo'. >