Re: [gentoo-user] Userspace CPU frequency scaling not available on one machine

2017-10-31 Thread Ramon Fischer
You can disable the intel p state driver by adding an additional kernel parameter through your bootloader. For GRUB2 you can do the following: /etc/default/grub: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_pstate=disable" terminal: sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg sudo reboot After

Re: [gentoo-user] Compilation error with StructureSynth

2017-10-31 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Wed, 01 Nov 2017, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >I am trying to compile this wonderful beast: >* media-gfx/structure-synth > Available versions: (~)1.5.0 > Homepage:http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/ > Description: A program to generate 3D structures by

[gentoo-user] Userspace CPU frequency scaling not available on one machine

2017-10-31 Thread Walter Dnes
I've cobbled together a script that runs under eselect to list/set COU speeds/governors on my machines. I set max speed when I'm using the machine, and min speed when not. It has run fine so far, except recently on an Intel Silvermont machine (64-bit Atom family) running Gentoo kernel 4.12.12.

[gentoo-user] Compilation error with StructureSynth

2017-10-31 Thread tuxic
Hi, I am trying to compile this wonderful beast: * media-gfx/structure-synth Available versions: (~)1.5.0 Homepage:http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/ Description: A program to generate 3D structures by specifying a design grammar and it gives me this:

Re: [gentoo-user] insane backends

2017-10-31 Thread Philip Webb
171030 Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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

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

2017-10-31 Thread tuxic
On 11/01 12:15, Adam Carter wrote: > > > > Would be nice, if it could be possible to extract them from the gcode > > example > > files in a way, that made it possible to feed them back into the slicer > > software manually (not expecting to get a config file ready to be read > > directly > > with

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

2017-10-31 Thread Adam Carter
> > Would be nice, if it could be possible to extract them from the gcode > example > files in a way, that made it possible to feed them back into the slicer > software manually (not expecting to get a config file ready to be read > directly > with that certain slicer software I want to use...) >

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:33:53 + Wols Lists wrote: > In the UK at least also, we have ring mains. These are rated at 30 Amps, > from which you can take a 13 Amp feed from any socket. Once you start > taking power over multiple leads the wiring has more resistance,

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Wols Lists
On 31/10/17 00:09, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > > the issue is with plugging one thing, into another, into another and > then into the wall, most outlet strips are cheap, they don't use proper > sockets and often have/develop a significant resistance, which creates a > hazard

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Wols Lists
On 30/10/17 23:32, Rich Freeman wrote: > Often there are elements of a traditionally public service that aren't > natural monopolies which can be outsourced for a benefit. Electrical > generation is often a case of that, but as I suggested you do need to > ensure you're paying to have extra

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > If you can, do a Buffet... > ... > ...demand that pension funds invest in companies that pay good dividends, > well covered... Without wanting to derail this thread even more, I couldn't help but notice the irony

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > > The reason British Telecom made obscene profits for YEARS after they > privatised was because they inherited terrible infrastructure that cost > a lot of money just to keep going. > A similar kind of system is the

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Wols Lists
On 30/10/17 23:42, Rich Freeman wrote: > If the big banks thought that investing for the long term would make > them more money they would do it. They have no loyalty to the > companies they invest in. If they can invest in a company one month, > and make more money by investing in a competitor

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient

2017-10-31 Thread Wols Lists
On 30/10/17 23:28, Mick wrote: > The regulator does not hold the budget, central government departments do and > the regulator cannot (or will not) control abnormal profits privatised > utilities are making year after year. However, the regulator will engage > enthusiastically in the a theatre