Re: [gentoo-user] Inter-package dependencies.

2019-06-19 Thread aleiphoenix .
On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:30 PM aleiphoenix . wrote: > See some ebuilds like x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-430.14.ebuild > > if use kernel_linux && kernel_is ge 5 2; then > ewarn "Gentoo supports kernels which are supported by NVIDIA" > ewarn

Re: [gentoo-user] Inter-package dependencies.

2019-06-19 Thread aleiphoenix .
On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:20 AM Grant Taylor wrote: > > After the good input that I received in the "Preventing new versions of > gentoo-sources…" thread, I figured I'd ask this question: > > Is there a way to cause ebuild file to limit the version of other > packages, e.g.

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Grant Taylor wrote: > On 6/19/19 9:51 PM, Dale wrote: >> It seems you like that way and it works best for your situation and that >> is what matters. > > Yep.  I'm happy enough, for now.  We'll see if I change my opinion in > the future. > >> Sometimes there are many ways to do things but some

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 9:51 PM, Dale wrote: It seems you like that way and it works best for your situation and that is what matters. Yep. I'm happy enough, for now. We'll see if I change my opinion in the future. Sometimes there are many ways to do things but some just work better in certain

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Grant Taylor wrote: > On 6/19/19 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: >> Honestly, I'm not sure there is a easy way to do this. > > I'm actually happy with what Vadim recommended. > > It keeps me within the minor (?) version of the kernel that I want to > stay within, while still allowing updates to new micro (?)

[gentoo-user] Inter-package dependencies.

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
After the good input that I received in the "Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…" thread, I figured I'd ask this question: Is there a way to cause ebuild file to limit the version of other packages, e.g. net-misc/openvswitch's limiting sys-kernel/gentoo-sources to a supported kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: Honestly, I'm not sure there is a easy way to do this. I'm actually happy with what Vadim recommended. It keeps me within the minor (?) version of the kernel that I want to stay within, while still allowing updates to new micro (?) versions. Is Major, Minor,

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > On 6/19/19 11:27 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: >> On 6/19/19 11:37 AM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote: >>> echo '>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.15' >> >>> /etc/portage/package.mask/kernels >> >> Perfect! >> >> Thank you.  :-) >> >> I did name the file

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Daniel Frey
On 6/19/19 11:27 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: On 6/19/19 11:37 AM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote: echo '>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.15' >> /etc/portage/package.mask/kernels Perfect! Thank you.  :-) I did name the file /etc/portage/package.mask/gentoo-sources as I like to name the file after

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Hi, >From what it says, it duplicates any of those.  I don't have a 4K device but if I did, it should be able to split one signal and display the same image on both devices.  According to the info for the device, it takes the highest resolution that both output devices have in common and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

2019-06-19 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 20/6/19 2:26 am, Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >> > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze >> > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! >> > wifi ~ # ls -al /usr/lib >> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  4 13:37

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
as i read the description, it splits a 4K image into 4 seperate 2K signals for 4 individual 2K displays, i.e. a "Video wall", using 4 2K displays to fake a 4K display.  This does not appear to be what you wanted.  You want the same signal going more than one place without reformatting/division.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2019-06-19, Dale wrote: >> >>> [...] So, the splitter does in fact work but not with my puter's >>> video card. >> I suspect that the splitter only works for a handful of specific >> signal formats. Try configurring your card to output a typical ATSC >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 17:35, Dale wrote: >> Jack wrote: >> > On 2019.06.19 15:43, Dale wrote: >> >> Howdy, >> >> >> >> I have a video issue here.  I recently cut off DirecTV service and >> now >> >> watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for.  As >> some >> >> know, my Mom

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 17:37, Grant Taylor wrote: On 6/19/19 3:29 PM, Jack wrote: It seems the man page is not complete.  It mentions the -k of --keywords option to the m or meta module, but doesn't actually mention the y (keywords) module itself (which IS shown by equery -h) equery y package  is

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 17:35, Dale wrote: Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 15:43, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I have a video issue here.  I recently cut off DirecTV service and now >> watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for.  As some >> know, my Mom died recently so I want to make

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 3:29 PM, Jack wrote: It seems the man page is not complete.  It mentions the -k of --keywords option to the m or meta module, but doesn't actually mention the y (keywords) module itself (which IS shown by equery -h) equery y package  is not the same as equery m -k package The

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 15:43, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I have a video issue here.  I recently cut off DirecTV service and now >> watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for.  As some >> know, my Mom died recently so I want to make use of the living room TV >> as well.  I

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 17:16, Grant Taylor wrote: On 6/19/19 3:10 PM, Dale wrote: I'm not sure this will apply. I know this option works in some uses but not sure about yours. You may want to try it tho and see if it does what you want.    -o, --overlay-tree   Include package

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2019-06-19, Dale wrote: > >> [...] So, the splitter does in fact work but not with my puter's >> video card. > I suspect that the splitter only works for a handful of specific > signal formats. Try configurring your card to output a typical ATSC > "TV" format (720p 30Hz

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 3:10 PM, Dale wrote: I'm not sure this will apply. I know this option works in some uses but not sure about yours. You may want to try it tho and see if it does what you want.    -o, --overlay-tree   Include package from overlays in the search path. I use it

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Grant Taylor wrote: > Is there a way to get equery to list keywords from custom overlays > (configured through /etc/portage/repos.conf/.conf)? > > If I put an ebuild file in the main Gentoo portage repo, equery > keywords works just fine. > > If I move the same ebuild file to my local repo,

Re: [gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 15:43, Dale wrote: Howdy, I have a video issue here.  I recently cut off DirecTV service and now watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for.  As some know, my Mom died recently so I want to make use of the living room TV as well.  I bought a splitter that

[gentoo-user] Re: Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2019-06-19, Dale wrote: > [...] So, the splitter does in fact work but not with my puter's > video card. I suspect that the splitter only works for a handful of specific signal formats. Try configurring your card to output a typical ATSC "TV" format (720p 30Hz or 1080i 60Hz). -- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 2:51 PM, Jack wrote: I suspect I have more ignorance of equery than you do, but have you tried eix?  I don't know all it's possibilities, but I do know it handles overlays. No, I have not tried eix yet. I tend to be reluctant to add additional tools, especially if the existing

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 16:14, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:26:50 -0400, Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > > > > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze > > > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 15:58, Grant Taylor wrote: Is there a way to get equery to list keywords from custom overlays (configured through /etc/portage/repos.conf/.conf)? If I put an ebuild file in the main Gentoo portage repo, equery keywords works just fine. If I move the same ebuild file to my

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

2019-06-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:26:50 -0400, Jack wrote: > On 2019.06.19 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > > > > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze > > > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! > > > wifi ~ # ls -al /usr/lib > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1

[gentoo-user] equery keywords and overlays

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
Is there a way to get equery to list keywords from custom overlays (configured through /etc/portage/repos.conf/.conf)? If I put an ebuild file in the main Gentoo portage repo, equery keywords works just fine. If I move the same ebuild file to my local repo, equery keywords fails. (Yes,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the "halt" user for?

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 1:43 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: These days there are other ways to do the same You could probably add the Set UID bit to the halt binary and restrict read & execution to members of the group. Then any user that can read it, can run it as root via Set UID. -- Grant. . . . unix ||

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the "halt" user for?

2019-06-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 3:19 PM Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2019-06-19 15:10, Jack wrote: > > > Won't "sudo halt" work? I frequently do "sudo reboor" or just > > "reboot" from a root shell. (I am also systemd free.) > > I would prefer to avoid sudo for security reasons (to get root I > normally

[gentoo-user] Video card, splitter and issues.

2019-06-19 Thread Dale
Howdy, I have a video issue here.  I recently cut off DirecTV service and now watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for.  As some know, my Mom died recently so I want to make use of the living room TV as well.  I bought a splitter that takes one input and outputs to 4.  The

[gentoo-user] Re: What is the "halt" user for?

2019-06-19 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-06-19 15:10, Jack wrote: > Won't "sudo halt" work? I frequently do "sudo reboor" or just > "reboot" from a root shell. (I am also systemd free.) I would prefer to avoid sudo for security reasons (to get root I normally login on an otherwise unused virtual console). But yes, I'm pretty

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the "halt" user for?

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 15:00, Ian Zimmerman wrote: I'd like to have a quick way to halt my system from the keyboard, without relying on obscure key combinations such as Alt-Up. Logging in as a special user (with a special password) would be ideal. And I saw that a "halt" user already exists, with

[gentoo-user] What is the "halt" user for?

2019-06-19 Thread Ian Zimmerman
I'd like to have a quick way to halt my system from the keyboard, without relying on obscure key combinations such as Alt-Up. Logging in as a special user (with a special password) would be ideal. And I saw that a "halt" user already exists, with /sbin/halt as a login shell, so someone must have

[gentoo-user] Re: wpa_supplicant.conf incongruity

2019-06-19 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-06-19 10:32, Mick wrote: > Having read the above and more in the example file, I thought the way > to define a GROUP would be to just add a single directive, e.g.: > > GROUP=users I remember doing just this some time ago and it worked. I think this is a case of the code leaving the

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
On 6/19/19 11:37 AM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote: echo '>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.15' >> /etc/portage/package.mask/kernels Perfect! Thank you. :-) I did name the file /etc/portage/package.mask/gentoo-sources as I like to name the file after the package that it's meant to effect.

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

2019-06-19 Thread Jack
On 2019.06.19 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! > wifi ~ # ls -al /usr/lib > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  4 13:37 /usr/lib -> /usr/lib64 > wifi ~ # > > The symlink

Re: [gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

2019-06-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:45:03 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > wifi ~ # unsymlink-lib --analyze > /usr/lib needs to be a symlink to lib64! > wifi ~ # ls -al /usr/lib > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan  4 13:37 /usr/lib -> /usr/lib64 > wifi ~ # > > The symlink looks the same as another unconverted

Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov
echo '>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.15' >> /etc/portage/package.mask/kernels

[gentoo-user] Preventing new versions of gentoo-sources…

2019-06-19 Thread Grant Taylor
Is there a way that I can prevent emerge from wanting to update (download / install) gentoo-sources for kernel versions beyond a specified value? I want to stick within a specific version of the kernel / gentoo-sources because of dependencies on Open vSwitch. I'm okay receiving updates to

[gentoo-user] Profile 17.1 fails at the analyse stage

2019-06-19 Thread Bill Kenworthy
I have converted 4 systems to the 17.1 profile but this one fails at the first hurdle: wifi ~ # eselect profile list Available profile symlink targets:   [1]   olympus:default/linux/amd64/17.0 (stable) *   [2]   olympus:default/linux/amd64/17.0/selinux (stable)   [3]  

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
190618 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? >> No. The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers : >> Gkrellm shows heavy use of 1 CPU (out of 8 ) at a time when they run. > Is glxgears running as it should ? >> I can't find an executable or pkg called

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: i don't see icu

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
190615 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 15/06/2019 11:57, Philip Webb wrote: >> For a long time, I've been having a problem upgrading 'icu'. >> There seems to be a conflict with KDE : >>!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been >> pulled >>!!! into the dependency

[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant.conf incongruity

2019-06-19 Thread Mick
This must be the third if not fourth time the syntax in wpa_supplicant.conf bit me - I don't learn easily! ;-) The comments in the example configuration file installed with wpa_supplicant provided under /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant-2.6-r10/wpa_supplicant.conf.bz2 explain a Unix control

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gvim icon problem

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
190618 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 18/06/2019 19:06, Philip Webb wrote: >> I've just upgraded to Gvim 8.1.1486 & most of the icons have disappeared. > Is kde-plasma/kde-gtk-config installed ? >> Yes. > Open the KDE "System Settings", and go to "Application Style". > Select "GNOME/Gtk Application