[gentoo-user] system won't boot - --no-bootloader set; Skipping bootloader update ...

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
My system will not boot. I installed sys-power/acpid and wanted to double check the kernel configuration. I run: genkernel --menuconfig all The ACPI option was enabled so I exit the menu but it started to compile the kernel so I press CTRL-C (to stop it). Upon rebooting the X will not start

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 11 December 2020 07:56:20 CET, Grant Taylor wrote: >On 12/10/20 9:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is >pressed? >> Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? > >Press and release, in less than four seconds, is the OS. Four seconds

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-10 Thread Grant Taylor
On 12/10/20 9:20 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is pressed? Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? Press and release, in less than four seconds, is the OS. Four seconds or longer is the BIOS. Try stopping acpid and seeing if that

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread n952162
Thank you (all). On 12/10/20 10:53 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:18 PM n952162 wrote: On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Is the CPU going

Re: [gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 11 December 2020 05:20:55 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is >pressed? >Is it a function in a BIOS or OS? When booted, OS. But the 5s press is BIOS. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my

[gentoo-user] preventing PC sutdown by power button when running

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
How to prevent PC from shutdown when running when power button is pressed? Is it a function in a BIOS or OS?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2020-12-10, Michael wrote: There's no need for the two-step process: $ convert scan1.png scan2.png scanned.pdf >>> There was some vulnerability in ghostscript[1] which disabled the above >>> conversion - but I can't find the BGO number. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2020-12-10, Michael wrote: >>> There's no need for the two-step process: >>> >>> $ convert scan1.png scan2.png scanned.pdf >> There was some vulnerability in ghostscript[1] which disabled the above >> conversion - but I can't find the BGO number. I thought it had been

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Miles Malone
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 01:49, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > Personally, however, I tend to use a new system as an excuse to clean up my > install and start from scratch. Especially as I always tend to pass my old > system on to a family member or friend. > It's also an excellent opportunity to do a

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:48 PM wrote: > > I'll stick with "mbox" type. Ok, we'll go with a traditional mbox mailbox in /var/spool/mail/$user > > > Step 2 - We'll confirm postfix is configured appropriately for that > > choice and that it is delivering mail to the right place using shell > >

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 03:23 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM wrote: >> >> So I tried with setting: >> home_mailbox = .maildir >> (no forward "/", so it should be mbox type). > > Ok, your email is a bit confusing so I'm not quite sure what you're > trying to accomplish. I'm not

[gentoo-user] Re: Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-10, Michael wrote: > >> There's no need for the two-step process: >> >> $ convert scan1.png scan2.png scanned.pdf > > There was some vulnerability in ghostscript[1] which disabled the above > conversion - but I can't find the BGO number. I thought it had been patched > since then,

[gentoo-user] Re: new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-10, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:23:09 PM CET n952162 wrote: >> I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system >> on it? >> >> If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum? >> >> TIA > > Unless you really

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM wrote: > > So I tried with setting: > home_mailbox = .maildir > (no forward "/", so it should be mbox type). Ok, your email is a bit confusing so I'm not quite sure what you're trying to accomplish. I'm not sure why you'd want to stick an mbox mailbox in a

[gentoo-user] Re: new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-10, n952162 wrote: > I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system > on it? It depends on how "alike" your new and old mainboard are. Everything might work 100%, or it might crash in the very early stages of the kernel starting, or anything in-between. > If

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 02:33 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:29 PM wrote: >> >> On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> Are you in the "mail" group? >>> >> >> That was it. Now I can access the /var/spool/mail from TBird >> I'm running Posfix and in main.cf I left as default: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:18 PM n952162 wrote: > > On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: > >> I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system > >> on it? > > Is the CPU going to be the same? The responses already

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:29 PM wrote: > > On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Are you in the "mail" group? > > > > That was it. Now I can access the /var/spool/mail from TBird > I'm running Posfix and in main.cf I left as default: > home_mailbox = .maildir/ > > So all the local mail

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread n952162
On 12/10/20 7:18 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Is the CPU going to be the same? The responses already cover the mainboard itself well. If the CPU could change then you

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 10 December 2020 19:48:41 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: >>> On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: The Local Directory path

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 10 December 2020 19:48:41 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: >> On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: >>> >>> The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: > On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: >> >> The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a >> different directory. >> >> drwxrwsr-t  2 root  mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Jack
On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a different directory. drwxrwsr-t 2 root mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail Why Thunderbird can not read that directory? Are

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM n952162 wrote: > > I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system > on it? Is the CPU going to be the same? The responses already cover the mainboard itself well. If the CPU could change then you need to check your -march in CFLAGS for

[gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a different directory. drwxrwsr-t 2 root mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail Why Thunderbird can not read that directory?

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world, Python, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

2020-12-10 Thread Jack
On 2020.12.10 12:30, Andrew Lowe wrote: Hi all, Quick question - an "emerge world" produces heaps of work due to Python 3.7 -> 3.8. Is 3.8 around for a while or are we kicking over to 3.9 in the next week or so? In other words, is it worth doing the 3.8 upgrade or waiting for 3.9?

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 10 December 2020 16:37:31 CET, Rich Freeman wrote: >On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:09 PM Dale wrote: >> >> How do I print them the >> same way tho? > >I didn't see much discussion on the printing side of this - how to >print two-sided on a one-sided printer. > >Step 1 (optional): I created a CUPS

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Michael
On Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:21:05 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2020-12-10, Michael wrote: > > On Thursday, 10 December 2020 08:27:33 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > [...] > > >> I use gscan2pdf, although it sans to many more file formats. Scan to 2 > >> page PDF and your printer can print in

[gentoo-user] emerge world, Python, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

2020-12-10 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, Quick question - an "emerge world" produces heaps of work due to Python 3.7 -> 3.8. Is 3.8 around for a while or are we kicking over to 3.9 in the next week or so? In other words, is it worth doing the 3.8 upgrade or waiting for 3.9? Thoughts greatly appreciated,

RE: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
> -Original Message- > From: n952162 > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 16:23 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard? > > I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? > > If it would come up, what

[gentoo-user] Thunderbird - localmail

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
When I try to read localmail with Thunderbird I get an error: "The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a different directory." I have both directories: /var/spool/mail/ /var/mail/ It seems like they are the same, same file sizes same files. I imported all Thunderbird

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Matt Connell (Gmail)
On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 16:49 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > I tend to use a new system as an excuse to clean up my install and start from > scratch. Same here. Especially because I only upgrade workstations every 6-8 years. I'll keep my world file and cherry-pick stuff from /etc/portage but

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:23:09 PM CET n952162 wrote: > I need a new mainboard. What will happen if I boot my existing system > on it? > > If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum? > > TIA Unless you really reduced the drivers available on your system or

Re: [gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread Matt Connell (Gmail)
On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 16:23 +0100, n952162 wrote: > What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? Best case, it boots and has some minor issues to work through. Worst case, it doesn't boot at all. > If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum? If you're building

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:09 PM Dale wrote: > > How do I print them the > same way tho? I didn't see much discussion on the printing side of this - how to print two-sided on a one-sided printer. Step 1 (optional): I created a CUPS queue for such jobs that just outputs everything into PDF in a

[gentoo-user] new install for a new mainboard?

2020-12-10 Thread n952162
I need a new mainboard.  What will happen if I boot my existing system on it? If it would come up, what would need to be (re)emerged, as a minimum? TIA

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot emerge chromium 89.0.4343.0

2020-12-10 Thread John Covici
On Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:58:01 -0500, David Haller wrote: > > Hello, > > On Wed, 09 Dec 2020, John Covici wrote: > >On Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:20:06 -0500, Mark Knecht wrote: > [..] > >FAILED: obj/v8/v8_base_without_compiler/intl-objects.o > [..] -O2 -pipe -c

[gentoo-user] Re: Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-12-10, Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 10 December 2020 08:27:33 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: [...] >> I use gscan2pdf, although it sans to many more file formats. Scan to 2 >> page PDF and your printer can print in duplex. >> >> Gscan2pdf has lots of nice features, I used to use it with an

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
Please do not include me in list-replies. I am subscribed. On Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:49:06 AM CET Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Joost, > > On Thursday, 2020-12-10 10:28:05 +0100, you wrote: > > ... > > My old printer/scanner can scan directly to PDF using the sheetfeeder. > > For

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok
Joost, On Thursday, 2020-12-10 10:28:05 +0100, you wrote: > ... > My old printer/scanner can scan directly to PDF using the sheetfeeder. > For double-sided, I always ended up with 1 PDF with odd-pages and 1 with even. > > There used to be tools available (python-old) that could shuffle these >

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 1:09:29 AM CET Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I have a flatbed scanner. It's a old HP 4570. I been using Skanlite to > scan pictures etc and it does a great job. On occasion tho I have a > double sided document. I know how to scan them, scan one side, flip > over and

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:20:22 +, Michael wrote: > > Gscan2pdf has lots of nice features, I used to use it with an ADF and > > it would scan all the sheets, then I'd turn the stack over and feed > > it back in and it would scan the other sides and then put all the > > pages in the correct

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Michael
On Thursday, 10 December 2020 08:27:33 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 18:09:29 -0600, Dale wrote: > > I have a flatbed scanner. It's a old HP 4570. I been using Skanlite to > > scan pictures etc and it does a great job. On occasion tho I have a > > double sided document. I know

Re: [gentoo-user] Scanning double sided documents and printing them the same.

2020-12-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 18:09:29 -0600, Dale wrote: > I have a flatbed scanner.  It's a old HP 4570.  I been using Skanlite to > scan pictures etc and it does a great job.  On occasion tho I have a > double sided document.  I know how to scan them, scan one side, flip > over and scan the back.  That's