Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-20 Thread mad . scientist . at . large
I've had the  same frustration.  There is an extension call "custom scroll bars".  The problem is due to a "feature" where web pages can decide on what a scroll bar looks like and how wide it is.  Apparently some web designers think they know what's best for others.  It's a flaw, not a

RE: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-20 Thread Laurence Perkins
Try Falkon maybe. -Original Message- From: mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 9:45 AM To: Gentoo User Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox I've had the  same frustration.  There is an extension call "custom scroll bars".  The problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 7 August 2021 10:45:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Far too often, Firefox on this box will hide the tab bar, but behave as > though it were still there. In other words, I have to aim the mouse pointer > 2cm below the thing I want to click. > > Pressing reveals the

Re: [gentoo-user] How to emergency manual install of libffi-compat.

2021-08-20 Thread Andrea Conti
I've bitten by this too... the problem is that portage does not follow a particular order when rebuilding subslot deps, so when upgrading dev-libs/libffi (in this case from 0/7 to 0/8) it can schedule lots of other packages between when the new libffi is installed and when python is rebuilt.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to emergency manual install of libffi-compat.

2021-08-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:08:26 +0100, Michael wrote: > > Apparently installing libffi-compat will un-hose my system where ALL > > SOFTWARE that needs FFI thru python is broken, especially all portage > > tooling... > > > > Is there a repository and walkthru for installing this? > > This may

[gentoo-user] How to emergency manual install of libffi-compat.

2021-08-20 Thread Alan Grimes
Apparently installing libffi-compat will un-hose my system where ALL SOFTWARE that needs FFI thru python is broken, especially all portage tooling... Is there a repository and walkthru for installing this? Am I really the world's unluckiest gentoo user or was the pooch really screwed on this

Re: [gentoo-user] How to emergency manual install of libffi-compat.

2021-08-20 Thread Michael
On Friday, 20 August 2021 07:55:34 BST Alan Grimes wrote: > Apparently installing libffi-compat will un-hose my system where ALL > SOFTWARE that needs FFI thru python is broken, especially all portage > tooling... > > Is there a repository and walkthru for installing this? This may help:

[gentoo-user] Libffi and total anihilation.

2021-08-20 Thread Alan Grimes
Way to go guys! I mindlessly fired off an update after like 6 months this morning and forgot about it and, this evening, realized I had managed to utterly break python, and by extension emerge. It looks like it was meaning to shoot itself in the foot from the beginning but it ended up using a