Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 1:50 PM Dale wrote: > Another issue, ctrl+alt+L doesn't trigger xscreensaver but still > triggers KDE's screen saver. It can likely be fixed but the problem > above has to be fixed first. System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Screen Locking ?

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Saturday, 19 March 2022 12:33:16 GMT Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: >>> On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote: Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: > The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver. > https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/ I

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Wols Lists
On 19/03/2022 13:20, Dale wrote: I'm moving to encrypting some directories.  To do that, I need a empty drive first to put encryption on.  Then I can encrypt, move stuff that isn't encrypted then add drives back until everything that I want is encrypted.  I'm assuming I can have one large

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 19 March 2022 12:33:16 GMT Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: >> On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote: >>> Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/ >>> I have that installed

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-19 Thread Jeremy Hendricks
If you want to save time (and probably money), compile packages into binary packages on another server and set the virtual server to only use binary. On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 5:51 AM n952162 wrote: > :thumbsup: Thank you. > > On 3/19/22 09:08, Matthias Hanft wrote: > > n952162 wrote: > >> You

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 19 March 2022 12:33:16 GMT Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: > On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote: > > Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: > > > The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver. > > > https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/ > > > > I have that installed here. Question now

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi networks not seen by networkmanager

2022-03-19 Thread MK
Thu Mar 17 09:30:09 2022 >>> net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r1 is more-than-likely the problem. I had the same issue yesterday and eventually switched to iwd. There's also this thread in the forums regarding the same issue: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1147741.html Hope that

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Wols Lists wrote: > On 19/03/2022 08:03, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I been thinking.  Yea, that's dangerous.  lol  If I logout of KDE, or >> have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I >> have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack?  My login >> manager

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Wols Lists wrote: > On 19/03/2022 11:08, Dale wrote: >> I have that installed here.  Question now is, is that what locks my >> screen or is KDE/sddm/something else doing that besides xscreensaver. >>  From my poking around, I don't think I'm using xscreensaver.  I'm >> trying >> to figure out how

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: > On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote: >> Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: >>> The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver. >>> https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/ >> I have that installed here.  Question now is, is that what locks my >> screen or is

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Wols Lists
On 19/03/2022 11:08, Dale wrote: I have that installed here.  Question now is, is that what locks my screen or is KDE/sddm/something else doing that besides xscreensaver. From my poking around, I don't think I'm using xscreensaver.  I'm trying to figure out how that works so I can get it to be

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Anna “CyberTailor” wrote: > On 2022-03-19 03:03, Dale wrote: >> I been thinking.  Yea, that's dangerous.  lol  If I logout of KDE, or >> have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I >> have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack?  My login >> manager is

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Wols Lists
On 19/03/2022 08:03, Dale wrote: Howdy, I been thinking.  Yea, that's dangerous.  lol  If I logout of KDE, or have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack?  My login manager is sddm.  As a example, if someone

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-19 Thread n952162
:thumbsup:  Thank you. On 3/19/22 09:08, Matthias Hanft wrote: n952162 wrote: You booted the minimal install ISO and went through the steps of partitioning the disk, network, etc? Yes. Exactly the same way as I did for my server at home. I was thinking that there were special drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-19 Thread Matthias Hanft
n952162 wrote: > > You booted the minimal install ISO and went through the steps of > partitioning the disk, network, etc? Yes. Exactly the same way as I did for my server at home. > I was thinking that there were special drivers necessary for the virtual > devices offered by the platform. 

[gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-19 Thread Dale
Howdy, I been thinking.  Yea, that's dangerous.  lol  If I logout of KDE, or have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack?  My login manager is sddm.  As a example, if someone breaks into my home, is there a