[gentoo-user] Cannot emerge 32 bits version of gnome libraries

2020-12-24 Thread François-Xavier Carton
Hi, I have build failures for various gnome libraries. The errors happen when compiling the 32 bits versions, and seems to be due to "-m32" not being used for the C compiler. The errors are either the linker complaining about architecture mismatch, or glib static assertion errors about pointer

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system

2020-12-15 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 02:57:22PM -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > [snip] > > emerge --update --oneshot portage > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy > ">=app-crypt/openpgp-keys-gentoo-release-20180706" have been masked. > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot start xfce from lightdm [solved]

2020-11-01 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 04:18:23PM +0100, François-Xavier Carton wrote: > Ah, this might be the problem. I don't have that file, I only have > 00-xhost in there. I checked the dbus ebuild, I need to enable the X use > flag. Will do, and report back :) Thanks for the pointer! > Yes,

[gentoo-user] Cannot start xfce from lightdm

2020-11-01 Thread François-Xavier Carton
Hi, I'm installing gentoo on the family computer, and I'm opting for lightdm and xfce (for ease of use for non-experienced users). As per the wiki, I emerged the packages, enabled and started the dbus and xdm services. Lightdm starts fine, but xfce fails to start with the error: "Unable to

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot start xfce from lightdm

2020-11-01 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 02:39:02PM +0100, netfab wrote: > Le 01/11/20 ?? 13:32, Fran??ois-Xavier Carton a tapot?? : > > I'm not used to graphical login managers, and I'm running out of > > ideas. Does anyone have some idea of what I could try to get xfce > > running from lightdm? > > It works

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Building packages in different prefix without rebuilding system packages

2020-05-15 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:53:16PM +0200, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: > Hi François-Xavier, > > What you're after is known as "Prefix/Stack", where you have some "base" > Prefix, which's portage does manage packages in another - stacked - Prefix. > > While this does work already with

Re: [gentoo-user] Building packages in different prefix without rebuilding system packages

2020-05-14 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 09:26:10AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 5/14/20 7:55 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 14 May 2020 18:17:06 +0800, Pengcheng Xu wrote: > > > >> That seems interesting. Do we need to include Portage install prefix > >> (/var/tmp/portage/category/package/..., the

[gentoo-user] Building packages in different prefix without rebuilding system packages

2020-05-14 Thread François-Xavier Carton
Hi, Is there a way of installing packages in a different prefix while still using system packages? I've tried setting EPREFIX, however doing that will install all dependencies in the prefix, even if there are already installed in the system. I was hoping to install some packages in user

Re: [gentoo-user] Building packages in different prefix without rebuilding system packages

2020-05-14 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 09:07:43AM +0100, Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 14 May 2020 06:13:33 BST Dale wrote: > > François-Xavier Carton wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is there a way of installing packages in a different prefix while still > > > usin

Re: [gentoo-user] 32GB RAM and Swap

2020-05-03 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Sat, May 02, 2020 at 10:12:08PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > I am afraid this is an ".. it depends" question. > Yes, I agree. > If you work with large images or data sets, swap can be really handy.  > If you are doing a little programming, web browsing, reading email you > will

Re: [gentoo-user] g-cpan equivalent for python

2019-11-24 Thread François-Xavier Carton
On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 11:21:46AM +0100, Dan Johansson wrote: > > OK, thanks for the feedback. > I will look into creating a ebuild for this (not my first ebuild, but > the first that has anything to do with python). > But, I will first try to build it in a "protected" environment like >

Re: [gentoo-user] vimrc in (g)vim and highlighting

2019-10-04 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
On 10/3/19 10:23 AM, Samuraiii wrote: Hi list, I have strange problem with my ~/.vimrc file. When I have it (does not matter if it is empty or not), the syntax highlighting is not working at all. But when I delete it, vim highlights as expected (I have already tried to set "incompatible"

Re: [gentoo-user] escape from i3lock

2019-07-10 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
On 7/10/19 7:03 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: Here is my next "low information" question, haha. I use i3lock which is like Xscreensaver but much much simpler; it plays no movies or games, just blanks the screen with a configured color or image. To unlock it you have to type your password. It

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI kernel installation?

2019-06-17 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
On 6/17/19 5:37 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: I doubt it. I've routinely done emerges on machines with < 16 GB of memory and 2 GB of swap.?? Including llvm, clang, gcc, rust, Firefox and Thunderbird. I routinely do an emerge -DuNe @world on a VPS with 1 GB of memory and 1 GB of swap.?? It works

Re: [gentoo-user] OT scripting - strip zero if between period and digit

2019-01-22 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
Le 23/01/2019 à 04:19, Adam Carter a écrit : > François-Xavier > > My bad, it should be: sed 's/0*\([0-9][0-9]*\)/\1/g' (tests are indeed needed!) Many thanks François. This is almost right, but it is also stripping zeros that follow a letter, and I only want it

Re: [gentoo-user] OT scripting - strip zero if between period and digit

2019-01-21 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
Le 22/01/2019 à 03:05, François-Xavier CARTON a écrit : Le 22/01/2019 à 00:50, Adam Carter a écrit : I need to clean up a file which has IP addresses with leading zeros in some of the octets so I need to make, say, .09 into .9 How do i do that in sed/awk/whatever? I believe that should do

Re: [gentoo-user] OT scripting - strip zero if between period and digit

2019-01-21 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
Le 22/01/2019 à 00:50, Adam Carter a écrit : I need to clean up a file which has IP addresses with leading zeros in some of the octets so I need to make, say, .09 into .9 How do i do that in sed/awk/whatever? I believe that should do: sed 's/0*\([0-9]\)/\1/g' eg. $ sed

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg on really old PC

2018-08-31 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
Le 31/08/2018 à 05:10, Walter Dnes a écrit : Given the inter-connectedness of linux libraries, you're not going to get an ancient version of mesa to work with a new Gentoo install. That's where Gentoo helps, being a source-based distribution :) Forget about OpenGL and undo the masks.

[gentoo-user] Xorg on really old PC

2018-08-30 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
t configuration and versions I should use? Thanks, François-Xavier Carton [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Intel=599748=599742 [2] Xorg.0.log: http://sprunge.us/ZdWJNH

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads up: Gentoo fouls up mail transport agent.

2018-07-21 Thread François-Xavier CARTON
Le 22/07/2018 à 00:10, Mike Gilbert a écrit : On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Gentoo. Right at the moment, I feel a lot of sympathy with Alan Grimes, and need a lot of restraint in avoiding the use of swear words in describing some Gentoo developer. ...