Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] KDE 4.9.5 VERY slow to respond

2013-02-03 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 02.02.2013 22:18, schrieb Dale: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 02.02.2013 11:19, schrieb Dale: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: you can ignore all that. there is something broken - have a look at htop while clicking, check with xev that your clicks are actually delivered on time. Check

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Dustin C. Hatch admiraln...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/2/2013 19:43, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Dustin C. Hatch admiraln...@gmail.com wrote: I encountered these types of errors when building as well. It is because the embedded

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] KDE 4.9.5 VERY slow to respond

2013-02-03 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 02.02.2013 22:18, schrieb Dale: Well, I do run into problems from time to time. I got a thread on here about gtkam that is a real head scratcher. I don't know tho, maybe I don't have any more problems than anyone else. I don't start to many threads with

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] KDE 4.9.5 VERY slow to respond

2013-02-03 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Oh I don't. Things happen. We all run into issues at times and we report them so they can be fixed. Then that helps everyone. This is Linux after all. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:47:15 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I may be suffering from faulty wetRAM, but I'm sure I've seen ebuilds bail because f incorrect kernel configuration in the past. Just because the ebuild does it, does not mean it's correct to do it. Nor does it make it wrong.

[gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the last of my several accounts. This account does not need SMTP settings, i never send from it. But the create Account Wizard insists on trying to validate passwords and every setting other under the sun. How do I get Thunderbird

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 13:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: I may be suffering from faulty wetRAM, but I'm sure I've seen ebuilds bail because f incorrect kernel configuration in the past. Just because the ebuild does it, does not mean it's correct to do it. Nor does it make it wrong. I'm all for

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the last of my several accounts. This account does not need SMTP settings, i never send from it. But the create Account Wizard insists on trying to validate passwords and every

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 14:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the last of my several accounts. This account does not need SMTP settings, i never send from it. But the create Account Wizard insists on

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 03.02.2013 13:32, schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 03/02/2013 14:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the last of my several accounts. This account does not need SMTP settings, i never send from

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 14:37, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 13:32, schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 03/02/2013 14:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the last of my several accounts. This account

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 03.02.2013 13:54, schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 03/02/2013 14:37, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 13:32, schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 03/02/2013 14:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the

[gentoo-user] error: Cg/cg.h: No such file or directory

2013-02-03 Thread João Matos
Dear list, I'm trying to build dolphin-emu from gamerlay, and I got the following error: error: Cg/cg.h: No such file or directory But the file actually exists: /opt/nvidia-cg-toolkit/include/Cg/cg.h Should it be a problem that I can solve myself? I thought so, than I've made a symlink for

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 15:05, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 13:54, schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 03/02/2013 14:37, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 13:32, schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 03/02/2013 14:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Test driving this

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 03.02.2013 15:08, schrieb Alan McKinnon: So what we have here is a piece of FOSS software that is too fucking clever for it's own good. It's applying insane validation checks to things that are not in any spec at all: - I want two IMAP accounts. One runs locally on port 143. The other

Re: [gentoo-user] error: Cg/cg.h: No such file or directory

2013-02-03 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:10 PM, João Matos jaon...@gmail.com wrote: Dear list, I'm trying to build dolphin-emu from gamerlay, and I got the following error: error: Cg/cg.h: No such file or directory But the file actually exists: /opt/nvidia-cg-toolkit/include/Cg/cg.h Should it be a

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:02:39 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Nor does it make it wrong. I'm all for Gentoo allowing you to shoot yourself in the foot, I just think it's a good idea to let you know the gun is pointing at your foot before you pull the trigger. Updating udev without the correct

Re: [gentoo-user] error: Cg/cg.h: No such file or directory

2013-02-03 Thread João Matos
2013/2/3 Nilesh Govindrajan m...@nileshgr.com On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:10 PM, João Matos jaon...@gmail.com wrote: Dear list, I'm trying to build dolphin-emu from gamerlay, and I got the following error: error: Cg/cg.h: No such file or directory But the file actually exists:

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Dustin C. Hatch
On 2/3/2013 04:10, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Okay that solved the ebuild problem, but I'm stuck with another problem now -_- ... /usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so: file not recognized: File format not recognized Looks like it is trying to use the libdb shared object from the host system instead of the

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 16:54, Neil Bothwick wrote: This isn't about a lack of convenience, this upgrade WILL break a computer that was working beforehand, and not tell the user about it until after the damage is done. I'm not saying it is easy to find a solution that helps avoid breaking while not

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 16:28, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 03.02.2013 15:08, schrieb Alan McKinnon: So what we have here is a piece of FOSS software that is too fucking clever for it's own good. It's applying insane validation checks to things that are not in any spec at all: - I want two IMAP

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Alex Schuster
Alan McKinnon writes: On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 16:21:10 +0100 Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Michael Mol writes: [system does not boot after UDEV upgrade] Ran into the same problem, with my sister's PC. Which I had updated from remote, so I did not see the elogs. I do not think it

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sunday 03 February 2013 09:19:58 PM IST, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: On 2/3/2013 04:10, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Okay that solved the ebuild problem, but I'm stuck with another problem now -_- ... /usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so: file not recognized: File format not recognized Looks like it is trying

[gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
emerge -e --keep-going @world shows output like this when a build fails: * One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies: * * =dev-libs/icu-49:0/50= pulled in by: * (x11-libs/qt-core-4.8.4-r1::gentoo, installed) I can't parse that. What kind of SLOT is 0/50= ? So

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:24:50 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: So I say to you Neil, what is your solution for all the myriad configurations possible that DO NOT resemble your own? We know what your preferred solution is, as you stated it clearly, but I am interested in all those other users not

[gentoo-user] Re: udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread »Q«
On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 18:51:45 +0100 Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Alan McKinnon writes: - news item There is one, from 2013-01-23, ending with 'Apologies if this news came too late for you.' Okay, if that one came a little earlier, I would have been fine. I would have too.

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: emerge -e --keep-going @world shows output like this when a build fails: * One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies: * * =dev-libs/icu-49:0/50= pulled in by: * (x11-libs/qt-core-4.8.4-r1::gentoo, installed) I can't parse that. What

Re: [gentoo-user] udev-191 bit me. Insufficient ptys

2013-02-03 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/03/2013 12:24 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: - trying to infer something from the current running kernel, or /usr/src/linux/.config or some magic name in /boot/ is pointless and leads to so many false positives it isn't worth the effort in the general case. It was claimed that this will

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/03/2013 01:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: emerge -e --keep-going @world shows output like this when a build fails: * One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies: * * =dev-libs/icu-49:0/50= pulled in by: * (x11-libs/qt-core-4.8.4-r1::gentoo, installed)

Re: [gentoo-user] Gtkam getting on my nerves, again.

2013-02-03 Thread Walter Dnes
I use Gtkam to get pics from my Canon camera. I already put up with the fact that it crashes a LOT. It really gets on my nerves but sort of getting used to that. Now I have a new issue. When I tell it to save a picture to say /home/dale/Desktop/Documents/Camera-pics/2013/Yard/ it always

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 21:28, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 02/03/2013 01:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: emerge -e --keep-going @world shows output like this when a build fails: * One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies: * * =dev-libs/icu-49:0/50= pulled in by: *

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations

2013-02-03 Thread walt
On 02/02/2013 01:21 PM, Dale wrote: walt wrote: Yes, I've already fixed the problem by changing the default settings in both evolution and at the google website. Another example of the tyranny of the default (a phrase I learned from Leo Laporte). I miss seeing Leo on TechTV. Him and Kate

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 03/02/2013 21:09, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: emerge -e --keep-going @world shows output like this when a build fails: * One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies: * * =dev-libs/icu-49:0/50= pulled in by: * (x11-libs/qt-core-4.8.4-r1::gentoo,

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Dustin C. Hatch
On 2/3/2013 12:24, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: On Sunday 03 February 2013 09:19:58 PM IST, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: On 2/3/2013 04:10, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Okay that solved the ebuild problem, but I'm stuck with another problem now -_- ... /usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so: file not recognized: File

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On 03/02/2013 21:09, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: emerge -e --keep-going @world shows output like this when a build fails: * One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies: * * =dev-libs/icu-49:0/50= pulled in by: *

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Nigerian spam coming through google calendar invitations

2013-02-03 Thread Dale
walt wrote: On 02/02/2013 01:21 PM, Dale wrote: walt wrote: Yes, I've already fixed the problem by changing the default settings in both evolution and at the google website. Another example of the tyranny of the default (a phrase I learned from Leo Laporte). I miss seeing Leo on TechTV.

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/02/2013 01:22, Dale wrote: Is this all starting to sound maybe just a little bit like some magic that will make @preserved-rebuild and revdep-rebuild redundant? We need those tools because portage does not know what so versions will work fine with what, and these sub-slots are

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusing emerge output

2013-02-03 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: I'm a cynical old fart who's seen it all (more than once) before si I'm inclined to reply with yes, portage is getting smarter about breakages and append to that by fixing one problem - revdep-rebuild - and introducing a vast slew of new! shiny! improved! wonderful bugs

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Dustin C. Hatch admiraln...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/3/2013 12:24, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Okay, the problem is probably the way PAM tries to link against db. Unless you need that functionality, I'd go ahead and remove the berkdb USE flag and try again. You may

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Yohan Pereira
On 04/02/13 at 11:13am, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Nah, I don't need berkdb, I'll do without it. Did you install emerge/portage on the Pi yet? Python cannot be cross compiled (it's a hot topic since ages, but very few people have been successful with that). So I guess Python would have to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Yohan Pereira yohan.pere...@gmail.com wrote: I recently got a minimal gentoo running on the pi (without running emerge/compiling on the pi), here's what I've learned. Cross compilation is FUN \sarcasm. Lots of packages (like python) don't like being cross

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for Raspberry Pi (Was: List of base system packages)

2013-02-03 Thread Yohan Pereira
On 04/02/13 at 12:14pm, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Emulating the Pi on my machine would be slower since I have a dated E2180. It would be rather easier to get distcc on the Pi and make use of the 3 processors. But need to first figure out how to install emerge there... alternatively, could