Re: [gentoo-user] puzzling behavior of USE flags with sys-apps/man-db

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:29:20 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Adding the X useflag to xll-libs/gtk+ > > # cat /etc/portage/package.use/gtk+ > xll-libs/gtk+ X > > But emerge appears not to go by its own stipulation > > Same output and next attempt: > > These are the packages that would be

[gentoo-user] Re: package.provided syntax for overlay

Am Sun, 19 Feb 2017 11:17:11 + schrieb Mick : > On Sunday 19 Feb 2017 10:50:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 11:45:27 +0100, Johannes Rosenberger wrote: > [...] > > > > > > According to the portage manpage 'x11-wm/enlightenment-' > > >

[gentoo-user] Re: How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

Am Sun, 19 Feb 2017 13:53:49 +0100 schrieb Helmut Jarausch : > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot > of open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I

[gentoo-user] Re: Collision between app-arch/lrzip and net-dialup/lrzsz

Am Sun, 19 Feb 2017 15:53:46 +0100 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Hi, > > Both packages install the files: > > * Detected file collision(s): > * > */usr/bin/lrz > */usr/share/man/man1/lrz.1.bz2 > * > > I IxQuicked for that but didn't find anything useful. > Is there a gentle way

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluefish colours

On Sunday 19 Feb 2017 16:58:19 Mick wrote: > I don't have an answer for the bluefish button colours, but just an idea > that different Gnome themes may be also applied on the Bluefish > application since it uses Gtk. You've done it again, Mick. Bluefish didn't like clearlooks-phenix, but it's

[gentoo-user] Re: How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

Am Sun, 19 Feb 2017 14:41:20 +0100 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Helmut Jarausch [17-02-19 14:04]: > > Hi, > > > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when > > I start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a > > lot of open tabs.

[gentoo-user] puzzling behavior of USE flags with sys-apps/man-db

Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram On first attempt at emerging sys-apps/man-db (in came up in a world update (including -N [--newuse]) emerge's output indicated that one could not have both berkdb

[gentoo-user] Re: How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

Am Sun, 19 Feb 2017 14:11:29 +0100 schrieb Miroslav Rovis : > On 170219-13:53+0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when > > I > Ebuilds are just text files, they don't run in the background...

[gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

Am Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:05:01 -0500 schrieb "Walter Dnes" : > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 04:57:52PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote > > > Any advice about slick ways of getting fully updated but dumping kde > > on the way. > > *IMPORTANT* KDE is obscene about dependancies.

[gentoo-user] Re: puzzling behavior of USE flags with sys-apps/man-db

Am Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:29:20 -0500 schrieb Harry Putnam : > Adding the X useflag to xll-libs/gtk+ > > # cat /etc/portage/package.use/gtk+ > xll-libs/gtk+ X > > But emerge appears not to go by its own stipulation Maybe because it should be "x11" and not "xll"? --

[gentoo-user] Is this a dependency bug?

I installed weasyprint-0.29, but it won't run: $ weasyprint Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/weasyprint", line 6, in from pkg_resources import load_entry_point [...] File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py",

[gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

"Walter Dnes" writes: [...] > 1) "eselect profile list" and switch to a basic non-KDE profile of your > choice. Moved from: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop * to default/linux/amd64/13.0 * > > 2) "emerge gentoolkit" if not already present. > > 3) "cat

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Surface Pro 3?

Well even if you can't figure it out, I'd be happy to do things manually if you open an issue on github for me with some instructions. I know from experience what a pain in the ass git can be for first-timers ;-) On 20/02/17 15:33, Daniel Frey wrote: On 02/19/2017 09:40 AM, Daniel Quinn

[gentoo-user] Re: package.provided?

Am Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:40:37 + schrieb Neil Bothwick : > On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:00:03 +0100, Johannes Rosenberger wrote: > > > I find the package.*-dirs very nice, too. Unfortunately, the tools > > like emerge, flaggie etc. seem to not always use the same file to > >

[gentoo-user] Re: package.provided syntax for overlay

Am Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:20:41 + schrieb Mick : > Hi All, > > Given sddm is not working for my setup, as per bug #608690, I thought > of trying entrance from the bar overlay. It wants to pull in > enlightenment, which I have already installed from the main tree and

[gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

On 2017-02-19, Mick wrote: >> And what pulls in NetworkManager? KDE's power manager with USE=wireless! I despise NetworkManager. Over the years, it has been the cause of countless problems and hours of wasted time. The first I do when dealing with network problems

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

On 02/19/2017 07:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill chrome. > What can I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.provided syntax for overlay

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:07:39 +0100, Kai Krakow wrote: > > > Another option is to copy/symlink the specific package you want > > > from the bar overlay to your local overlay and do not include the > > > bar overlay in repos.conf. > > > > Sorry for being dense. Do you mean first add the

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

Hi, On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 13:53:49 +0100 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Surface Pro 3?

On 02/19/2017 09:40 AM, Daniel Quinn wrote: > On 30/01/17 08:24 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: >> I acquired (on the cheap) a used Surface Pro 3 with the keyboard cover >> off of a relative who wasn't using it (they said the screen was too > small.) >> >> I am considering putting Gentoo (or attempting to)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

On Monday 20 Feb 2017 15:32:25 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2017-02-19, Mick wrote: > >> And what pulls in NetworkManager? KDE's power manager with USE=wireless! > > I despise NetworkManager. Over the years, it has been the cause of > countless problems and hours of

Re: [gentoo-user] rdate "time.nist.gov" && hwclock --systohc

It should be: usr/bin/rdate -s "time.nist.gov" && hwclock --systohc Thelma On 02/20/2017 12:45 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On one of my boxes system date is 2-days behind. > When I run: > usr/bin/rdate "time.nist.gov" && hwclock --systohc > rdate: [time.nist.gov]Mon Feb 20

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage/profile vs. /etc/portage/make.profile

Johannes Rosenberger [17-02-20 17:06]: > On 20.02.2017 03:37, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a little confused... > > > > In search for the reason my new root has no /etc/portage/profile > > but an /etc/portage/make.profile on this documemnt: > >

[gentoo-user] rdate "time.nist.gov" && hwclock --systohc

On one of my boxes system date is 2-days behind. When I run: usr/bin/rdate "time.nist.gov" && hwclock --systohc rdate: [time.nist.gov] Mon Feb 20 12:39:59 2017 eden ~ # date Sat Feb 18 19:28:39 MST 2017 The system clock is not getting updated, why? Is the time difference too much? -- Thelma

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.provided syntax for overlay

On Monday 20 Feb 2017 13:23:15 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:07:39 +0100, Kai Krakow wrote: > > > > Another option is to copy/symlink the specific package you want > > > > from the bar overlay to your local overlay and do not include the > > > > bar overlay in repos.conf. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to dump kde gracefully in favor of lxde

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 01:44:02PM +0100, Kai Krakow wrote > You could also try to stop portage from even syncing the KDE components > into the tree. I usually do this for small systems to not give portage > any chance of pulling in unwanted components. As a plus, syncing and > dep calculation

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage/profile vs. /etc/portage/make.profile

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:15:57 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > ...I was irritated bu the header line of the linked article and the > fact, that /etc/portage/profile didn't exist in my installation. > I added the directory by hand and hope it is all ok now... You'll also find

Re: [gentoo-user] Binary package server questions

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:34:47 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > Reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide still leaves > me uncertain. I have an ancient 32-bit Atom netbook. I've installed > uclibc-ng Gentoo on it. Building big packages on it is a pain. I can > do an identical

[gentoo-user] Binary package server questions

Reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide still leaves me uncertain. I have an ancient 32-bit Atom netbook. I've installed uclibc-ng Gentoo on it. Building big packages on it is a pain. I can do an identical install in a QEMU VM, and distcc into it. But that doesn't catch

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge a binary package no longer in tree

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:50:15 +0100, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > I'd like to try and update a package I masked long time ago due to > performance problems. Upstream the problem does not seem completely > addressed and solved so I'd like to be able to go back to the old > version just in case. But

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge a binary package no longer in tree

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:50:15 +0100, Raffaele Belardi wrote: I'd like to try and update a package I masked long time ago due to performance problems. Upstream the problem does not seem completely addressed and solved so I'd like to be able to go back to the old version just

Re: [gentoo-user] Binary package server questions

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:22:51AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote > If the chroot is identical to your netbooks's install in terms of > *FLAGS, USE, @world etc, then yes. I used to do it this way when I had an > Atom netbook. I even build for a low memory 486 system in the same way. Unfortunately,

Re: [gentoo-user] Binary package server questions

On Tuesday 21 Feb 2017 00:22:51 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:34:47 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > > Reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide still leaves > > > > me uncertain. I have an ancient 32-bit Atom netbook. I've installed > > uclibc-ng Gentoo on it.