The wireless gadget also supports network manager, at a basic level, now. On Mon, Dec 18, 2017, 4:52 AM Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 20:37:38 +0000 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said: > > > On 17/12/17 14:47, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 12:56:18 +0000 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> > said: > > [...] > > >> If I try to add ninja-build to the install command, it says > > >> > > >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > >> ninja-build : Conflicts: ninja but 0.1.3-2 is to be installed > > >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > > > > > well obviously ... you have a conflict. > > > > Even I can see that. But I don't know how to solve it. > > > > > remove ninja then and install ninja-build... > > > > Removing ninja was what caused the problem in the first place. > > > > > correct. it's no longer make. it's meson + ninja. > > > > OK, thanks. > > > > > yes. only meson. i think you have issues at your end. see above. just > fix > > > your conflicts. > > > > I'm afraid I have work to do, so it'll have to stay broken for the > > moment. My only issue is with software that doesn't install, as I > reported: > > > > >> Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in > > >> /tmp/pip-build-ruyohi9b/meson/ > > > > a lot of projects have moved to meson: > > > > > > gtk+ > > > glib > > > mesa > > > wayland > > > weston > > > > I'm an end user of Linux, not a Linux developer. They must use whatever > > toolset is appropriate; those aren't projects I would ever need to > > compile myself. > > > > Problem fixed, however; after testing in a sacrificial Mint environment, > > the PPA solution worked just fine. > > I'm unsure of all the details of your pain, but it seems you have a trail > of > pain and TBH It's a rare day i go distro hoping just to have things work > for > me. I've really used/installed 5 distros over the past 20+ years of Linux > (Slackware, then RH, then Debian, Ubuntu and for the past 3 years or so > Arch). I > use Arch these days and it works for me. Sure. I've had to fiddle on some > UEFI-only systems to make it boot right, and some "rootfs is on nvram": > > /dev/nvme0n1p1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard,commit=1800,data=ordered) > > like stuff. But it just involves some learning, fiddling and making things > work. No it's not "just click next and it just boots" but it seems you're > having even more pain later on which is even more work compared to just > fixing the core issue: why things don't boot. Perhaps just investigating > this > and figuring it out might be worth it for you. You'll get past it into > pastures > of "less pain" and learn something. > > > One curiosity: E suggests I install connman for my network connections. > > Last time I looked at connman it was still being developed. Is it worth > > switching from whatever regular distros provide (nm, I assume)? > > I have only used connman for many many many years. works for me. > > > ///Peter > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
