On 9/24/19 12:28 PM, Jack wrote:
On 2019.09.23 20:24, james wrote:
Hello,
So, I've been running Thunderbird-60,9.0 with the only 2 flags set::
dbus jack.
Only (broken) issue is the spellchecker (do not even remember which
one I use to use) does not work. Any spellchecker that automagically
corrects/highlights as I type is fine. I search all over and all I
find our guides that are not relevant to some of the newer versions of
Thunderbird
(https://www.infopackets.com/news/10018/how-fix-thunderbird-spell-check-wont-work)
Surely I just need to turn spell checking back on:: but I cannot find
where, the key-stroke, to do this on thunderbird-60.9.0. Is there a
better/newer version to run?
Thanks in Advance,
James
I'm still on 60.8.0, and on the Preferences dialog, Composition view,
Spelling tab it has "Check spelling before sending" and "Enable
spellcheck as you type" checkboxes.? Has that been removed?
Here's how I fixed thunderbird:: (68.1.0)
Old cruft:
mail-client/thunderbird
Available versions: [M]52.9.1^d [M](~)52.9.1-r1^d[1]
(~)60.6.1^d[1] 60.8.0^d (~)68.0-r2^td {bindist
But now::
Installed versions: 68.1.0^td(02:41:53 AM 09/24/2019)(dbus
gmp-autoupdate jack system-av1 system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg
system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite system-webp
!works fantastically! version 68.1.0
not sure why/where I set something to get the latest versions , that do
not show up with 'eix Thunderbird' but for many packages I get these.
This install is going on over 4 years, and I just hack at it, till I get
what I want.
Now I'm trying to prepare a basic install DVD that will work to use the
exact format of the old style HD as well as the new stuff. Just a
simple baseline gentoo install, that I can turn into a firewall, basic
server or a very basic workstation that can then have whatever desktop
installed on top of the basic install. I really screw-up the low level,
custom disk stuff. So for now,
I'll still with a basic disk format. I have standardize on 2T drives.
Here's a typical fstab::
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 0 2
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/sda4 /usr/local ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto auto,user 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
# Just removed for openrc-0.18.4
#none /proc proc defaults 0 0
Yep, I'm strictly an Open-RC, gentoo hack (2004). Aging is driving me to
simplify and standardize my gentoo installs, as now, I take older
hardware, install gentoo on it, and give them away to HS and college
kids. Once folks get a baseline gentoo install, most all, continue with
Gentoo. So any advice is most welcome. Publish in this list or direct
private emails, either is fine!
About that baseline gentoo install CD::
ALL suggestions are most welcome! How do folks install dozens of gentoo
systems/week ?
TIA,
James
