Re: [gentoo-user] Use brctl from bridge-utils or bridge from iproute2?

[Miroslav Rovis]

On 161016-23:23+0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> On 16 October 2016 at 23:19, Miroslav Rovis
...
> >>
> >> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc/Brctl_Migration
> >>
...
> > /usr/share/doc/netifrc-0.4.0/net.example.bz2
> >
> > of netifrc package has been updated, ot will soon be updated as well,
> > with tips for users who need lots of kind documentation like me ;-) !

This below is brand new, freshly created!
> Noted, added[1].
> 
> [1] https://github.com/gentoo/netifrc/pull/23
> 
> > I just looked it up, but it may be my lack of knowledge... I see brctl
> > there, but am unsure if iproute2's bridge is supported... Sorry!

And the below was happening around one year ago!
> It is, see[2] :)
> 
> [2] https://github.com/gentoo/netifrc/pull/15
> 

Esp. the one that was happening along with this discussion on
gentoo-users! THat's you in "doc: bridge: add explicit iproute2 hint #23" !
It reads:
 alonbl committed a day ago 

Great! Thanks! And sorry to be too slow to follow!
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[gentoo-user] Solved: KDE 5: Broken file protocol for KDE 4 apps caused by kwallet

[Jörg Schaible]

> Jörg Schaible wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> after the update to Plasma 5/KF5, I can no longer open (HTML) files from
>> my local disk with Konqueror. It claims it does no longer know the file
>> protocol. I get a similar error in Amarok when I try to apply a cover to
>> an album from the local disk. It seems all KDE4-based application are
>> affected.
>> 
>> Does anybody what's causing this behavior and know how to solve it?

Jörg Schaible wrote:

> Anyone? After upgrading a second machine to KDE/Plasma 5, I have the same
> behavior there. All KDE-4-based apps fail to interact with the file
> system. Using KMail I can no longer add any attachment to an email nor
> save an existing attachment to disk.

OK, finally I found the culprit. I knew that it had to be something in the 
configuration, because I did not had the problem with a new/unused account 
on the same machine.

After some hours of investigation (deleting and restoring files based on 
their modification time in the local configuration), I found out that the 
file protocol works if I remove the salt file of the KDE4 wallet.

Well, unfortunately this prevented KMail to access the mail servers, because 
the wallet was no longer accessible at all. But I could save attachments ;-)

In the end it turned out that the problem was caused by kwallet-pam. When I 
upgraded KDE 4 to 5 I also upgraded kwallet-pam directly. However, this 
prevents unfortunately the migration of the default wallet from KDE 4 to 5. 
This migration happens normally the first time when the default wallet is 
accessed and the user is asked for the wallet's password.

It seems that the PAM system will access the wallet way to early and the 
migration cannot be performed. I have no idea why this finally breaks the 
file protocol for KDE 4 apps, but this is what happens.

After deactivating the kwallet pam module (in /etc/sddm) and a reboot, the 
migration could be performed after the login and all apps behave properly. 
It is even possible to activate the PAM module again afterwards.

Hope this might help others. At least a big fat warning should be added to 
Gentoo's KDE 5 upgrade guide.

Cheers,
Jörg

Re: [gentoo-user] Use brctl from bridge-utils or bridge from iproute2?

[Alon Bar-Lev]

On 16 October 2016 at 23:19, Miroslav Rovis
 wrote:
> On 161016-09:33+0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
>> On 16 October 2016 at 08:10, Miroslav Rovis
>>  wrote:
>> > On 161016-03:05+, Erik Mackdanz wrote:
>> >> Miroslav Rovis  writes:
>> > ...
>> >> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iproute2#iproute2_for_net-tools_swappers
>> >> >
>> >> > -- also notice that bridge in not in the swappers there --
>> >> I just added 'ip link set master'
>> >
>> > But that's not entirely correct, although only because the:
>> >
>> > brctl addbr
>> > brctl addif
>> >
>> > do not belong under "net-tools".
>> >
>> > You, or someone else, should make a separate table with the comparison
>> > of the bridge-utils (containing brctl) and iproute2's utilitiy bridge.
>> >
>> > And then probably also the usermode-utilities (containing tunctl) and
>> > whatever the iproute2's utilitiy is that replaces those.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The non stable netirfc supports bridge via iproute2, please see [1]
>
> I do live with a ~amd64 (for long years by now)...
>
>> Regards,
>> Alon
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc/Brctl_Migration
>>
> Thanks! I have taken notice.
>
> I hope the:
>
> /usr/share/doc/netifrc-0.4.0/net.example.bz2
>
> of netifrc package has been updated, ot will soon be updated as well,
> with tips for users who need lots of kind documentation like me ;-) !

Noted, added[1].

[1] https://github.com/gentoo/netifrc/pull/23

> I just looked it up, but it may be my lack of knowledge... I see brctl
> there, but am unsure if iproute2's bridge is supported... Sorry!

It is, see[2] :)

[2] https://github.com/gentoo/netifrc/pull/15


> (However, I've done my bridge configuration for now. More pressing
> issues elsewhere I have...)
>
> Regards!
> --
> Miroslav Rovis
> Zagreb, Croatia
> http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr

Re: [gentoo-user] Use brctl from bridge-utils or bridge from iproute2?

[Miroslav Rovis]

On 161016-09:33+0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> On 16 October 2016 at 08:10, Miroslav Rovis
>  wrote:
> > On 161016-03:05+, Erik Mackdanz wrote:
> >> Miroslav Rovis  writes:
> > ...
> >> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iproute2#iproute2_for_net-tools_swappers
> >> >
> >> > -- also notice that bridge in not in the swappers there --
> >> I just added 'ip link set master'
> >
> > But that's not entirely correct, although only because the:
> >
> > brctl addbr
> > brctl addif
> >
> > do not belong under "net-tools".
> >
> > You, or someone else, should make a separate table with the comparison
> > of the bridge-utils (containing brctl) and iproute2's utilitiy bridge.
> >
> > And then probably also the usermode-utilities (containing tunctl) and
> > whatever the iproute2's utilitiy is that replaces those.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The non stable netirfc supports bridge via iproute2, please see [1]

I do live with a ~amd64 (for long years by now)...

> Regards,
> Alon
> 
> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc/Brctl_Migration
> 
Thanks! I have taken notice.

I hope the:

/usr/share/doc/netifrc-0.4.0/net.example.bz2

of netifrc package has been updated, ot will soon be updated as well,
with tips for users who need lots of kind documentation like me ;-) !

I just looked it up, but it may be my lack of knowledge... I see brctl
there, but am unsure if iproute2's bridge is supported... Sorry!

(However, I've done my bridge configuration for now. More pressing
issues elsewhere I have...)

Regards!
-- 
Miroslav Rovis
Zagreb, Croatia
http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr


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Re: [gentoo-user] Flash-Plugin not found by Chromium after update

[Mick]

On Sunday 16 Oct 2016 17:58:06 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Stephan Lukasczyk
> 
>  wrote:
> > On 2016-10-16 15:14:07, Mick wrote:
> >> On Sunday 16 Oct 2016 15:49:51 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> >>> I've got flash working with these pkgs:
> >>> www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.185
> >>> www-client/chromium-54.0.2840.59
> >>> 
> >>> With no www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins installed.
> >> 
> >> I have both www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins and
> >> www-plugins/adobe-flash.
> >> The
> >> plugin listed in chromium appears to be adobe-flash.  I am guessing this
> >> is a
> >> recent change, because if I recall correctly I had to install
> >> chrome-binary-
> >> plugins to be able to play flash videos in the first place.
> > 
> > Thanks for your help quick help, Alexander and Mick.  I've unmerged
> > `www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins` and merged `www-plugins/adobe-flash`
> > and now it works as expected.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> >  Stephan
> > 
> > --
> > Stephan Lukasczyk
> > GPG-Key: 0x06E03C26B90F403D
> > Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question.
> > And the answer is "No".
> 
> Good to hear it worked out for you.
> Thanks for letting us know.

I know the maintainers are busy, but it would be good to have an enotice 
telling us that chrome-binary-plugins are no longer necessary for flash media 
content ... unless they are for other things?
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Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: GTK+ circular dependency

[Jonathan Callen]

On 10/12/2016 05:50 PM, Daniel Quinn wrote:
> Have any of you seen this before?  This is on a fresh install.  I can't
> get anything GNOME-based to install as it looks like gnome-keyring is
> bringing in an older version of gtk+ which somehow depends on
> gtk-engines-adwaita which in turn depends on gtk+.
> 
> Details:
> * ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"
> * Profile: gnome/systemd
> * No additional USE flags.
> 
> 
> 
> # emerge -auDN --keep-going --with-bdeps=y @world
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> 
> 
> [nomerge   ] app-crypt/libsecret-0.18.5::gentoo  USE="crypt
> introspection -debug {-test} -vala"
> [nomerge   ]  gnome-base/gnome-keyring-3.20.0::gentoo  USE="caps
> filecaps pam ssh-agent (-selinux) {-test}"
> [nomerge   ]   app-crypt/pinentry-0.9.7-r1::gentoo 
> USE="gnome-keyring gtk ncurses -caps -emacs -qt4 -qt5 -static"
> [nomerge   ]x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2::gentoo
> [3.20.9:3::gentoo] USE="introspection vim-syntax (-aqua) -cups -examples
> {-test} -xinerama" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)"
> [ebuild  N ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita-3.20.2::gentoo 
> ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 2,812 KiB
> [ebuild  NS]  x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2::gentoo
> [3.20.9:3::gentoo] USE="introspection vim-syntax (-aqua) -cups -examples
> {-test} -xinerama" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 12,506 KiB
> [ebuild  N ]   app-crypt/gnupg-2.1.15::gentoo  USE="bzip2 gnutls nls
> readline usb -doc -ldap (-selinux) -smartcard -tofu -tools" 5,590 KiB
> [ebuild  N ]app-crypt/pinentry-0.9.7-r1::gentoo 
> USE="gnome-keyring gtk ncurses -caps -emacs -qt4 -qt5 -static" 423 KiB
> [ebuild  N ]  gnome-base/gnome-keyring-3.20.0::gentoo  USE="caps
> filecaps pam ssh-agent (-selinux) {-test}" 1,187 KiB
> [nomerge   ] sys-apps/openrc-0.22.2::gentoo  USE="ncurses netifrc
> pam unicode -audit -debug -newnet (-prefix) (-selinux) -static-libs -tools"
> [ebuild   R]  sys-auth/pambase-20150213::gentoo  USE="cracklib
> gnome-keyring* nullok sha512 systemd (-consolekit) -debug -minimal
> -mktemp -pam_krb5 -pam_ssh -passwdqc -securetty (-selinux)" 4 KiB
> 
> Total: 6 packages (4 new, 1 in new slot, 1 reinstall), Size of
> downloads: 22,519 KiB
> 
>  * Error: circular dependencies:
> 
> (x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> depends on
>  (x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita-3.20.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled
> for merge) (runtime)
>   (x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> (buildtime)
> 
>  * Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily
>  * disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies.
> 
> 
> 

This is bug 597068[1].  The issue appears to have been caused by a
misunderstanding of when the package manager can and cannot solve
circular dependencies, and the fix is likely to be to move
gtk-engines-adwaita from RDEPEND to PDEPEND in gtk+:2, as
gtk-engines-adwaita has a build-time DEPEND on gtk+:2 (not just a
runtime RDEPEND).

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597068

-- 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Flash-Plugin not found by Chromium after update

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Stephan Lukasczyk
 wrote:
> On 2016-10-16 15:14:07, Mick wrote:
>>
>> On Sunday 16 Oct 2016 15:49:51 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>>>
>>> I've got flash working with these pkgs:
>>> www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.185
>>> www-client/chromium-54.0.2840.59
>>>
>>> With no www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins installed.
>>
>>
>> I have both www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins and www-plugins/adobe-flash.
>> The
>> plugin listed in chromium appears to be adobe-flash.  I am guessing this
>> is a
>> recent change, because if I recall correctly I had to install
>> chrome-binary-
>> plugins to be able to play flash videos in the first place.
>
>
> Thanks for your help quick help, Alexander and Mick.  I've unmerged
> `www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins` and merged `www-plugins/adobe-flash`
> and now it works as expected.
>
> Best,
>
>  Stephan
>
> --
> Stephan Lukasczyk
> GPG-Key: 0x06E03C26B90F403D
> Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question.
> And the answer is "No".

Good to hear it worked out for you.
Thanks for letting us know.

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash-Plugin not found by Chromium after update

[Stephan Lukasczyk]

On 2016-10-16 15:14:07, Mick wrote:

On Sunday 16 Oct 2016 15:49:51 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:

I've got flash working with these pkgs:
www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.185
www-client/chromium-54.0.2840.59

With no www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins installed.


I have both www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins and www-plugins/adobe-flash.  The
plugin listed in chromium appears to be adobe-flash.  I am guessing this is a
recent change, because if I recall correctly I had to install chrome-binary-
plugins to be able to play flash videos in the first place.


Thanks for your help quick help, Alexander and Mick.  I've unmerged
`www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins` and merged `www-plugins/adobe-flash`
and now it works as expected.

Best,
 Stephan

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Re: [gentoo-user] Flash-Plugin not found by Chromium after update

[Mick]

On Sunday 16 Oct 2016 15:49:51 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Stephan Lukasczyk
> 
>  wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I yesterday updated Chromium to 54.0.2840.59 (stable) in my desktop
> > machine and since then it is not able to find the Flash plugin.  The day
> > before, I've updated `www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins` to 54.0.2840.59
> > (stable).
> > 
> > Everything went as usual--no warnings, no errors...
> > 
> > After restarting Chromium, it is not able to find the Flash plugin.  It
> > is not listed in `chrome://plugins` and `chrome://flash` says, that it
> > was not installed.  I've nothing changed, before the update it worked
> > just out of the box.
> > 
> > Has anybody any pointer for me, how to fix this?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> >  Stephan
> > 
> > --
> > Stephan Lukasczyk
> > GPG-Key: 0x06E03C26B90F403D
> > Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question.
> > And the answer is "No".
> 
> I've got flash working with these pkgs:
> www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.185
> www-client/chromium-54.0.2840.59
> 
> With no www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins installed.

I have both www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins and www-plugins/adobe-flash.  The 
plugin listed in chromium appears to be adobe-flash.  I am guessing this is a 
recent change, because if I recall correctly I had to install chrome-binary-
plugins to be able to play flash videos in the first place.
-- 
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Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

[David M. Fellows]

>Hi,
>
>this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed.
>This one seem completly to disable flash video finally...
>since I got no video/audio at all.
>
>I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and
>restarted  it.
>
>Now I got a video ... but without any audio.
>(I am running jackd by the way).
>I check with qjackctl whether there were any
>ports which I missed to connect...nothing.
>
>Hmmm...

Did you also update adobe-flash and depclean at about the same time?
Check which versions of adobe-flash are installed.
For firefox on x86 you need adobe-flash:0 (currently 11.2.202.637)
For firefox on amd64 you need either adobe-flash:0 (currently 11.2.202.637)
OR adobe-flash:22 (currently 23.0.0.185) and freshplayerplugin.

If you had adobe-flash in @world, unslotted, recent updates will have installed 
the
23 versions and a subsequent depclean would remove the 11 version.

>
>Is there any fix for that?
>
>Best regards,
>Meino
>
>
>
>
DaveF

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash-Plugin not found by Chromium after update

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Stephan Lukasczyk
 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I yesterday updated Chromium to 54.0.2840.59 (stable) in my desktop
> machine and since then it is not able to find the Flash plugin.  The day
> before, I've updated `www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins` to 54.0.2840.59
> (stable).
>
> Everything went as usual--no warnings, no errors...
>
> After restarting Chromium, it is not able to find the Flash plugin.  It
> is not listed in `chrome://plugins` and `chrome://flash` says, that it
> was not installed.  I've nothing changed, before the update it worked
> just out of the box.
>
> Has anybody any pointer for me, how to fix this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>  Stephan
>
> --
> Stephan Lukasczyk
> GPG-Key: 0x06E03C26B90F403D
> Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question.
> And the answer is "No".

I've got flash working with these pkgs:
www-plugins/adobe-flash-23.0.0.185
www-client/chromium-54.0.2840.59

With no www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins installed.

[gentoo-user] Flash-Plugin not found by Chromium after update

[Stephan Lukasczyk]

Hi all,

I yesterday updated Chromium to 54.0.2840.59 (stable) in my desktop
machine and since then it is not able to find the Flash plugin.  The day
before, I've updated `www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins` to 54.0.2840.59
(stable).

Everything went as usual--no warnings, no errors...

After restarting Chromium, it is not able to find the Flash plugin.  It
is not listed in `chrome://plugins` and `chrome://flash` says, that it
was not installed.  I've nothing changed, before the update it worked
just out of the box.

Has anybody any pointer for me, how to fix this?

Thanks in advance,

 Stephan

--
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GPG-Key: 0x06E03C26B90F403D
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Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

[Meino . Cramer]

Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku  [16-10-16 09:12]:
> With Pulseaudio the best way (I have found) for controling the volume, is 
> through the pulse audio volume controls. 
> 
> It works well for me.  Though they are somewhat of a pain (though not sure if 
> that's because I simply don't know the "easier" way to handle them.
> 
> I also tend to like to handle volume control through external speaker 
> controls if practical. 
> 
> Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku
> 
> On 2016-10-15 23:48, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> > Miroslav Rovis  [16-10-16 07:00]:
> > > On 161015-20:27+0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed.
> > >> This one seem completly to disable flash video finally...
> > >> since I got no video/audio at all.
> > >>
> > >> I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and
> > >> restarted  it.
> > >>
> > >> Now I got a video ... but without any audio.
> > >> (I am running jackd by the way).
> > >> I check with qjackctl whether there were any
> > >> ports which I missed to connect...nothing.
> > >
> > > If jackd is to do with alsa, then it could be the following.
> > >
> > > Mozilla went pulse all the way:
> > >  Require PulseAudio on Linux
> > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
> > > See also:
> > > Firefox nightly requires Pulse Audio
> > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20=130028
> > >
> > >> Hmmm...
> > >>
> > >> Is there any fix for that?
> > > Not familiar with jackd. But as far as alsa (which I stick to, like
> > > other discontented users), I don't have sound since months ago.  The
> > > only way to get it would be to compile alsa myself, I'm afraid.
> > >
> > > Regards!
> > > --
> > > Miroslav Rovis
> > > Zagreb, Croatia
> > > http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr
> >
> > Hi Miroslav,
> >
> > THANKS A LOT ! :)
> >
> > ...got it working...somehow...
> >
> > I installed pulseaudio and used pactl to set the default sink
> > and source to the one soundcard (onboard), which is connected
> > to my loudspeakers.
> >
> > Drawback: Setting the volume seems only to be tweakable via
> > the volume slider of the HTML5 player in Firefox...and my alsa
> > volume "app" of my taskbar doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > Hopefully the rest of my sound stuff still works
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Meino
> >
> 
> -- 
> Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku
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> 250-505-6117
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Hi Jigme,

...found a workaround:

Source:
http://www.jackaudio.org/faq/pulseaudio_and_jack.html

Start QJackctl and click "Setup".

There is an entry titled "Serfer Prefix" which shows
"jackd" normally. Replace this one with "pasuspender -- jackd".
This will disable Pulseaudio while using jackd.

This enables a good sound from ZynAddSubFX again ... but
is does not enables the possibility to watch TV (DVBT) and/or
YouTube while playing with the Softsynth... ;)

Cheers,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

[Meino . Cramer]

Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku  [16-10-16 09:12]:
> With Pulseaudio the best way (I have found) for controling the volume, is 
> through the pulse audio volume controls. 
> 
> It works well for me.  Though they are somewhat of a pain (though not sure if 
> that's because I simply don't know the "easier" way to handle them.
> 
> I also tend to like to handle volume control through external speaker 
> controls if practical. 
> 
> Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku
> 
> On 2016-10-15 23:48, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> > Miroslav Rovis  [16-10-16 07:00]:
> > > On 161015-20:27+0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed.
> > >> This one seem completly to disable flash video finally...
> > >> since I got no video/audio at all.
> > >>
> > >> I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and
> > >> restarted  it.
> > >>
> > >> Now I got a video ... but without any audio.
> > >> (I am running jackd by the way).
> > >> I check with qjackctl whether there were any
> > >> ports which I missed to connect...nothing.
> > >
> > > If jackd is to do with alsa, then it could be the following.
> > >
> > > Mozilla went pulse all the way:
> > >  Require PulseAudio on Linux
> > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
> > > See also:
> > > Firefox nightly requires Pulse Audio
> > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20=130028
> > >
> > >> Hmmm...
> > >>
> > >> Is there any fix for that?
> > > Not familiar with jackd. But as far as alsa (which I stick to, like
> > > other discontented users), I don't have sound since months ago.  The
> > > only way to get it would be to compile alsa myself, I'm afraid.
> > >
> > > Regards!
> > > --
> > > Miroslav Rovis
> > > Zagreb, Croatia
> > > http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr
> >
> > Hi Miroslav,
> >
> > THANKS A LOT ! :)
> >
> > ...got it working...somehow...
> >
> > I installed pulseaudio and used pactl to set the default sink
> > and source to the one soundcard (onboard), which is connected
> > to my loudspeakers.
> >
> > Drawback: Setting the volume seems only to be tweakable via
> > the volume slider of the HTML5 player in Firefox...and my alsa
> > volume "app" of my taskbar doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > Hopefully the rest of my sound stuff still works
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Meino
> >
> 
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Hi Jigme,

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! :)

Installing pulseaudio disables smplayer (no audio) -- I switched
to Kaffeine, which seems to work.

Now ZynAddSubFX (Softsynth) does not show up with QJackCTL.
Starting Zyn with -a gives me the audio of the Synth back...
but with BIG distortions (I mailed to the Zyn mailing list for that).

Setting the volume via pactl is a pain - and reaching the volume
knobs of my speakers (behind my monitor...) are also a pain.

Why oh why seems audio and Linux a problem in so many situations? ;)

I will search further...and if I will find anything useful I post it
here...

Cheers,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

[Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku]

With Pulseaudio the best way (I have found) for controling the volume, is 
through the pulse audio volume controls. 

It works well for me.  Though they are somewhat of a pain (though not sure if 
that's because I simply don't know the "easier" way to handle them.

I also tend to like to handle volume control through external speaker controls 
if practical. 

Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku

On 2016-10-15 23:48, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> Miroslav Rovis  [16-10-16 07:00]:
> > On 161015-20:27+0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed.
> >> This one seem completly to disable flash video finally...
> >> since I got no video/audio at all.
> >>
> >> I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and
> >> restarted  it.
> >>
> >> Now I got a video ... but without any audio.
> >> (I am running jackd by the way).
> >> I check with qjackctl whether there were any
> >> ports which I missed to connect...nothing.
> >
> > If jackd is to do with alsa, then it could be the following.
> >
> > Mozilla went pulse all the way:
> >  Require PulseAudio on Linux
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
> > See also:
> > Firefox nightly requires Pulse Audio
> > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20=130028
> >
> >> Hmmm...
> >>
> >> Is there any fix for that?
> > Not familiar with jackd. But as far as alsa (which I stick to, like
> > other discontented users), I don't have sound since months ago.  The
> > only way to get it would be to compile alsa myself, I'm afraid.
> >
> > Regards!
> > --
> > Miroslav Rovis
> > Zagreb, Croatia
> > http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr
>
> Hi Miroslav,
>
> THANKS A LOT ! :)
>
> ...got it working...somehow...
>
> I installed pulseaudio and used pactl to set the default sink
> and source to the one soundcard (onboard), which is connected
> to my loudspeakers.
>
> Drawback: Setting the volume seems only to be tweakable via
> the volume slider of the HTML5 player in Firefox...and my alsa
> volume "app" of my taskbar doesn't work anymore.
>
> Hopefully the rest of my sound stuff still works
>
>
> Cheers,
> Meino
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 49.0 & Youtube....Video: Yes - Audio: No...

[Meino . Cramer]

Miroslav Rovis  [16-10-16 07:00]:
> On 161015-20:27+0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this evening I updated GENTOO and a new firefox was installed.
> > This one seem completly to disable flash video finally...
> > since I got no video/audio at all.
> > 
> > I disabled all flash-related addons of my firefox and
> > restarted  it.
> > 
> > Now I got a video ... but without any audio.
> > (I am running jackd by the way).
> > I check with qjackctl whether there were any
> > ports which I missed to connect...nothing.
> 
> If jackd is to do with alsa, then it could be the following.
> 
> Mozilla went pulse all the way:
>  Require PulseAudio on Linux
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056
> See also:
> Firefox nightly requires Pulse Audio
> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20=130028
> 
> > Hmmm...
> > 
> > Is there any fix for that?
> Not familiar with jackd. But as far as alsa (which I stick to, like
> other discontented users), I don't have sound since months ago.  The
> only way to get it would be to compile alsa myself, I'm afraid. 
> 
> Regards!
> -- 
> Miroslav Rovis
> Zagreb, Croatia
> http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr

Hi Miroslav,

THANKS A LOT ! :)

...got it working...somehow...

I installed pulseaudio and used pactl to set the default sink
and source to the one soundcard (onboard), which is connected
to my loudspeakers.

Drawback: Setting the volume seems only to be tweakable via
the volume slider of the HTML5 player in Firefox...and my alsa
volume "app" of my taskbar doesn't work anymore.

Hopefully the rest of my sound stuff still works


Cheers,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Use brctl from bridge-utils or bridge from iproute2?

[Alon Bar-Lev]

On 16 October 2016 at 08:10, Miroslav Rovis
 wrote:
> On 161016-03:05+, Erik Mackdanz wrote:
>> Miroslav Rovis  writes:
> ...
>> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iproute2#iproute2_for_net-tools_swappers
>> >
>> > -- also notice that bridge in not in the swappers there --
>> I just added 'ip link set master'
>
> But that's not entirely correct, although only because the:
>
> brctl addbr
> brctl addif
>
> do not belong under "net-tools".
>
> You, or someone else, should make a separate table with the comparison
> of the bridge-utils (containing brctl) and iproute2's utilitiy bridge.
>
> And then probably also the usermode-utilities (containing tunctl) and
> whatever the iproute2's utilitiy is that replaces those.

Hi,

The non stable netirfc supports bridge via iproute2, please see [1]

Regards,
Alon

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Netifrc/Brctl_Migration