Re: [gentoo-user] a couple of preserved-rebuild problems -- how to fix
Hi John, On 2017-01-29 05:11, John Covici wrote: > Hi. I am having a couple of preserved rebuild problems which I have > no idea how to fix. > > The first one is like this: > >>> package: sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.27 > * - /usr/lib64/libbfd-2.25.1.so > * used by > /usr/lib64/binutils/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.25.1/libopcodes-2.25.1.so > (sys-devel/binutils-2.25.1-r1) I had this same loop last week, and I found this[1] forum thread helpful. Apparently on my and janos666's systems the /usr/lib64/libbfd-2.25.1.so library was erroneously left behind by a previous depclean. If you dare, first make sure the library is not owned by any current package: `equery b /usr/lib64/libbfd-2.25.1.so`. If it's not, removing the file manually should do the trick. Remember to take precautions though, khayyam suggests binpkg but I just took a copy of that library so I could put it back with a rescue system if binutils broke. [1]: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1042488-start-0.html -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] trouble updating texlive
On 2017-01-23 19:25, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > I had a similar problem. In the end, I've noted all installed packages, > removed all installed (TeX-)packages and installed them again. > This worked. And to help with that, if you have equery (app-portage/gentoolkit) try running `equery l '*texlive*' | xargs emerge -Ca` and then try updating @world again. -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox tells me my "...connection is not secure"
On 2017-01-23 16:55, Andrew Lowe wrote: > On 23/01/17 16:46, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > On Mon Jan 23 16:43:32 2017, Andrew Lowe wrote: > >> HI all, > >>Just wondering if anyone else has come across this problem. Via the > >> search > >> box in Firefox, I attempt to search Google for, say, "distillation columns" > >> and I get a page saying: > >> > >> "Your connection is not secure" > >> > >>some more stuff then > >> > >> "Error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY" > >> > >> I try the same thing with wikipedia and I get the same response. I then go > >> to the slashdot website, all is good. The local newspaper, all good. I can > >> log into my bank no problems. I've tried Youtube and it brings up the > >> problem, which is using https, but viewing a range of other sites, also > >> using https does not reveal the problem. > >> > >>Any ideas as to what's making three of the biggest sites on the 'net > >> unsecure for me? > >> > >>Any thoughts greatly appreciated, > >> > >>Andrew > >> > > Yes Anyway, whilst I was writing the original email, I was also > building the latest, 50.1.0-r1, firefox and now, hey presto, after a > restart, things are now working again. I have no idea... > > Andrew The cause was most likely this[1] bug from December, if you hadn't rebuild your Firefox more recently. [1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=603622 -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] ro /
On 2017-01-12 11:39, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:35:09 -0600, Dale wrote: > > > When I do a upgrade and need to know what processes or services need to > > be restarted, I use this command that someone posted about on here a > > long time ago. > > > > > > root@fireball / # equery b checkrestart > > * Searching for checkrestart ... > > app-admin/checkrestart-0.47-r3 (/usr/sbin/checkrestart) > > There's also needrestart that is a little more intelligent, can > optionally restart services for you and also works with systemd as well > as old school init systems. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > .sig a .sog of sixpence. For OpenRC there's also restart_services[1]. I've grown to like it better over checkrestart. Typically it restarts the services that need restarting automatically, but you can define services as "critical" and need an extra flag (-c) for restarting them. For a mail server, for example, you might want to take extra care before restarting Postfix after something has updated. [1]: https://dev.gentoo.org/~mschiff/restart_services/ -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] KRITA
On 2016-05-31 21:12, J. García wrote: > El mié, 01-06-2016 a las 04:09 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de escribió: > > Hi, > > > > due to bad luck in the past ;) > > > Bad luck? be more specific, usually code compiles or not for a reason. > > > > > What is the most reliable and promising way to compile KRITA and only > > KRITA on Gentoo Linux ? > > > > > It is not in the tree so, you have to manually do it. > Read the upstream documentation that is in the source repo, install the > required packages for build and run time, and if you can, make an > ebuild. The way you say 'KRITA and only KRITA' makes me think you find > annoying to have to install other stuff for building it? Am I correct? It is in the tree as it comes with the app-office/calligra suite. He means he only wants Krita from that bundle, not the Words or Sheets etc. programs. -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] KRITA
On 2016-06-01 04:09, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > due to bad luck in the past ;) What kind of bad luck? Please post specific errors. > What is the most reliable and promising way to compile KRITA and only > KRITA on Gentoo Linux ? The most promising way should be installing it from the tree. Set CALLIGRA_FEATURES="krita" in your make.conf so you only get Krita, and emerge app-office/calligra. -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question
On 2015-10-15 23:01, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 15 Oct 2015 18:04:22 walt wrote: > > My ISP recently started offering imap email service in addition to > > the pop3/smtp servers they've always had, so I decided to try it. > > > > I was surprised to see that they recommend using a different smtp > > server name when setting up my mail client, and they even offer the > > option of using port 587 instead of 465 if I prefer it. > > > > Why would I use a different smtp server if I'm now using imap? I use > > smtp to send mail, and imap to read it, right? Why not use the same > > smtp server in either case? > > > > (The different server names actually resolve to the same IP address, so > > the distinction seems to be more theoretical than real, but the theory > > is what puzzles me.) > > > > Thanks. > > Port 587 is for TLS and is the proper port to be used by MSAs as per RFC6409. > > Port 467 on the other hand is for SMTPS: vanilla SMTP at the application > level, but the communication to the server is still secured at the transport > layer with SSL. This was an IANA attempt to provide a port for secure email > communication pre-STARTTLS days. Today I think may be used for other > purposes, but I am not sure if it is TCP or UDP streaming. As a clarification: port 587 *may* be used with STARTTLS while port 465 is the actual SSL/TLS port. -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panick in 4.2.1 from gentoo-sources
On 2015-10-08 07:50, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 10:12:28PM -0400, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Rich Freeman wrote: > > > > > Gentoo-sources keywording tends to lag a bit, though I thought they > > > were going to change that. I tend to just keep my own git clone of > > > the kernel tree and checkout from tags. > > > > Do you bother with the gentoo patches? > > I seem to recall the list having a discussion about gentoo-sources vs. > vanilla-sources a while ago, and I believe Rich doesn't use the gentoo > patches. It doesn't seem like he does, since just above he mentions that > he builds and runs kernels from a checkout of a git repo from > kernel.org. > > > I have the kernel tree and none of the tags say longterm, do I have the > > wrong tree or something?The url I have is > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git > > The stable tree is > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git. > Only X.Y tags go into Linus' git repo, not X.Y.Z. When they switched > from version 2 to version 3, the numbering scheme changed a bit. Any > kernel version with a third version number is either stable or long > term, and if the last number in the version is more than 8 or 10, it is > probably going to be a long term kernel. They list the longterm and stable releases quite neatly on their front page, no need for guessing: https://kernel.org/ -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: heat codes
On 150312 1835, Dale wrote: > waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > Something similar happened to me. I accidentally pressed F6 while > > focused gkrellm but didn't noticed it. Some time later I realized that > > the fontsize of gkrellm was increased so that it's height doesn't fit > > to the screen anymore. Fist I thought that it has something to do with > > the latest update. It took some time till I recognized that I simply > > had to press F7 to restore the fontsize to its former height. :-) > > > > -- > > Regards > > wabe > > > Well, you should have seen the look on my face the other day when > Firefox went FULL SCREEN. I mean full screen like it does when I hit F > and am watching a video. Heck, I didn't have a menu at the top, To > this day, I have no clue what I did. I was typing a comment on a social > site and all of the sudden, it went sucky. Still no clue but thank > goodness it fixed itself after I killed it and restarted. > > Dale Try pressing F11 in Firefox? ;) -- Tuomo Hartikainen
Re: [gentoo-user] locating large disk files
On 140713 1403, Joseph wrote: > I'm trying to clean up my home directory by locating large disk files. I used: > find / -type f -size +2k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }' > > but I'm getting strange output: > 13:57: 194M > ... Try find / -type f -size +2k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }' instead? -- Tuomo Hartikainen signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] maintenance
On 140522 0851, William Kenworthy wrote: > Last year there was an enormous thread on how to maintain gentoo system > (portage tools etc) - was this ever summarised anywhere? > > BillK Was it this one? http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/261836 -- Tuomo Hartikainen signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] STEAM
On 130130 2305, Teodor Spæren wrote: > Totaly agree with you! Now if I could only get TF2 to work I think setting the launch options "-nojoy -w", no joystick and windowed mode, got me past the black screen. - Tuomo Hartikainen signature.asc Description: Digital signature