Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting blank screen when trying to start gdm

2016-05-15 Thread R0b0t1
On May 15, 2016 9:37 PM, "walt" wrote: > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 21:03:19 -0400 > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > Answers in line. > > > > walt wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:43:51 -0400 > > > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > > > > > Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unab

[gentoo-user] Re: getting blank screen when trying to start gdm

2016-05-15 Thread walt
On Sun, 15 May 2016 21:03:19 -0400 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Answers in line. > > walt wrote: > > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:43:51 -0400 > > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > > > Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unable to use > > > gnome and even gdm. I am using the gnome

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting blank screen when trying to start gdm

2016-05-15 Thread covici
Answers in line. walt wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:43:51 -0400 > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unable to use gnome and > > even gdm. I am using the gnome overlay and I am using unstable gentoo > > and nvidia drivers. I get a blank screen

[gentoo-user] Re: getting blank screen when trying to start gdm

2016-05-15 Thread walt
On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:43:51 -0400 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unable to use gnome and > even gdm. I am using the gnome overlay and I am using unstable gentoo > and nvidia drivers. I get a blank screen when I start gdm, orca just > comes up, but

Re: [gentoo-user] speech recognition?

2016-05-15 Thread wabe
lee wrote: > Hi, > > is there a speech recognition software or the like which is capable to > listen in on a phone call in order to put on screen as text what the > other person is saying? > > I'd like to connect that to a softphone so that someone who suffers > from very bad hearing can talk t

[gentoo-user] getting blank screen when trying to start gdm

2016-05-15 Thread covici
Hi. Since about the end of March, I have been unable to use gnome and even gdm. I am using the gnome overlay and I am using unstable gentoo and nvidia drivers. I get a blank screen when I start gdm, orca just comes up, but there is nothing on the screen. I am using version 355.11-r4 of the nv

Re: [gentoo-user] Pain of migrating to plasma5

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2016 17:50:31 J. Roeleveld wrote: > For 1: check useflags. I remember reading about one when I did the upgrade. > (No access to Gentoo atm) Aha! I had a quick look, the versions which have the +oldwallet flag set are not stable yet. Perhaps the next versions of kde-apps/kdebase

Re: [gentoo-user] Pain of migrating to plasma5

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2016 17:50:31 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On May 15, 2016 1:48:35 PM GMT+02:00, Mick wrote: > >It seems that the plasma5 interface is not to the liking of the > >previous KDE4 > >user, and the sddm problems make enlightenment a more appealing > >proposition. > >There are however a coup

Re: [gentoo-user] kwalletd5 migration fails

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2016 17:45:01 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On May 15, 2016 11:56:45 AM GMT+02:00, Mick wrote: > >I ran kwalletd5 on the recently migrated desktop and it will not accept > >the > >KDE-4 user's kwallet passwd. This is what it gives: > > > >$ kwalletd5 > >kwalletd5 started > >Migration ag

Re: [gentoo-user] Pain of migrating to plasma5

2016-05-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On May 15, 2016 1:48:35 PM GMT+02:00, Mick wrote: >It seems that the plasma5 interface is not to the liking of the >previous KDE4 >user, and the sddm problems make enlightenment a more appealing >proposition. >There are however a couple of problems that I don't know how to fix. > >1. kwalletd5

Re: [gentoo-user] kwalletd5 migration fails

2016-05-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
On May 15, 2016 11:56:45 AM GMT+02:00, Mick wrote: >I ran kwalletd5 on the recently migrated desktop and it will not accept >the >KDE-4 user's kwallet passwd. This is what it gives: > >$ kwalletd5 >kwalletd5 started >Migration agent starting ... >Setting useNewHash to true >Wallet new enough, us

[gentoo-user] speech recognition?

2016-05-15 Thread lee
Hi, is there a speech recognition software or the like which is capable to listen in on a phone call in order to put on screen as text what the other person is saying? I'd like to connect that to a softphone so that someone who suffers from very bad hearing can talk to people on the phone more ea

[gentoo-user] Pain of migrating to plasma5

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
It seems that the plasma5 interface is not to the liking of the previous KDE4 user, and the sddm problems make enlightenment a more appealing proposition. There are however a couple of problems that I don't know how to fix. 1. kwalletd5 will not accept the passwd of the user to perform a migrat

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma migration won't launch

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2016 06:53:08 Gregory Woodbury wrote: > Just on a hunch: check that /var/lib/sddm exists and is owned by the sddm > user. This bit me (through my own fault) just a week ago. I have not messed about with the sddm defaults other than creating a (default) conf file for it and editi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma migration won't launch

2016-05-15 Thread Gregory Woodbury
Just on a hunch: check that /var/lib/sddm exists and is owned by the sddm user. This bit me (through my own fault) just a week ago. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury redwo...@gmail.com

[gentoo-user] kwalletd5 migration fails

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
I ran kwalletd5 on the recently migrated desktop and it will not accept the KDE-4 user's kwallet passwd. This is what it gives: $ kwalletd5 kwalletd5 started Migration agent starting ... Setting useNewHash to true Wallet new enough, using new hash fsize 4154251805 encrypted.size(): 40 blksz: 8 A

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma migration won't launch

2016-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2016 09:36:58 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2016 07:52:33 +0100, Mick wrote: > > On this PC there are two user accounts. The user in question had in > > their .bashrc: > > > > XSESSION="KDE-4" > > > > I guess I will need to change this to start plasma5, but what to? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Plasma migration won't launch

2016-05-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 15 May 2016 07:52:33 +0100, Mick wrote: > On this PC there are two user accounts. The user in question had in > their .bashrc: > > XSESSION="KDE-4" > > I guess I will need to change this to start plasma5, but what to? #XSESSION="KDE-4" should do it. -- Neil Bothwick Give me ambigui