Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo has vanished

2021-04-25 Thread Arve Barsnes
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 06:13, Philip Webb wrote: > Can anyone explain what has happened ? Although this is set to disappear in the next version (not in gentoo yet), it is still there for me in 5.45. >From the next version it will be called xscreensaver-settings. I would try re-emerging the pac

[gentoo-user] Re: File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2021-04-25, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 4/25/21 12:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> Nope. Many years ago I used UUCP a number of times for "production" >> projects involving data gathering from remote systems via dial-up. > >:-) > >> 25+ years ago, I wrote an article about one of those projects fo

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo has vanished

2021-04-25 Thread Philip Webb
I've updated Xscreensaver to 5.45 (from 5.43 IIRC) & 'xscreensaver-demo', which runs the interactive config screen, has vanished. 'man xscreensaver' says it's available, but when I enter 'xscreensaver-command -demo', it says "xscreensaver-command: could not exec xscreensaver-demo: No such file or d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/25/21 4:08 PM, David M. Fellows wrote: A quick Duckduckgo search for "linux journal" grant edwards yields https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2880 Thank you for the link Dave. I'll read that later tonight. Still available. Reading it takes me back... :-) -- Grant. . . . unix || d

[gentoo-user] SELinux errors

2021-04-25 Thread Dan Egli
I just finished putting a new test box after the old one finally gave up the ghost. Everything seems to be working okay, EXCEPT for selinux. To be safe, I started with selinux in permissive mode. And I'm glad I did because of all the errors showing up for things that had BETTER not show errors.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread David M. Fellows
>On 4/25/21 12:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> Nope. Many years ago I used UUCP a number of times for "production" >> projects involving data gathering from remote systems via dial-up. > >:-) > >> 25+ years ago, I wrote an article about one of those projects for >> Linux Journal. > >Can you narrow

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/25/21 12:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: Nope. Many years ago I used UUCP a number of times for "production" projects involving data gathering from remote systems via dial-up. :-) 25+ years ago, I wrote an article about one of those projects for Linux Journal. Can you narrow that down any

Re: [gentoo-user] File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/25/21 11:39 AM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: I doubt that many are fluen in cu and uucp, I think that lack of knowledge / dumb / ignorant about something is (or can be) a relatively easy problem to solve. As in there is (or was) no knowledge about something and there will be (or is) knowled

[gentoo-user] Re: File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2021-04-25, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Grant: >> On 4/23/21 7:45 PM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: >> > Grant: >> >> I think you are conflating me for the OP. Easy to do with the same >> first name. ;-) > > Well, your sig is at a cursory look wery alike, but now I see you > have some extra dots an

[gentoo-user] Re: File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2021-04-25, Grant Taylor wrote: >> It is usually simple to setup and use a serial null-modem cable and >> run kermit or somthing on the MS-Win side and add a getty (I've used >> mgetty) handling the serial port on the linux side. > > Is it wrong that the first thing that came to mind when re

Re: [gentoo-user] File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread karl
Grant: > On 4/23/21 7:45 PM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Grant: > > I think you are conflating me for the OP. Easy to do with the same > first name. ;-) Well, your sig is at a cursory look wery alike, but now I see you have some extra dots and an || expression. ... > Is it wrong that the firs

Re: [gentoo-user] File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/23/21 7:45 PM, k...@aspodata.se wrote: Grant: I think you are conflating me for the OP. Easy to do with the same first name. ;-) In that case, your usb-connection (or anything) will probably be a borderline case to, since that is also a network... But I guess the thing fobidden is

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple instances of Dolphin automagically appear upon login

2021-04-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 7:12 AM Andrew Lowe wrote: > > Hi all, > A reworking of the subject line from my earlier post regarding pods of > Dolphins... > > I've just started up and then logged into my up to date KDE machine. > Once the machine is logged in and ready to go, I have

[gentoo-user] Multiple instances of Dolphin automagically appear upon login

2021-04-25 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, A reworking of the subject line from my earlier post regarding pods of Dolphins... I've just started up and then logged into my up to date KDE machine. Once the machine is logged in and ready to go, I have, on the boot/login just now, 20 instances of Dolphin running. This is str

Re: [gentoo-user] File transfer via USB?

2021-04-25 Thread karl
Karl: ... > About the original question. Here what a few thing I dig up. > https://www.amazon.com/Laplink-High-Speed-Transfer-Cable-PCmover/dp/B0093H83DW ... With Secure ms-win box - usb laplink cable - dummy ms-win box - tcp/ip - linux box you could be able to do it with usb. Possible have