Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread thelma
On 12/23/21 19:36, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [snip] I deleted the that file: /run/user/1000/dconf/user (owned as root) it was empty anyhow. Logout / Login and system recreated that file with my home user name. But I still can not open "ps" file with evince. I'm getting an error message:

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread thelma
On 12/23/21 17:54, eric wrote: On 12/23/21 5:40 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM wrote: On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote: On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I have latest ghostscript

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread Miles Malone
It shouldnt be root, should be your current user. Looks like you've run a GUI program as root in your current session maybe, which has created a root-owned dconf/user. On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 10:40, wrote: > > On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM wrote: > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread eric
On 12/23/21 5:40 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM wrote: On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote: On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread thelma
On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM wrote: On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote: On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 When I try to view a postsript file from command

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread thelma
Thelma On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM wrote: On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote: On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 When I try to view a postsript file from

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM wrote: > > On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 > >> > >> When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread thelma
On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote: On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread Spackman, Chris
On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 > > When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps > It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens > and closes instantly. My

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Wols Lists
On 23/12/2021 21:50, Mark Knecht wrote: In the case of astrophotography I will have multiple copies of the original photos. The process of stacking the individual photos can create gigabytes of intermediate files but as long as the originals are safe then it's just a matter of starting over. In

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:27 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 11:56 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > Instead > > of a ZIL in machine 1 the SSD becomes a ZLOG cache most likely holding > > a cached copy of the currently active astrophotography projects. > > I think you're

[gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

2021-12-23 Thread thelma
I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens and closes instantly. I use hylafax + YajHFC and when I try to open some files I get an

Re: [gentoo-user] Apparently 2.4 is not >= 2.2?

2021-12-23 Thread Jack
On 2021.12.22 17:31, Steven Lembark wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:21:17 -0500 Jack wrote: > I may well be wront, but it looks like the problems are not due to > version, but to python-target mismatches.  You may need to rebuild > some stuff first, such as pytest-runner and mako. You are

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Wols Lists
On 23/12/2021 16:56, Mark Knecht wrote: Rich & Wols, Thanks for the responses. I'll post a single response here. I had thought of the need to mirror the ZIL but didn't have enough physical disk slots in the backup machine for the 2nd SSD. I do think this is a critical point if I was to use

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 12:39 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > I'll respond to Rich's points in a bit but on this point I think > you're both right - new SSDs are very very reliable and I'm not overly > worried, but it seems a given that forcing more and more writes to an > SSD has to up the probability

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:35 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 23/12/2021 17:26, Rich Freeman wrote: > > Plus it is an SSD that you're forcing a lot of writes > > through, so that is going to increase your risk of failure at some > > point. > > A lot of people can't get away from the fact that early

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Wols Lists
On 23/12/2021 17:26, Rich Freeman wrote: Plus it is an SSD that you're forcing a lot of writes through, so that is going to increase your risk of failure at some point. A lot of people can't get away from the fact that early SSDs weren't that good. And I won't touch micro-SD for that reason.

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 11:56 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > >Thanks for the responses. I'll post a single response here. I had > thought of the need to mirror the ZIL but didn't have enough physical > disk slots in the backup machine for the 2nd SSD. I do think this is a > critical point if I was

Re: [gentoo-user] Synchronous writes over the network.

2021-12-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:52 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 1:52 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > I've recently built 2 TrueNAS file servers. The first (and main) unit > > runs all the time and serves to backup my home user machines. > > Generally speaking I (currently) put

Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware

2021-12-23 Thread Spackman, Chris
On 2021/12/21 at 07:17pm, Wols Lists wrote: > On 21/12/2021 18:49, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > 2b. press the "export video" button at the bottom of the window. Here, > > for me, the defaults work fine. > > The problem is 2b. For me, it's an extremely simple case of "I gave you > a dot ts

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Movie editing softeware

2021-12-23 Thread Wols Lists
On 23/12/2021 07:58, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:39:59 +, Wols Lists wrote: Now emerging! I shall have to play with it, but it looks just what the doctor ordered. I *believe* a ts contains an mpeg2 ... let's hope! AFAIR recall a .ts (Transport Stream) file is intended for