[gentoo-user] Libreoffice cannot open files from network location

Hey all, After my last (large) emerge upgrade I can no longer open documents stored on network shares in Libreoffice. For instance, we have a Samba file server that I open using Nautilus in Gnome. For a long time I've been able to double-click files on that share in Nautilus and have them open u

[gentoo-user] Intermittent nouveau graphics failures

Hey all, My desktop system has an NVidia graphics card that identifies as: % lspci -v # snip... 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX 650] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GK107 [GeForce GTX 650] Flag

[gentoo-user] X-rite color calibrator not working

I'm trying to use an X-rite i1 Display 3 to calibrate my laptop screen in gnome 3 and running into some trouble. The color calibration settings screen opens up as soon as I plug in the calibrator, and the first error I see is after I've gone through all the options and clicked the start button to

[gentoo-user] x-rite i1 display3 support

I'm trying to use an X-rite i1 Display 3 to calibrate my laptop screen in gnome 3 and running into some trouble. The color calibration settings screen opens up as soon as I plug in the calibrator, and the first error I see is after I've gone through all the options and clicked the start button to

[gentoo-user] Tablet rotation button broken in <=sys-apps/systemd-226-r2

Hey all, I noticed recently that the screen rotation button on my Lenovo X201T tablet was no longer working, whereas it had been working some time ago. Long story short, there was a change around version 226 of systemd that broke this. I wanted to document how I got it working again and send it o