[gentoo-user] Re: The state of public relations?

2015-07-24 Thread James
at the recents post many deal with installation issues; because installing of gentoo systems *is broken*, or at least way over due for a facelift, imho. James

[gentoo-user] Re: The state of public relations?

2015-07-24 Thread James
Rich Freeman rich0 at gentoo.org writes: On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:56 AM, James wireless at tampabay.rr.com wrote: Rich Freeman rich0 at gentoo.org writes: Just be practical. From my experience showing up at a LUG and telling 20 people how something worked well for you gets you a lot

[gentoo-user] Re: gru2-mkconfig tries to read the extended partition ??

2015-07-23 Thread James
. hth, James

[gentoo-user] CLS install

2015-07-21 Thread James
... James [1] http://www.calculate-linux.org/main/en/cld [2 ]http://www.calculate-linux.org/main/en/download [3] http://www.calculate-linux.org/boards/15/topics/25561 [4] http://www.calculate-linux.org/main/en/interactive_system_build

[gentoo-user] Re: How can I check for haveing an ethernet device

2015-07-20 Thread James
. It is Monday.. James

[gentoo-user] Re: How can I check for haveing an ethernet device

2015-07-20 Thread James
installed. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: How can I check for haveing an ethernet device

2015-07-20 Thread James
what I wrote the first time It's tricky. Being embedded usually means you have less on the system; so let's just try a few things to see. 1. lspci 2. dmesg | grep eth 3. netstat -nr Others:: ifconfig, lswh, mii-tool, ethtool etc etc depending on what you've installed. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: In the fear of getting hacked (WLAN setup)

2015-07-19 Thread James
such as PPC, arm7v, arm8v specifically. That way low cost (low power consumption embedded boards) could be purchased, setup and deploy for our userbase and to attract new gentoo members. James [1] http://www.tecmint.com/install-ipfire-firewall-distribution/

[gentoo-user] Re: In the fear of getting hacked (WLAN setup)

2015-07-19 Thread James
have to use a USB-2-RJ45 converters? Also, please make your iptable ruleset modular so folks can test/deploy on other devices. Do not forget to leverage the existing gentoo home router page in your design, if possible? [1] James [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Home_Router

[gentoo-user] Re: Project:Installer

2015-07-18 Thread James
://github.com/gentoo/stager Python is the primary language so that is very encouraging. It'd be really cool is support for BTRFS was included, imho. James

[gentoo-user] Re: Project:Installer

2015-07-18 Thread James
, right? Here is the stage 3 for my 96board:: http://dev.gentoo.org/~tgall/ THANKS! James

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread James
have some resources for recommended reading? Do you use this in a virtualized approach to system management? curiously, James

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-17 Thread James
, the MBR code is likely to be the same anyway. OKI'll give it a shot. thx, James

[gentoo-user] Project:Installer

2015-07-17 Thread James
the efforts of [2,3]? Naturally, we should remember Release Engineering and their role as pivotal [3]. [1 and 2] are interesting to read. James [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Gentoo [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Installer [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng_GRS

[gentoo-user] Re: Project:Installer

2015-07-17 Thread James
links or comments would be keen to read about. James [4] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/ 5/html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html

[gentoo-user] Re: In the fear of getting hacked (WLAN setup)

2015-07-17 Thread James
/airtraf net-wireless/aircrack-ng is a good start. You can run these from a laptop with a wireless interface. Google for wiki sites or arch linux sites and howto setup and use. hth, James

[gentoo-user] grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
139M 25% /boot /dev/sda4 962G 121G 792G 14% /usr/local So the upgrade will be trivial or are there caveats. I do not have a good record with grub-2 . James

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
(least hassle):: I guess I should just mask it and stay on:: sys-boot/grub- 2.02_beta2-r3 It's been fine even with multiple kernel updates... James

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
was also curious if anyone else has upgraded to grub- 2.02_beta2-r7 ? James

[gentoo-user] Re: grub-2 update

2015-07-16 Thread James
many times on kernel updates to not be very cautious James

[gentoo-user] Re: Securely deletion of an HDD

2015-07-15 Thread James
of the modern rocket [2] taught my son Multi-Variable Calculus Small world when you get down to it Want to see the latest in Mach 7 guns? cheers! James [1] http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu/ [2] http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/lebanons-forgotten-space-race-in-1961-manoug-manougian-aimed

[gentoo-user] Re: php (error?)

2015-07-13 Thread James
- Automake 2.0 will drop support for the long-deprecated 'configure.in' name for the Autoconf input file. You are advised to start using the recommended name 'configure.ac' instead, ASAP. James

[gentoo-user] Re: php (error?)

2015-07-12 Thread James
that has been solved, sence I did not find the configure.in file thx, James

[gentoo-user] php (error?)

2015-07-12 Thread James
line is I have not use php directly in some time, so it is quite easy that I missed some info from the devs on php changes. I did not see anything in the news system nor pgo. James

[gentoo-user] Re: linux kernel disabling irq 16

2015-07-11 Thread James
security ports (::=) security and all other kernel code fixes. James [1] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html [2] http://ltsi.linuxfoundation.org/ Ja

[gentoo-user] Re: [O/T] google

2015-07-11 Thread James
that needs extra thought. A physically distinct channel to pass new cryptokeys around is limited and challenging. James [1] http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk

[gentoo-user] Re: google

2015-07-11 Thread James
behrouz khosravi bz.khosravi at gmail.com writes: Do you folks notice that google is triying to control the way we live?! Perhaps you need something simple, like startpage? https://www.startpage.com/

[gentoo-user] Re: KP_Decimal

2015-07-10 Thread James
Roger Cahn rcahn at club-internet.fr writes: Since a few days, when I type the point (.) on the numeric keypad Have you tried another (differnt make/model) keyboard? If you get the same problem,it is software related, if it goes away, then you are good to go. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: HBM gpus

2015-07-08 Thread James
beta foss drivers for a radeon config. Tia, James [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/OpenACC [2] http://www.openacc.org/node/365 [3] http://www.openacc-standard.org/

[gentoo-user] Re: HBM gpus

2015-07-08 Thread James
R0b0t1 r030t1 at gmail.com writes: 1) AMD cards usually have okay FOSS driver support, but all that is available might be the mfr-supported ones for some time. 2) It will never overheat in the stock configuration (which you would have to do a great deal to change) unless you are retarded.

[gentoo-user] HBM gpus

2015-07-07 Thread James
Anyone got one of these new AMD graphics cards? http://www.pcworld.com/article/2936630/amd-reveals-hbm-powered-radeon-fury-graphics-cards-new-r300-series-gpus.html If so, running which drivers under which kernel? What's your mobo? heating issues? It is water cooled James

[gentoo-user] dev-util/ninja + checkinstall

2015-07-06 Thread James
) and embedded systems as a sort of system that lives completely on a usb stick, for easy removal. James [1] http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ [2] http://github.com/martine/ninja [3] http://furius.ca/snakefood/ [4] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24936580/c-c-implementation

[gentoo-user] Re: Printer margins

2015-07-06 Thread James
to learn of a universal method nowadays, particularly one that works on ascii, text and such printed via lp. James

[gentoo-user] Re: [HOT] (Half Offtopic) Gentoo on Nexus 7

2015-07-05 Thread James
products cycles... Resource constraints are the biggest issue for 'smart devices', imho. Also beware that some 'product lines' have both 32 bit and 64 bit arm processors under the same product name. caveat emptor! hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: [HOT] (Half Offtopic) Gentoo on Nexus 7

2015-07-05 Thread James
James wireless at tampabay.rr.com writes: ...uuuhh...I am just in process of evaluating whether a Nexus 7 is the right thing to buy for my purpose. Meino The link below is not a product endorsement; just something interesting I saw posted recently. It appears to already run linux

[gentoo-user] Re: 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-05 Thread James
a croc of equal length. The only crocs in Florida are in the ocean and edge of land, cause the gators eat them, routinely. A 16' gator can easily be 6' wide. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-04 Thread James
James wireless at tampabay.rr.com writes: why should anybody celebrate anything? Volker::=media-sound/mixxx Even you can have tons of pals, just spin some tunes, amplify, do a little voice over and shake it down...baby!! Beverages help 2.

[gentoo-user] Re: 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-04 Thread James
Lee ny6p01 at gmail.com writes: Forget it - he's probably German. ;0 Huh? Muchen:: cold river:: fast floating naked:: I do not remember that river's name, but nude frizbee, then freezing on those rapds, was but one of the german hi_lights. I loved Germany:: end2end!! (in my youth

[gentoo-user] Re: 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-04 Thread James
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerarmin at googlemail.com writes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y Get up and celebrate *everything* why should anybody celebrate anything? Life is such a fleeting thing. We celebrate to live, enjoy gregariously gather. Live a little, not just today,

[gentoo-user] 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-04 Thread James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y Get up and celebrate *everything* cheers!

[gentoo-user] Re: Ruby is infesting my machine

2015-07-03 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: If you really need to see what wants Ruby, add --tree to your emerge world command. # equery depends ruby Might shed some light too. hth James

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on Arm64

2015-07-02 Thread James
Andrew Lowe agl at wht.com.au writes: On 07/01/2015 11:54 PM, James wrote: My new arm64 board has finally shipped. Price, name, website, sata? Enquiring minds want to know? Andrew ~140 USD hikey :: https://www.96boards.org/products/ce/hikey/ https://www

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on Arm64

2015-07-02 Thread James
details of the components, software and configs would be keenly appreciated. raffaele Thanks for the info Raffaele! James

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on Arm64

2015-07-02 Thread James
Andreas K. Huettel dilfridge at gentoo.org writes: My new arm64 board has finally shipped. How about you pop into #gentoo-embedded on freenode irc? OK, irc seems ackward to use to me. I' on now, with pidgin There's 2-3 devs actively working on arm64, and I'm sure you will find some

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Arm64

2015-07-01 Thread James
scratch. Any and all suggestions are most welcome. James [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Embedded#Resources

[gentoo-user] Re: any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-30 Thread James
' ? Or did I here that wrong? If so, I'm sure google and lots of folks are scrambling to replace java.? On cell phones SeLinux is probably the best thing going for a cool phone. At least it will be reasonably secure by the user's ability to admin the phone? [1] James [1] http://blogs.csc.com/2015

[gentoo-user] eix

2015-06-28 Thread James
available in the java repo, but not the gentoo tree. TIA, James

[gentoo-user] Re: repos.conf

2015-06-25 Thread James
on permissions, so that is why it did not work.. thanks, James

[gentoo-user] Re: IcedTea-Web Plugin not working in firefox

2015-06-25 Thread James
(java centric) happy with maven and many other java-centric requirements. Do post as much deatail as you can on this. TIA, James

[gentoo-user] Re: repos.conf

2015-06-24 Thread James
the ideas and schema coming, as I only want to solve this code migration organization problem once. Maybe I should just file a (bgo) bug about when do we git nitrous.io on gentoo? (reminds me of the dentist :: a_hole). But he does have an extremely attractive hygienist! James [1] https

[gentoo-user] Re: necessary use flgas

2015-06-23 Thread James
focused on the possibilities with the new arm64 SoCs about to appear on the market. hth, James

[gentoo-user] repos.conf

2015-06-23 Thread James
? or just the ones run by gentoo-devs? Suggests on a sane schema for all of this is most welcome. (how are other organizing/labeling ad wide collect of repos, gentoo dev repos and their own (code)fiefdom? naming and location strategies are most welcome. Lacking organization on repos, James

[gentoo-user] Re: new scanner : any advice ?

2015-06-22 Thread James
, so I just keep backups of all the config files and manually fix line items that Cupsd just seems to fork_up from time to time. An auto page feeder is of little cost and very, very nice to have! hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-22 Thread James
a profiling we go HI_ho HI_ho, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-21 Thread James
mod the kernel and I have embedded gentoo on an amd64 system with iptables. This will work, right? Isn't this what you are implying, or is the profile system incomplete? James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-21 Thread James
to explain? James

[gentoo-user] Re: purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-21 Thread James
, and that is a severe (buss-bandwidth) bottleneck that really dampens performance on many softwares. The looming gcc-5 is a game changer on using video resources, as general system resources... hth, James

[gentoo-user] Jenkins

2015-06-20 Thread James
and stable, then I'm going to attempt to move other codes to this gentoo-mesos-jenkins-CI framework. Any suggestions are most welcome. James

[gentoo-user] Re: Jenkins

2015-06-20 Thread James
Alec Ten Harmsel alec at alectenharmsel.com writes: On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 07:03:18PM +, James wrote: Hello one and all, I want to first install Jenkins on a single multicore amd system, so I found this brief guide (which seems simple enough): https://code.google.com/p/godin

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-19 Thread James
problem therein. Thanks, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-19 Thread James
Martin Vaeth martin at mvath.de writes: James wireless at tampabay.rr.com wrote: # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a eix -c --system No matches found. Obviously, this profile contains no at system packages. Which appears natural for an embedded profile

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-19 Thread James
that are not on top of 'bloatware'! Hope that helps... Bruce YES, and I appreciated every comment! later, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-18 Thread James
Martin Vaeth martin at mvath.de writes: James wireless at tampabay.rr.com wrote: # PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi This is not a directory. If PORTAGE_PROFILE is not a readable directory, eix falls back to the symlink Ok, so I'm running an amd64 default profile

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-18 Thread James
any embedded arm profile and *please* show me the syntax to determine the @system packages to be installed associate with any embedded arm profile? please? James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-17 Thread James
/profiles/arch/arm/armv7a/eapi eix -c --system produces the same list of 42 packages? What did I miss? I want the default (or minimal) package list for the various embedded arm profiles: /usr/portage/profiles/arch/arm/ ? ??? Sorry for being so dense TIA, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-16 Thread James
) // Wolfgang Frisch xoror...@users.sourceforge.net // Emil Beinroth emilbeinr...@gmx.net // Martin Väth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de curiously, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-15 Thread James
Martin Vaeth martin at mvath.de writes: James wireless at tampabay.rr.com wrote: This is why I was looking for a 'tool' or script that would allow me to easily browse the default package listings for the different arch types with a default profile. If you only want to see

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-14 Thread James
page. thx! James

[gentoo-user] Profile listings

2015-06-14 Thread James
. TIA, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-14 Thread James
others is welcomed. James

[gentoo-user] Re: Profile listings

2015-06-14 Thread James
, Andrew Savchenko TIA, James

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-10 Thread James
should just be able to unzip it (both the .aff and .dic files) into /usr/share/hunspell -- that should make it available system-wide. OK. I'll give this some effort and experiment around with web browsers. thx, Q James

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
to get that working? I've looke and looked and do not know what I'm missing... James

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
Stroller stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James wireless at tampabay.rr.com wrote: ... So I just ran across this word emeried and I can only find emory. I think emeried is obscure in both meaning and usage. My 1970's copy of the 24-volume

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
interfaces. That's how I always used the spell checker, it there's a more convenient way I'd be glad to know also. There has to a pop like the billion or so other apps that have spell checking..? raffaele thx, James

[gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
the right side of the pond, would be keen to integrate into seamonkey. Q? (if my memory is correct?) James

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread James
Franz Fellner alpine.art.de at gmail.com writes: James wrote: There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the laptop with an air compressor. If you really blow out your laptop make sure the fans

[gentoo-user] Re: some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread James
these days, if you have time to read upon things. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: is your metadata safe?

2015-06-07 Thread James
Bruce Hill daddy at happypenguincomputers.com writes: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Your probably looking in the mirror too much.

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-07 Thread James
disabling plasma, no luck. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: is your metadata safe?

2015-06-05 Thread James
Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: On Thursday 04 Jun 2015 18:07:04 James wrote: Well, the media like to project that everything was fine, before Snowden did his thing. I, like many with deep roots in communications beyond TCP/IP have known better for a long time. I was perusing

[gentoo-user] OT: is your metadata safe?

2015-06-04 Thread James
in other countries, besides the good ole USA, your asses have been owned for even longer. So I suggest we call have a shot or 2 of Tequila this weekend, get naked, and party like you've got nothing left to hide; cause you don't! cheers mate! James [1] http://www.google.com/patents

[gentoo-user] Re: writing man pages (gentoo conventions)

2015-06-03 Thread James
my masters thesis in Latex, much to the University's chagrin.. eix latex returns too many choices. What is the best one(s) to install to play iwth latex again? Why is this better can just using libreoffice once the files are in man page format? James

[gentoo-user] Re: writing man pages (gentoo conventions)

2015-06-03 Thread James
'restructuretext'; got a resource location? I guess I'm going to have to brush on *roff codes. 'troff' is what I used, but it has been a very long time.. thx, James

[gentoo-user] Re: writing man pages (gentoo conventions)

2015-06-03 Thread James
Joerg Schilling Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de writes: man -s5 man man 7 man BTW: Use other (good) man pages as reference and avoid the BSD doc format that was introduced while the ATT lawsuit was active. Yea, I learned 'monkey see monkey' do a log time ago, to get along;

[gentoo-user] writing man pages (gentoo conventions)

2015-06-02 Thread James
notes and such. Formal Man pages are found in /usr/share/man, but for my work would it be best to put the one I create into /usr/local/man or /usr/local/share/man or What do others do? Comment and suggestions are most welcome. (old dog in rehab) James

[gentoo-user] CI (docker + consul + jenkins +mesos)

2015-06-01 Thread James
Registrator [3]. Zookeeper is here [4]. This looks like an excellent collection of codes for folks to see the full power of docker and moves gentoo closer to a robust CI solution? Your thoughts and comments are most welcome, James [1] http://www.ivoverberk.nl/towards-docker-in-production

[gentoo-user] Re: Difficulties to acchieve a certain time period with fcron

2015-05-30 Thread James
of the really smart guys would help you debug and get it working (correctly?). Have Fun, James [1] http://nerds.airbnb.com/introducing-chronos/ [2] http://www.haskellforall.com/2015/01/use-haskell-for-shell-scripting.html

[gentoo-user] Re: General weirdness - a tale of woe.

2015-05-27 Thread James
and excess resources pledged (dynamically) to a meso cluster underneath my gentoo systems. Comments and guidance are warmly appreciated. Peter I'm not trying to hijack your thread, but enquire as to commonality. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: General weirdness - a tale of woe.

2015-05-27 Thread James
? How can I get the listing of packages that need those 32 bit libs? Maybe that the way to go? It just seems like I keep cleaning this up over and over again. James

[gentoo-user] Re: having problems getting burned cds to work

2015-05-26 Thread James
software? app-cdr/xfburn Description: GTK+ based CD and DVD burning application hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread James
. This is particularly acute with the sort of fine dust that builds up inside of computers Blowing compressed air on fans make them often over speed so be mindful to only blow on the fans in short bursts. Clean the fans in the power supply likewise. hth, James

[gentoo-user] net-analyzer/portsentry

2015-05-24 Thread James
(syntax) answers to specific questions (although all information is appreciated just to complete the discussion). Any sensitive information can be send to me privately for assured confidence. Your ideas are welcome, James [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PortSentry [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org

[gentoo-user] Re: Brother missed in cups listing

2015-05-19 Thread James
printers plugged into ethernet, then you can connect to them (via ethernet) by just typing in the ip address of the printer into your web browser. That makes checking the embedded printer configuration much simpler. hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor mans audio in the world of the great Jack D.

2015-05-19 Thread James
Meino.Cramer at gmx.de writes: media-sound/qjackctlhttp://qjackctl.sourceforge.net/ And master James moved slightly and asked a simply question. Suddenly the novice was enlighted. He answers It is used for my PC. And after a while he added: I want to decode sstv and weather fax

[gentoo-user] howto make github look nice

2015-05-18 Thread James
an aesthetically pleasing appearance.. (I need an edge!). curiously, James

[gentoo-user] Re: howto make github look nice

2015-05-18 Thread James
Nikos Chantziaras realnc at gmail.com writes: On 19/05/15 03:47, James wrote: One of the things I find ugly about github is the first appearance of the main (base) page of a given project. https://github.com/realnc/SDL_audiolib http://realnc.github.io/SDL_audiolib Info on how

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor mans audio in the world of the great Jack D.

2015-05-18 Thread James
but have yet to download it and see what it can do. *maybe* it'll fill the need you have? media-sound/qjackctlhttp://qjackctl.sourceforge.net/ Meino hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: question for en_GB users of myspell-en dictionaries

2015-05-11 Thread James
-dictionary-based-oxford-english-dictionary-103 hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-05-02 Thread James
the hardware vendors. I do not have direct proof; but I strongly suspect this is the case because the simd pipelined memory that these low level APIs give to FOSS community, are memory constricted by design. peace, James

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