Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to emerge x11-libs/libwnck-43.0-r1

2023-04-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
. You have a patch file in /etc/portage/patches that is probably no longer needed/valid. Either remove it or rename the directory containing it to specify the currently installed version but exclude the new version. -- Neil Bothwick If you got the words it does not mean you got the knowle

Re: [gentoo-user] xfce4 automount usb doesn't work

2023-04-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
I'd rather (for *KNOWN* usb-sticks) put an entry in fstab. KDE has an option to automount known devices when they are plugged in or on boot, while others give the popup. -- Neil Bothwick The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call this their point of view.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -U or emerge -N

2023-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
right.  Other people may get different results but as long as what I'm > doing works, I don't plan to change anything.  -N works, it just creates extra work. If you are happy with that, there's no need to change. -- Neil Bothwick There are two hard things in computer science: cache i

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -U or emerge -N

2023-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
it needs to be on your system or not. > > > > > When I say deeper, I mean it will find more packages that may not be > found otherwise. And -e finds even more - but more is not always better. -U was introduced because -N was causing too many packages to be rebuilt unnecessarily. -- Neil Bothwi

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage 'Completed (m of n)' messages

2023-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
-O > Perhaps I'm just being a Grumpy Old Man (tm). See above, some Grumpy Old Men like it ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go. pgp4HNzukR9Us.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -U or emerge -N

2023-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
man page than ask a bot to make a guess :( -- Neil Bothwick Hyperbole is absolutely the worst mistake you can possibly make pgppjQANgv7wq.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge -U or emerge -N

2023-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
hile, except like Dale I prefer to not use -v (I like the quiet life) but I switched to -U (--changed-use) to lower the number of unnecessary rebuilds. -- Neil Bothwick Confucius say : He who play in root, eventually kill tree! pgpOcU12fvhNH.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.38.5 and net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.38.5-r500

2023-04-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
8 (net-libs/webkit-gtk:4/37) > net-libs/libproxy-0.4.18 (webkit ? net-libs/webkit-gtk:4) > > Which package is pulling IN slotted version? Use emerge instead of equery, it gives better, if slower, results: emerge -cpv webkit-gtk:4 emerge -cpv webkit-gtk:5 -- Neil Bothwick Q. Why do women

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
h Chromium the solution is to add a trailing slash. -- Neil Bothwick There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors. pgptXhzsVpN6a.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
ou mean /etc/nsswitch.conf? -- Neil Bothwick There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. pgpDMd3qht4zS.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ?

2023-02-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
he previous version [gcc] class = portage.sets.dbapi.OwnerSet world-candidate = False files = /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin -- Neil Bothwick For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. pgpKCqrC02a0u.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it OK to get rid of app-alternatives/* ?

2023-02-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
nch of symlinks, but managed differently. -- Neil Bothwick Inland Revenue: We've got what it takes to take what you've got! pgpDu0Q1pEoZU.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] libnotify without x11-misc/notification-daemon when using fnott?

2023-02-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
You could also request it be added on bugs.gentoo.org. -- Neil Bothwick Barnum was wrongit's more like every 30 seconds! pgp3srUEG_0_F.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins

2023-01-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
ich is why I switched back. Conky is better looking but for function, GKrellM wins. -- Neil Bothwick This is the day for firm decisions! Or is it? pgpHKbiEgAoYi.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins

2023-01-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
see anything obvious to replace it. The only thing I've found that comes close is app-admin/conky - it's nice but a bit awkward to set up. The last time I troed it was a few years ago and there was the odd issue so I went back to GkrellM. -- Neil Bothwick Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vi

Re: [gentoo-user] nextcloud or owncloud and qt5 or rclone

2023-01-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
t regularly, although not with NextCloud (I use the Qt client for that as I run KDE). It's basically rsync for cloud providers and should work well with NextCloud, although you won't get the automatic syncing of changes that you get with the client -- Neil Bothwick If it isn't broken, I can fix it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bouncing messages

2023-01-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
not surfaced > anywhere except such messages.  In my case, I was usually able to to to > the archive page for the list, and by displaying as messages (instead > of threads) identify the one I never received. You can also request redelivery of messages based on the internal numbers if you

Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for simple GUI MUA that works with ssmtp

2022-12-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:38:08 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > One more thing... can Claws spit out email to port 25 so that ssmtp > can pass it on to my ISP's mailserver? Yes, I have used it like that. -- Neil Bothwick Beware of cover disks bearing upgrades. pgprah2JJV6Ay.pgp Descr

Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for simple GUI MUA that works with ssmtp

2022-12-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 07:54:00 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 08:17:42PM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote > > > > Another vote for Claws here, although i use the liteHTML plugin, which > > seems to handle more than Dillo, but without the overhead of webkit. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for simple GUI MUA that works with ssmtp

2022-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
only email. It apparently also has a webkit plugin, in > case you get “extra fancy” mails. Another vote for Claws here, although i use the liteHTML plugin, which seems to handle more than Dillo, but without the overhead of webkit. It can also open HTML emails in your preferred browser. -- Neil Both

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix config and update

2022-11-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
, it is with Postfix. Why not file a bug with them asking for an "include otherfile.cf" option. Or, even better, and includedir option. -- Neil Bothwick Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom. pgpBTubAxugpy.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Libsld, what gives?

2022-11-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
every 1 or 2 weeks and complain/rant every time :-O -- Neil Bothwick "Thou shalt not battle over operating systems. I am wise and in My wisdom have created diverse and various operating systems." The Ten Usenet Commandments: One pgpo23tVisGFM.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal

2022-10-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:32:34 +0100, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 at 22:12, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 11:39:47PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > > > > > > qlist -IC | grep -e x11-base -e x11-apps -e x11-fonts > >

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-bas/xorg-x11 removal

2022-10-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
-apps/; do > > eix '-I*' --format '' "$c" > > done > Wonderfully simple, thank you qlist -IC | grep -e x11-base -e x11-apps -e x11-fonts >/etc/portage/sets/x11 emerge -n @x11 Saves filling @world with dozens of x11 entries. -- Neil Bothwick Having children will turn you into your parents. pgpPtowlDvXxE.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!

2022-10-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:17:30 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 10/26/22 2:08 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > So they have root access, nothing has changed. How they get root > > access is irrelevant, just that they have it. > > No, how they get root access is not irreleva

Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!

2022-10-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
t access, nothing has changed. How they get root access is irrelevant, just that they have it. -- Neil Bothwick A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. pgpD5GUPcUQVi.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!

2022-10-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
USB and delete the file. no need for a chroot. -- Neil Bothwick Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable pgpcq6_EGs3CW.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!

2022-10-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
gt; > On 26/10/2022 18:52, Grant Taylor wrote: > > What if someone were to put the following into > > /etc/sudoers.d/zz > > > >    ALL ALL=(ALL) !ALL > > > > }:-) -- Neil Bothwick I thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel... but it was just some sod with a torch bringing me more work! pgpkft0Ndewt6.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!

2022-10-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
ate the N'+1 file? conf-update allows you to merge the new and old files, prompting you to pick which to use on each differing section, with a further option to edit the lines. That way you can keep your changed lines but still add lines relating to new config options. -- Neil Bothwic

Re: [gentoo-user] Help with dracut, please

2022-10-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
gle > hasn't helped. Is CONFIG_SYSFS=y set in your kernel? -- Neil Bothwick Bumper Sticker: If you can read this, you are in phaser range. pgpEvfyRivY2v.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] How to disable the modules service?

2022-10-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
t will iwd still work without it? -- Neil Bothwick Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity. pgpUJGmOGBjRv.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] problems emerging some ruby packages

2022-10-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
if you want thor. Try it with an emerge -p. Whether it works or not, you will have further clues as to the source of the issue. -- Neil Bothwick Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. pgpIVcOyHaWde.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] problems emerging some ruby packages

2022-10-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
ruby_add_bdepend " Have you tried setting RUBY_TARGETS to ruby27 for this package? I must say I find the whole RUBY_* thing even more troublesome than the PYTHON_* stuff, and that's saying something! -- Neil Bothwick Ralph's Observation - It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry. pgpod3ZZxB3nh.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and adding a option, if it exists.

2022-10-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 17:15:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > Good idea for most tho.  I'm just a odd ball.  lol You'll get no argument from me ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check? pgpEXl_8uPKxb.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and adding a option, if it exists.

2022-10-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
t; I think since I always have Konsole open and ready, it is easier for me > to use it. The key point there is that it opens on the desktop you are using, so if you need to refer to the program you are currently using, you have both terminal and program together - that's where I find it useful.

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and adding a option, if it exists.

2022-10-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
ght now, I'm getting the job done.  I'll look into that > later.  Pretty sure it is under the tool menu. It is Konsole, but on demand. I have Konsole open on a separate desktop permanently, but sometime I just want to run a quick shell command and can press F12 to do it there and then. -- Neil B

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and adding a option, if it exists.

2022-10-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
e.txt.img >     $ mv file.txt{img,} >     file.txt $ mv -b oldname newname If newname exists, it is renamed with a ~ extension. > > -Ramon > > On 06/10/2022 14:45, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> This is probably a case of Dolphin not being a good tool, unless it > >&g

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and adding a option, if it exists.

2022-10-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
nal like Yakuake to give a terminal on demand, whatever program you are using. Yakuake is for KDE, it wraps Konsole, but there are GNOME-ish variants too, I wouldn't be without it. -- Neil Bothwick All things in moderation, ESPECIALLY moderation. pgpS6Ytt3WGgu.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with emerge depclean after world update

2022-10-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
d with the new one, but new slots cause the behaviour you have seen. -- Neil Bothwick Why is there an expiration date on sour cream? pgpR7BgnJ98AO.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] seems lots of packages no longer in the tree

2022-09-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
rms/mrxvt" with similar recommendations for the other packages you mention, except for oracle-jdk where it recommends alternatives. -- Neil Bothwick ISDN: It Still Does Nothing pgp5bM_RmJT39.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
ing it yourself is that you can embed the initramfs in the kernel image, meaning you only have one file to manage and once a kernel works it will always work, which may not be the case if you rebuild a separate initramfs. -- Neil Bothwick For every action, there is an equal and opposite m

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
rrelevant. > That gives a init thingy with a somewhat generic name.  I then rename it > to match the kernel, looks something like this from /boot. If you use make install to install the kernel, dracut gives the initramfs a matching name. -- Neil Bothwick Time is the best teacher; unfortuna

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
eals what he uses or something.  ROFL  I use systemd-boot wherever possible, only falling back to GRUB if the BIOS is non-EFI. -- Neil Bothwick "God created the world in six days. On the seventh day he also decided to create England... just to try out his Practical Joke Weather Machine.&quo

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
ntoo options root=LABEL=blah blah initrd /amd-uc.img initrd /initramfs-5.15.59-gentoo.img I use dracut to create the initrd, which is so straighforward even Dale can't break it ;-) -- Neil Bothwick What is a "free" gift ? Aren't all gifts free?

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

2022-08-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
> > and they keep talking about lowering that threshold. > > Thank goodness I don't live in the good ol' US of A. The land of the > free? Hm... We still have the protections introduced by the EU. Let's hope the government aren't about to tear them up... oh, they are. -- Neil B

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

2022-08-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
ehave, or at least be more subtle about their misbehaving. -- Neil Bothwick Make like a tree and leave. pgpW0FroYQ7Q8.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] quodlibet

2022-08-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
houtcast). It supports MP3 and Ogg Vorbis streaming, and may support other formats (AAC or RealMedia) if you have appropriate GStreamer plugins installed." It appears you need to install the appropriate GStreamer plugins. Once you have determined what they are, you could file a bug requesting USE

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to make Gentoo LiveGUI ISO image GUI environment look like Windows 10/11?

2022-08-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
r"'s distro. Sucking someone in with the guise of being like Windows is only likely to put them off Linux once they read page 1 of the installation instructions. There are distros that aim to be easy to use for Windows users, Gentoo is not one of them. -- Neil Bothwick Don't be humble, you'r

Re: [gentoo-user] chrome vs. wayland wierdness

2022-08-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
; > Are the dependencies for chrome broken? chrome is a binary package, unlike chromium, so rebuilding will not change the libraries it depends on. It sounds like those wayland packages should not have been depcleaned and are a requirement for chrome. -- Neil Bothwick Zmodem has bigger bits

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernate... /bin/echo: write error: No such device

2022-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
ing the script with echo statements, add "set -x" near the top, then it will output each line before executing it. That way you will not only see which echo call has failed, but you will also see the values of the environments variables in the call. -- Neil Bothwick Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. pgptwQrkeZTPB.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-08-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
rtage 608M/var/portage It did take 32s, but most of that was the Performing Global Updates stage. -- Neil Bothwick "A hundred years of forgetting and it all comes rushing back..." pgpwv3Vd16uAM.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
the time taken to sync % time emerge --sync >>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/var/portage'... /var/portage /usr/bin/git fetch origin [snip] === Sync completed for gentoo Action: sync for repo: gentoo, returned code = 0 emerge --sync 1.58s user 0.51s system 75% cpu 2.750 total --

Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

2022-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
or, and github is always there. % cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf [DEFAULT] main-repo = gentoo [gentoo] priority = 20 location = /var/portage sync-type = git sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo auto-sync = yes -- Neil Bothwick Cereal Killer Strikes Again!

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernate... /bin/echo: write error: No such device

2022-07-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
ibernate package is al scripts, I don't use it myself, you could grep them to see what is calling /bin/echo and where it is redirecting the output. A missing device like this could be down to a missing kernel config item, or a module not loaded. -- Neil Bothwick I'm not a complete idiot - severa

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel panic - lilo can't find boot

2022-07-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
r the controller, or whatever your kernel is set up to use. -- Neil Bothwick The thrill of victory, the agony of delete. pgplmWSOX7k6Y.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
lid-before/valid-after are documented elsewhere in the man page, but it is not clear whether they are discussing certificates or keys at that point, it could be read either way. Time to check out certificates. -- Neil Bothwick Set phasers to extreme itching! pgpxUpGohv8sU.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
ed to valid-before/valid-after. -- Neil Bothwick "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." (Albert Einstein) pgpQq_7KCI1P3.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
r room. I'll check that out, but it is also possible to set time limits on SSH keys, and limit them to specific commands. -- Neil Bothwick Do you steal taglines too? pgpsF_1LXTk7J.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
cripting regular replacements for SSH keys, for my own peace of mind. -- Neil Bothwick Mac screen message: "Like, dude, something went wrong." pgpGAZfUYl3QJ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
ed regularly) There's no reason you cannot change SSH keys as regularly, and good reasons why you should. It's just that people don't bother to do it. -- Neil Bothwick I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. pgpn7dwYB6oTY.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:01:29 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > > Well, almost true. > > Please elaborate. I was accepting your point, one I hadn't considered. -- Neil Bothwick .<-Stealth Tagline pgpjnElIyW_vw.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
nt approach that does not reduce security, which is true here... > > replacing the user's password with the user's key passphrase. > > This is another slippery slope. SSH key pass phrases can be brute > forced in an offline fashion. Conversely, system passwords are more of > an online atta

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

2022-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
e, and add command="/bin/su --login" to the authorized_keys line. That way you still need three pieces of information, replacing the user's password with the user's key passphrase. -- Neil Bothwick 30 minutes of begging is not considered foreplay. pgpyJwzayljgd.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help!

2022-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
h a USB WiFi adaptor, particularly after a suspend. I found that I can wake it u without rebooting with rfkill block wlan; rfkill unblock wlan -- Neil Bothwick God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light. pgplOeyhZK8T7.pgp Descri

Re: [gentoo-user] pip

2022-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
ectory: > $ ls -l /usr/lib/python-exec/python*/pip > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364 May 5 2019 > /usr/lib/python-exec/python2.7/pip -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364 May 5 > 2019 /usr/lib/python-exec/python3.6/pip > > or anything else ? You may need to re-emerge pip if the last file y

Re: [gentoo-user] google-chrome-103.0.5060 - choose password for new keyring

2022-07-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
E= includes "-gnome" :-) > > Although I don't use Chrome, so I wouldn't notice anyways :-) google-chrome is a binary package, so USE flags won't make any difference to its dependencies. -- Neil Bothwick We are from the planet Taglinis. Take us to your reader! pgpOm9UMqrzR7.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] google-chrome-103.0.5060 - choose password for new keyring

2022-07-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
p gnome-keyring out, but you need one of these password managers. -- Neil Bothwick Voting Democrat or Republican is like choosing a cabin in the Titanic. pgpRyXGq5cUuw.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] net-libs/nodejs

2022-07-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
s to fail, so I would ass "--exclude nodejs" to your emerge world command to get everything else sorted, then come back to deal with nodejs later. -- Neil Bothwick *Libra*: /(Sept 23--Oct 23)/ An unfortunate typo on your application results in your being accepted into the Legion Of Superherpes. pgpOmtYYqsffy.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] continuing an emerge

2022-07-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
pile, can I, after reducing > current memory usage, set up emerge to retry the linking and > continue from there ? ebuild /path/to/ebuild merge should do it. -- Neil Bothwick In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it nor

Re: [gentoo-user] python mess - random winge!

2022-07-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
lled by default. I would have expected it to be part of @system. > > > > This change is described in > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2021-01-30-python-preference-to-follow-python-targets.html Worth reading, I missed that one, thanks. -- Neil Bothwick "Do yo

Re: [gentoo-user] python mess - random winge!

2022-07-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
d slightly odd is that this file is also managed by eselect-python, but that is not installed by default. I would have expected it to be part of @system. -- Neil Bothwick Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened! pgpnLMVX4Bro0.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Google pop3 authentication failure

2022-06-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
onfiguring Good point, it's that long since I set up getmail, I had to check if it was using IMAP or POP, and I'm using it with IMAP. Is there a reason you can't or won't use IMAP? -- Neil Bothwick Q: Why is top-posting evil? A: backwards read don't humans because pgpobNSvoa0xh.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Google pop3 authentication failure

2022-06-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:41:37 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Anybody knowing about a replacement for "fetchmail" which provides daem- > on mode as well as POP and OAuth support, and also allows to directly > feed the fetched mails into "procmail"? net-mail/getm

Re: [gentoo-user] *sob*

2022-06-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
st hit when googling "seamonkey launch two instances" http://kb.mozillazine.org/Opening_a_new_instance_of_your_Mozilla_application_with_another_profile Is there a particular reason for running two X servers rather than one desktop on two screens? The latter completely avoids the problem you ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to sync with next/owncloud without using the next/owncloud-client?

2022-06-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
ce readmes to see if you can compile this separately. -- Neil Bothwick "UNIX was not designed to stop people from doing stupid things, because that would also stop them from doing clever things." -- Doug Gwyn pgpjeUiBLLzsM.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] chromium shortcuts?

2022-05-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
menu with several links). But I'll try a > clean config anyway, the bookmark issue can be dealt with later. There are import and export options in the Bookmarks Manager menu. -- Neil Bothwick Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment destroyed. pgpZBlHg0wM7U.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] chromium shortcuts?

2022-05-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
be it was a bad idea?) Why not export the bookmarks then re-import them? That way you can start with a clean config. -- Neil Bothwick Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: The location of all objects cannot be known simultaneously. Corollary: If a lost thing is found, something else will disappear. pg

Re: [gentoo-user] A couple of problems with systemd

2022-05-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 May 2022 19:51:06 -0400, John Covici wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2022 17:49:24 -0400, > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > [1 ] > > On Fri, 27 May 2022 17:03:29 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > > > I have one service which always times out

Re: [gentoo-user] A couple of problems with systemd

2022-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
a drop-in to require the service to start after named, run "systemctl edit ntpdate.service" and add [Unit] Requires=named.service After=named.service That will create a drop-in file in /etc/systemd/system/ntpdate.service.d containing your additions - you can also create these files manually.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge with another PATH

2022-05-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
ng is how do you get emerge to install files to a different location. In that case look at the --root option in man emerge. -- Neil Bothwick Is there another word for synonym? pgp0_qhkyoomR.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?

2022-05-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade, as I always have. > > Maybe I should start over and use genkernel? I'd use Dracut, it's simpler and more transparent in its operation. -- Neil Bothwick I have seen things you lusers would not believe. I've seen Sun monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia lab.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth speakers

2022-05-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
w user that doesn't use KDE? That would help decide if kgremlins are at play. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 020: Error recording error codes - Additional errors will be lost. pgps5UNdHSJmB.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstall

2022-05-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
hat I did last time, although my loop emerge ten lines at a time to cut down on the number of dependency recalculations. -- Neil Bothwick ISDN: It Still Does Nothing pgptzFSvpzzOt.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin and missing paste file option in right click menu.

2022-04-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
the left of the listing. -- Neil Bothwick To boldly go where I surely don't belong. pgpCMwAARiz4J.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Would a Thinkpad X200 be too much trouble too run gentoo on?

2022-04-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
endency by using a > binpkg for my desktop icons. There's no (security, configurability, or > performance) issues with using pre-built icons, and only a few tiny > things are left a little bit broken. So, a normal day in Gentoo. dev-python/cryptography now depends on rust, so it's getting ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Would a Thinkpad X200 be too much trouble too run gentoo on?

2022-04-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
not as bad as the others. This one finishes in something like 18h  > for me. Firefox and Rust have -bin packages - not so lucky with LLVM and webkit-gtk. -- Neil Bothwick Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: The location of all objects cannot be known simultaneously. Cor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd-boot on openrc

2022-04-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
remember my situation with hal? > ;-)  I try not to :-/ -- Neil Bothwick Ninety-Ninety Rule Of Project Schedules - The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent of the time. pgp0pfOajc8sT.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive error from SMART

2022-04-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
are so simple, they may > not even be called scripts.  They're just files with commands in them.  > > If nothing changes when I get around to rebooting, I'll get into this > some more.  It will prompt for the password, just as if you ran the command manually. -- Neil Bothwick

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to make a boot menu?

2022-04-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
'd > have to DIY. Actually, that's how I do it on my remaining MBR/BIOS systems. A script that loops through the kernels and writes the relevant configs after reading settings from a config file (that makes it easier to use the same script on differing machines). -- Neil Bothwick When com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to make a boot menu?

2022-04-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
all of those (without adding an exponential number of > options to select from). Not to speak about the possibility to > edit the command line freely. I haven't used it for some years, but I recall configuring it manually, as I have the same approach as Peter with multiple runlevels. -- N

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive error from SMART

2022-04-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
as but the command you type stays the same. Or you could use a shell script to open and mount with one command. #!/bin/sh cryptsetup whatever mount whatever -- Neil Bothwick Celery is not food. It is a member of the plywood family. pgpIlRhE2Hskr.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] How to make a boot menu?

2022-04-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
openrc like this for much longer. [snip] > My question is how to do this in Grub. Why not try rEFInd? It handles UEFI booting simply, without the no-longer-needed bloat of GRUB. -- Neil Bothwick I am Scooby Doo of Borg- Reware roo re arimorated, Raggy! pgpeEv2DbQPsz.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd-boot on openrc

2022-04-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
t USE=boot on systemd-utils, so I did that and now when I > boot I have no mouse or keyboard. > > Is this the end of the road for systemd-boot on openrc? I think that USE flag just causes the systemd-boot part of systemd-utils to be built. systemd-boot itself is just a virtual now. It doesn't sound like that would cause this problem, did you emerge anything X related at the same time? -- Neil Bothwick without C people would code in Basi, Pasal and Obol pgpalhNg49Ji2.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive error from SMART

2022-04-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
are you editing your > > crypttab anyway? This way when you move drives around they still > > work. > > What is crypttab?  I type in the command manually. Then use a shell alias, even less typing. -- Neil Bothwick Ninety-Ninety Rule Of Project Schedules - The first ninety p

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive error from SMART

2022-04-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:09:23 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > If Yoda so strong in force is, why words in right order he cannot > > put? > > Vielleicht, weil seine Muttersprache Deutsch ist. :-) RLFO -- Neil Bothwick SITCOM: Single Income, Two Children, O

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive error from SMART

2022-04-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
.  My command was > something like cryptsetup open /dev/sdk1 and then it asks for the > password. Use /dev/disks/by/partlabel/foo or /dev/disks/by-partuuid/bar. -- Neil Bothwick If Yoda so strong in force is, why words in right order he cannot put? pgp13XxNMV8wu.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] gcolor2...

2022-04-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
lay and unmask it by adding it to /etc/portage/profile/package.unmask. -- Neil Bothwick Mr. bullfrog says: "time's fun when you're having flies." pgpZ6bTs3fzI2.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] How to see make output when emerging a package?

2022-04-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
mpile jobs starts > and monitor them. > > Basically, my advice is to use --jobs=1 if you want to see the output. Or set PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save" in make.conf to have the build logs saved to /var/log/portage/elog. -- Neil Bothw

Re: [gentoo-user] ISO on /boot

2022-04-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
I use title System Rescue 9.01 version 9.01 linux /sysresccd/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz options archisobasedir=sysresccd archisolabel=boot setkmap=uk rootpass=password1 initrd /sysresccd/boot/x86_64/sysresccd.img You need to set a filesystem label on /boot and use that for the archisolabel argument

Re: [gentoo-user] How to only recompile git ebuild without fetching any sources?

2022-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
sis in /etc/portage/package.env: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.env -- Neil Bothwick To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. pgpvGlrT881Fq.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

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