Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to switch from rust to rust-bin?

2020-09-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
be the default. There is a way, uninstall rust. virtual/rust requires only one of rust and rust-bin, if both are installed it will take rust meaning rust-bin gets depcleaned. If only one is installed, the virtual will take that. If neither is install, the virtual will pull in rust. Adding packages like

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin, CPU usage and process ID to which window.

2020-09-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
can't switch there with the F keys.  It seems something else uses > those shortcuts.  Open a separate console on the desktop running Dolphin, or install kde-apps/yakuake to have a console wherever and whenever you want it. -- Neil Bothwick Power outage at a department store yesterday, Twenty peop

Re: [gentoo-user] mailman 2.1 replacement? (Python 2.7 issue)

2020-09-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
stered by portage)? Have you read https://bugs.gentoo.org/710134 ? -- Neil Bothwick Pedestrians come in two types: Quick or Dead. pgpK3p4yLbxii.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Determine cause of xorg-server downgrade?

2020-08-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
now emerge wants to downgrade xorg-server from 1.20.9 to 1.20.8-r1: % grep xorg-server /var/portage/profiles/package.mask -B 3 # Piotr Karbowski (2020-08-28) # Temporary mask due to multiple reports of segfaults at startup, bug #739056 =x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.9 -- Neil Bothwic

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage package removals due to python-2.7

2020-08-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
profile/package.unmask. > > Thanks Neil, will this keep all requisite build and run time > dependencies, or will they have to be added to package.unmask too? I thought the same immediately after hitting send. You'll have to do the same for any deps, although for now it's only VBox i

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage package removals due to python-2.7

2020-08-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
and add app-emulation/virtualbox-bin to /etc/portage/profile/package.unmask. -- Neil Bothwick Having children will turn you into your parents. pgp8hn0jykHaM.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Persistent empty window

2020-08-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
ver the right-edge-click feature? After clicking everywhere else. Then doing the same again the next time. Eventually, it sunk in. -- Neil Bothwick If you consult enough experts, you can confirm any opinion. pgpoUMMZ6oRQU.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Persistent empty window

2020-08-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
> What an obscure "feature." Not that obscure, click anywhere but where you meant to and it's staring you in the face :) -- Neil Bothwick I'm not closed minded, you're just wrong. pgpj27kQ5vYul.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Persistent empty window

2020-08-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
't show up in 'ps au', it survives a reboot, it seems not to be > connected with the paste buffer, and I just can't identify it. It's Knotes, I do that from time to time. If you right-click on the right hand edge of the note, you'll get a menu that includes a remove option. -- Neil Bothwick I

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird 78

2020-08-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
the newest Verizon✔ AOL Version 12.9 will result > in inefficient usage of mailbox and might result to shutdown > > UPDATE HERE to Visit your login page Log-in to restore. > > Thanks > Verizon✔ My Account > Verizon✔ © 2020 All Right reserved " That looks like a phishi

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird 78

2020-08-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
s my needs (CalDAV, CardDAV, > Exchange Web Services) exceed what Claws provides. Claws supports CalDAV, although I don't use it. However, it is more a dedicated mail client that an all-round groupware solution. -- Neil Bothwick ALZHEIMER.COM found . . . Out of . . . something . . pgp873D4

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird 78

2020-08-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
Thunderbird 78.0 is now available. However, we don't plan to bump until 78.2 release because of known problems and upstream's advice not to upgrade yet. Thunderbird 78.2 is scheduled for end of August 2020." -- Neil Bothwick *Libra*: /(Sept 23--Oct 23)/ An unfortunate typo on your appli

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-08-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
e, some of us got your sarcasm ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by moving to where you can't find them. pgpeW97q2OExe.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to hide a network interface from an application

2020-08-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
in my > browser and have it display the service I just started up. With > nspawn that is just a matter of a few lines in dhcpd.conf and my BIND > config. That seems to be what Traefik promises when used with Docker, make that Kool-Aid a double :) -- Neil Bothwick Windows Error #09: Mouse

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to hide a network interface from an application

2020-08-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
o know before I get too entwined in their ecosystem. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 38: Government organization pgp9qihZoAdkd.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to hide a network interface from an application

2020-08-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
th Docker is you only have to do that work once. So using it for a one-off is extra work but once done you can spin up extra services with almost no effort. -- Neil Bothwick Don't just do something, sit there! pgpw2fz6pBF2o.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling ssh password login on all accounts?

2020-08-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
ines the start of a block that continues until the start of the next block or the end of the file. -- Neil Bothwick This is a test of the emergency tagline stealing system. pgpPzoBCu6Px0.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild : how to check for python version

2020-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
ore the ebuild is invoked. Would it make more sense to check PYTHON_TARGETS instead? That can also cover the situation of the package being installed without 3.9 but then 3.9 being installed later as a rebuild would be triggered by --changed-use. -- Neil Bothwick "We can't solve problems

Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild: How to deal with external repositories properly (best practise)?

2020-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
repository, so the code could change at any minute, you can use the git eclass to pull a specified branch or commit, so you know what you are getting. -- Neil Bothwick Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about. pgpwMXdo2DQ4e.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server[elogind,-suid] and starting additional Xorg session from running Xorg session

2020-07-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
couldn't make a > similar setup to work. I've tried adding options '-keeptty' or 'vt?' or > both, but all I get are errors like these: > > Fatal server error: > (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied) Is your new user a member of the tty group? -- N

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server[elogind,-suid] and starting additional Xorg session from running Xorg session

2020-07-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
because you are using -u. -- Neil Bothwick Adolescence, n.: The stage between puberty and adultery. pgpB_lX8NkfwU.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] repoint virtual/rust to rust instead of rust-bin

2020-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
(X86) -AArch64 -ARM -BPF -Hexagon -Lanai -MSP430 > -Mips -NVPTX -PowerPC -RISCV -Sparc -SystemZ -WebAssembly -XCore" 0 KiB > [ebuild UD ] virtual/rust-1.44.1::gentoo [1.45.0::gentoo] > ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB > > No idea what's pulling in rust-1.44.1 Have y

Re: [gentoo-user] Simple replacement for "getmail"?

2020-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
lay and unmasked so I'm still using it, but a comparable alternative would be welcome. -- Neil Bothwick The considered application of terror is also a form of communication. pgpdqPk6Y7888.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?!

2020-07-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
"problem" gets fixed in a matter of hours. :) Give some credit to the person that suggested including pre-compiled man pages, whoever that was... -- Neil Bothwick How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes? pgpFbzhAgwltf.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?!

2020-07-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
-tools, and sphinx et al were not removed. Sync, re-emerge bind-tools and try again. The man pages are now downloaded as a separate tarball, so Sphinx and deps are not longer needed. -- Neil Bothwick SITCOM: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage pgp4NwdiMzCRb.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] repoint virtual/rust to rust instead of rust-bin

2020-07-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
uot;(64) -32 (-x32)" CPU_FLAGS_X86="sse2" 0 KiB > > How do I clear this? You have emerged rust-145 from testing but portage wants to install virtual/rust-1.44.1 from stable. This looks like a keywording issue. Are you running stable or testing? Do you have anything rust-rel

Re: [gentoo-user] FFmpeg and AVI1'd M-JPEGs

2020-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
PP0 field [4], as shown when inspecting the data of any frame > ("AVI1" [5]): > > $ ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vcodec copy %02d.jpg What command are you using to record this file in the first place? -- Neil Bothwick Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I will remembe

Re: [gentoo-user] dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?!

2020-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
issue. The problem is that the man pages are not included in the upstream package, only the source for them. So if you want to be able to RTFM, you need a load of dependencies. -- Neil Bothwick "Daddy, what does formatting drive 'C' mean? pgpYpAuaXa816.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?!

2020-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
oat with the bind-tools 9.16 series. > Hopefully this can be addressed by the developers in future. Including the man page in the files directory would avoid this, although I don't know if this is considered good practice. -- Neil Bothwick Man and mouse are alike, both end up in pussy :) pgpQkpJ

Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
tfix). I also use procmail for filtering - although if you already have this set up in KMail, that should suffice - and dspam for spam filtering. -- Neil Bothwick Never ask a geek why, just nod your head and slowly back away pgpTv2jaoe7dY.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] binary packages: how to ...

2020-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:13:44 +0200, n952162 wrote: > Is there an open-source way to view the contents of a rar archive? app-arch/unrar -- Neil Bothwick Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were. pgpkfH9jgNB0Z.pgp Description: OpenPGP digi

Re: [gentoo-user] binary packages: how to ...

2020-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
ackages. By only allowing open source licences you prevent the installation of proprietary binary packages. You can still install the *-bin packages as they are mostly convenience packages to save you lengthy compilation by using the developer's provided binary packages of open source soft

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Change MAKEOPTS on the fly?

2020-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
page, this defaults to 1 if emerging > interactively, which I always do. It does, but that's a very inefficient use of resources as a single emerge often spends a lot of its time not hammering the CPU. -- Neil Bothwick "Bad dog! Leave that wire alone.click.###@*##NO TERRIER

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Change MAKEOPTS on the fly?

2020-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
parallel. Setting --load in MAKEOPTS and --load-average in EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS is worthwhile on a constrained system. -- Neil Bothwick Knock firmly but softly. I like soft firm knockers. pgpAHnf1JRKru.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh defaults to coming in as user "root"?

2020-07-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
from a Google hit that also included the User line. -- Neil Bothwick Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. pgp3SAhzk5PGO.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] keepassxc 2.6.0 strange rendering

2020-07-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
that the new theme isn't pleasant, when it works. > I tried now different themes, the result remains the same. > > These are in XFCE: > > menu -> settings -> appearance > > there i have all the themes listed. > > > best, Tamer > > On 2020-07-10 13:

Re: [gentoo-user] keepassxc 2.6.0 strange rendering

2020-07-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
one of the other themes under "View > Theme"? > > By default it will try to use your desktop environment's current > > theme. > > > > Regards, > > Victor > > > -- Neil Bothwick Penis Envy is a total Phallusy. pgpErS8ulCIle.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Joining PDF files together.

2020-07-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
here are some GUI-based > options that you might prefer, but pdftk is great for command line > use. I'll add another vote for pdfunite, it's already installed on most systems as it's part of poppler and it's as simple as pdfunite file1 file2 ... output.pdf -- Neil Bothwick A Microsoft

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drive setup at login and locking on logout.

2020-07-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
o used /etc/conf.d/dmcypt?  I still haven't figured that > part out yet.  I need to read up on that more.  I'm not sure what it > does exactly, yet. It may do, I only encrypt everything-but-/boot or nothing at all. For your use case, encrypting part of your home directory, ecryptfs may b

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drive setup at login and locking on logout.

2020-07-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
'm gone, they > > gone too.  > > > Paper in a sealed envelope in a safe (bank safety deposit box etc) ... > too many things to go wrong with an encrypted USB. I too have a USB stick in the safe, but it's not encrypted. As you say, too much to go wrong that way. I actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted drive setup at login and locking on logout.

2020-07-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
r working with LUKS filesystems, which appears to be the route you are leaning towards. I haven't used it and don't know what advantages it has over a user script, if you want to manually mount the filesystem, or /etc/crypttab. -- Neil Bothwick / For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-r

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub: for the love of almighty Zardoz the magniicent....

2020-07-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
EFI and is t set that way in the firmware menus? I think Zardoz would ask why you are subjecting yourself to GRUB when you have much simpler options with UEFI hardware. -- Neil Bothwick I backed up my hard drive and ran into a bus. pgpNG2Rel4K3M.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
hose cards were more expensive than current huge cards, so the temptation to sell fakes would have been even greater. Many years ago I got burned like that with a large (for the time) capacity USB stick bought on Ebay. -- Neil Bothwick Frog philosophy: Time's fun when you're having flies. pgpVq7WeLpf0p.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
o don't necessarily cause compatibility issues. However, it is always worth making sure than the card and camera are fully compatible before trusting it to anything important. -- Neil Bothwick Evolution stops when stupidity is no longer fatal! pgpykC0yG6fVH.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
don't think I'd buy that expensive a card but > still, interesting that it is a option.  I'm thinking even my Canon > camera can handle this.  That's a lot of pics tho.  My dashcam really eats up the space. If I forget to turn it off at night, even a 128G card only holds abut 2 days of video. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 00F: Unexplained error - Please tell us how this happened pgpL0akG8gdIM.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
sed tend to split videos into chunks of 1GB or smaller. -- Neil Bothwick Confucius say : He who play in root, eventually kill tree! pgpBXEQWmTaCp.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
a minute and so unmount and wait till it returns, and then remount and > see what happens. I'd run sync as well, just to be sure, although umount shouldn't return until everything is flushed to the card. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 001: Windows loaded - System in danger pgpLRJQBaFc5u.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
should use exFAT, this is why many devices state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a 128G card, once I reformatted it with FAT. -- Neil Bothwick Memory Map - A sheet of paper showing location of computer store. pgpLIG4Yk0oU9.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
eformat it, preferably in the device that will be using it, or replace it, depending on how important it is. -- Neil Bothwick Interchangeable parts aren't. pgpKrC9P1bvx8.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
d without changing the version - pam? ( sys-libs/pam ) + pam? ( <=sys-libs/pam-1.3.1_p20200128-r1 ) -- Neil Bothwick I used to live in the real world, but I got evicted. pgpRsjBGLtBTJ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
uot;green" screen - it doesn't have to be green, just a consistent colour that doesn't appear in your foreground image. -- Neil Bothwick Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment destroyed. pgpg2PZ_zm4N_.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
googling, did you bookmark them? No I didn't, and there are a few in my history. I took my usual approach with Youtube guides and picked the shortest one first. -- Neil Bothwick "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." (Albert Einstein) pgp6gkftI

Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
atching a video every time they want to do something new? -- Neil Bothwick Snacktrek, n.: The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have materialized. pgp9ctz8DIQFV.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
find it installs the plugin to the wrong directory, the patch here fixes that: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723210 -- Neil Bothwick I am MODERATOR of BORG. Follow the rules or be assimilated. pgpR1Hpjz1gTL.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] MS-Teams on XFCE4/Gentoo

2020-06-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
quot;camera" with its output. That's a standard-looking /dev/videoX device and can be used with any software. It's a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut just to get background replacement bit it works well and I already had it installed from something else. -- Neil Bothwick Growing

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
I had to rescue from a live system + chroot :( Interestingly, I've now emerged passwordqc successfully on four systems, with MAKEOPTS ranging from -j2 to j8. Only the 4th failed, and that worked when I went from -j4 to -j3. This appears to be a bit of a borderline case, which may explai

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Do not update your system on ~amd64

2020-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
tried. I also made sure I could SSH in after updating PAM before terminating the existing session. -- Neil Bothwick IBM: Itty Bitty Mentality pgp09In47bVbS.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

2020-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
I might have other libs it > depends on installed already, so I can't say for sure without looking at > the error message. That explains why it just worked for me. /tmp is mounted without noexec and libsecret is already installed. -- Neil Bothwick You can't teach a new mouse old clicks. pgpB

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

2020-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
w another error. I'd better take this up > with BitWarden. Have you tried remounting /tmp with exec, just to see if it works? -- Neil Bothwick Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on the earth. pgp40BRwJsmkB.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

2020-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
is the first one I've tried. Do you recommend any others in > particular? You could try this one: https://www.balena.io/etcher/ I just wondered if your problem was with the BitWarden AppImages or AppImages in general. -- Neil Bothwick System halted - Press all keys at once to continue. pgpuBEe

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

2020-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
eed to order drives by the case. Not necessarily, if the files are going to remain available online, you only need to back up the URLs. Downloading again could well be faster than restoring from backups. -- Neil Bothwick Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out. pgpf0RiIhUgG9.pgp

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

2020-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
ave a support request in with them; no reply yet. Do other AppImages work on your computer? -- Neil Bothwick First Law of Laboratory Work: Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass. pgpabtAgsegtt.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Bitwarden, anyone?

2020-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
> > which seems to work. > > I've found an overlay with bitwarden-cli-bin, which is now installed > and ready to accept commands. I've just tried the AppImage for the desktop client and it just worked, albeit with the usual loading speed of an AppImage. -- Neil Bothwick Barth's Dis

Re: [gentoo-user] "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

2020-06-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
ll of > @world, @system, and portage. > > Is there a way to handle that? As you're now SSHing into the machine and don't need X to do the upgrade, I'd just unmerge randrproto. Once you have portage updage, the next world update will pull in the correct version if it's still needed.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
sda/queue/scheduler' to see > if it makes a difference? It seems to have made a positive difference > on my systems here, especially if they are on spinning disks, with > limited RAM. It's an SSD, but I now use distcc for Chromium and a few other large packages and the problems ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
testing on this laptop so updates were more frequent, although I now use Chromium from stable to reduce that. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 32: Living dead pgp0yiMiK3f0l.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
educed the impact of the build on using the machine. -- Neil Bothwick ... Taglines: and How They Affect Women. Next On Oprah. pgp_bOcb059rq.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
thout > it, I might as well ditch Chromium. I haven't looked back. ;-) Life would be easier if the rendering engine was separated from the browser so it only had to be built once. -- Neil Bothwick A TRUE Klingon warrior does not comment his code! pgp4GNx5wP6Eq.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed

2020-06-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
nt basic system commands in your world file. This has been explained to you before, and the need to use --oneshot when updating individual packages. It is quite possible that world file pollution has some bearing on your situation. Deal with the outstanding issues of updates, news and the world f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
able way of killing Firefox on this laptop, run a chromium build in the background :) -- Neil Bothwick Data to Picard: 'No, Captain, I do NOT run WINDOWS!' pgpKpiMOpVGaK.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
kage. > > You can build Chromium, but Netflix won't work with it. I don't watch Netflix on my laptop, but I've just tried it in Chromium and it seems to be working fine. I suspect it's either the widevone or proprietary-codecs USE flag. -- Neil Bothwick Standard: (n., adj.) a design target

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Netflix Error Code O7355 with Opera

2020-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
8::gentoo USE="(-selinux)" > L10N="-am -ar -bg -bn -ca -cs -da -de -el -en-GB -es -es-419 -et -fa > -fi -fil -fr -gu -he -hi -hr -hu -id -it -ja -kn -ko -lt -lv -ml -mr > -ms -nb -nl -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sr -sv -sw -ta -te -th > -tr -uk -vi -zh-CN -zh-TW" 65,416 KiB > > Total: 48 packages (47 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 65,482 KiB > [i660][root][~] > That's the trouble with binary packages, you can't turn off dependencies with USE flags, but most of that stuff is fairly small, much of it is perl modules. -- Neil Bothwick Politicians are like nappies Both should be changed regularly, and for the same reason pgpwDVOA7PBAW.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources 5.7.x [FIXED]

2020-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
arate line? This is what I'm now using: title Desktop version 5.4.38-gentoo linux vmlinuz-5.4.38-gentoo options root=LABEL=yooden rd.luks.uuid=luks-... initrd intel-uc.img initrd initramfs-5.4.38-gentoo.img -- Neil Bothwick Don't let your mind wander, it's too little to be let out alone. pgpbgtbxMkHPA.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources 5.7.x [FIXED]

2020-06-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
fine. Thanks for the heads up, I'll be ready when 5.7+ goes longterm. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 008: Broken window - Watch out for glass fragments pgpsPXYVLVzKT.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with NVIDIA driver

2020-06-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 18:07:37 +, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Neil Bothwick > > Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 18:07 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes n

Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with NVIDIA driver

2020-06-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
reserves files that are otherwise hidden by mounted filesystems. -- Neil Bothwick Things are more like they are today than they ever have been before. pgpSRCLRd_hTY.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources 5.7.x

2020-06-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
is running the initrd then you probably can get it to launch a > shell and then you can poke around and see what it is doing. That's not an initrd with a shell though, it's just the intel microcode update. You would need an additional dracut (or similar) generated initrd to do what y

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the best way to force a particular version of a dependency

2020-06-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
rything on the system represented in either the > world file or sets? You may have installed something with --oneshot for testing, or to cover a missing dependency. -- Neil Bothwick With free advice you often get what you pay for. pgpKynhA2JY4Z.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem

2020-06-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
script to compile and install the kernel, build the initramfs and then update the bootloader. It means the process is always executed consistently and I only have to remember one command :) -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 002: No Error - Yet pgpNcq26lQQJ4.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem

2020-06-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
emove anything, that's your job!   > My biggest problem, getting the dracut command options right.  If I > didn't need dracut, I'd be in heaven.  If you have a plain setup, dracut shouldn't need any options. -- Neil Bothwick Two rights don't make a wrong, they make an airplane. pgp1ktoNlVbSk.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem

2020-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
mand do you use for > dracut?  Maybe I'm doing it a hard way or something and you have a > easier method.  cd /usr/src/linux make all modules_install install dracut --kver=$(cat include/config/kernel.release) It doesn't get much easier ;-) -- Neil Bothwick DCE seeks DTE for mu

Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem

2020-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
yet another moving part if I don't really need > to. dracut uses an initramfs naming convention recognised by grub-mkconfig. -- Neil Bothwick Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi. pgpdioNYzEx0o.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] docutils needing py2.7, but not wanting py2.7?

2020-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
environment. Except that etc-update also adds a backtrace as comments, allowing him to trace the cause. -- Neil Bothwick Despite the cost of living it remains popular. pgpljwuIj4zwZ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] docutils needing py2.7, but not wanting py2.7?

2020-06-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
> [Yes/No] > > which i guess means that docutils wants py2.7. > > > any idea how to handle this situation? Allow portage to add the changes to your config, then run etc-update or equivalent. When portage adds package.use changes, it also adds comments showing what requires those changes. With that information, you should be able to see which package is causing this. -- Neil Bothwick I'm Bugs Bunny of Borg. What's up Collective? pgp_Bsr6Td5BP.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

2020-05-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
from @world, ran a depclean -p, added what I needed to the set, rinse and repeat. Then let rip with a real depclean. Despite Michael's comment, I have found this requires minimal intervention between releases. -- Neil Bothwick It is impossible to fully enjoy procrastination unless one

Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

2020-05-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
lasma/powerdevil kde-apps/yakuake kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons x11-misc/sddm kde-plasma/plasma-desktop kde-plasma/systemsettings kde-plasma/sddm-kcm kde-plasma/kde-gtk-config kde-apps/konsole:5 kde-plasma/kscreen kde-misc/krusader kde-apps/keditbookmarks media-sound/pavucontrol-qt -- Neil Bothw

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

2020-05-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
g edge Qt, 5.14.2 is from the stable tree. 5.15.0 hit testing last week. -- Neil Bothwick Every morning is the dawn of a new error... pgpGfY3v3yl6A.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Have I to install wifi now?

2020-05-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
ing networkmanager, or any of the PIM stuff. -- Neil Bothwick Okay, I pulled the pin. Now what? Hey, where are you going? pgp4URs1UtYrf.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs

2020-05-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
opment centering around Qt For a much easier to parse (and more email friendly) output, try qlist -ICv dev-qt/ -- Neil Bothwick I'd tell you a UDP joke, but you may not get it. pgpa_HIYXg0S6.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating Blue-ray video discs

2020-05-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
epo.conf > `location` attribute [2]. Yes, and that's why it falls over when make.conf is a directory, it complains it can't find PORTDIR. As you say, it shouldn't even be looking for it. It's a useful tool in need of an update. -- Neil Bothwick War does not determine who is right -- only w

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating Blue-ray video discs

2020-05-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
Does > it work OK with that?  Yes. -- Neil Bothwick Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345! pgppLkA_MubJ5.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating Blue-ray video discs

2020-05-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 29 May 2020 07:17:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > I'm looking into euses but didn't know it existed before now.  Another > tool to keep track of.    Any tips or trcks for > it??  Yes, don't have make.conf as a directory, euses breaks itself in that case. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymoro

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating Blue-ray video discs

2020-05-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
les/use.desc $PORTDIR/profiles/use.local.desc or you can emerge app-portage/euses. -- Neil Bothwick WindowError:01B Illegal error. Do NOT get this error. pgps1i68Xw1p_.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

2020-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
ttps://www.balena.io/blog/put-friends-and-loved-ones-on-the-big-screen-with-this-instant-video-call-project/ -- Neil Bothwick Assembler: (n.) a minor program of interest only to obsessed programmers. pgpTuPhRY00rF.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

2020-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
different SD card backup images and easy centralised management. -- Neil Bothwick Like an atheist in a grave: all dressed up and no place to go. pgpjZxqWMdBLz.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

2020-05-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
a reduced life ;-) > I think you're talking about a corrupted filesystem, I'm talking about > a corrupt/dead card ... I am. I still think the idea of a soft power button is the least complex and most reliable approach. -- Neil Bothwick I've got a Mickey Mouse PC with a Goofy operati

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

2020-05-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
s will mitigate the reduced life as you are hardly writing to the card. Booting from a read-only / has caused problems for me in the past, because of the inability to write to /etc. -- Neil Bothwick Politically Incorrect -- and damn proud of it! pgpeILno6FnDZ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo RPi boot to ram or read-only FS?

2020-05-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
e webcam and microphone > problems, are there any other significant reasons to use Gentoo ? > Especially on a Raspberry Pi, it can be particularly difficult with > the proprietary firmware. > -- Neil Bothwick Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi. pgpyPdMgDxkgL.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] handbrake fails to compile

2020-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
(and github) when searching for help on an issue, so there isn't a general lack of indexing of bug trackers. Having said that, I always use the bgo search first as I find it superior to Google's, unlike the forum search engine. -- Neil Bothwick "Unthinking respect for authority is the greates

Re: [gentoo-user] handbrake fails to compile

2020-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
pile failure". I found it by searching for "handbrake ALL" on b.g.o. The ALL means closed bugs are also returned, which increases the number of results but also means it returns the bug where your issue has been both reported and fixed. -- Neil Bothwick Religious erro

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