Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM tmp file goes missing?

On 2024/01/05 at 11:46am, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 10:57, Andreas Fink wrote: > > It's the anacron job in /etc/cron.daily/systemd-tmpfiles-clean that > > cleans files in the tmp folder. > > There has also been a news item about the change on November 21st 2022. > > > > You

Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM tmp file goes missing?

On 2024/01/05 at 10:57am, Andreas Fink wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 08:04:49 +0100 > Arve Barsnes wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 02:49, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > > Any thoughts on possible causes or fixes? > > > > I've also had this happen a few ti

[gentoo-user] SDDM tmp file goes missing?

Good evening, I few times (like maybe 3 or 4) over the last 4 or 5 months or so, I've woken up to a slightly broken X11 session. Nothing GUI has permission to access, starting in a terminal gives this message: > Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified I originally

Re: [gentoo-user] slim gives me blank screen after entering wrong password

On 2023/04/07 at 11:40am, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 4/7/23 11:06, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > On 2023/04/06 at 06:53pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I'm starting X server via "slim" (XFCE4). When I enter a wrong > >> password the slim will

Re: [gentoo-user] slim gives me blank screen after entering wrong password

On 2023/04/06 at 06:53pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I'm starting X server via "slim" (XFCE4). When I enter a wrong > password the slim will not restart, it gives me black screen. Trying > to restart "xdm" over ssh does not help, I need to reboot the > computer. Have you tried restarting

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

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

Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware

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

Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware

On 2021/12/21 at 05:13pm, Wols Lists wrote: > On 21/12/2021 16:07, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote: > >> Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick edit of > >> a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice

Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware

On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote: > Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick edit of > a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of the middle?) I've not seen anyone mention OpenShot. It is in portage, but masked for some reason. As someone

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new window

On 2021/09/27 at 11:07pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-09-27, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > > If it is still working, that is great news for users of > > Chromium-based browsers that aren't Google Chrome, but I don't think > > it is safe to expect the behavior to continue

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new window

On 2021/09/27 at 07:31pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:23:58 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > I couldn't (easily - I'm very busy right now) figure out how to get > > Chrome and Chromium to sync bookmarks and passwords and I want > > Windows, Android and Linux (all flavors) to be in

Re: [gentoo-user] Chrome - no system title bar or boarders

On 2021/09/24 at 09:42am, Mark Knecht wrote: > Kubuntu updated Chrome this morning but the problem still exists. I use Fluxbox and had the same issue. Found this today: https://piunikaweb.com/2021/09/23/google-chrome-94-use-system-title-bar-and-borders-checkbox-broken/ To fix the problem:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new window

On 2021/03/12 at 02:57pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-03-12, Grant Edwards wrote: > > When I drag a tab out of it's parent window to create a new window > > [...] instead of staying where it's put the new window will follow > > the mouse cursor around the desktop anytime Chrom(e|ium) has

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from Lastpass to Bitwarden

On 2021/02/17 at 06:51am, Dale wrote: > I simply googled for 'alternatives to Lastpass' and Bitwarden was one of > a few that came up.  Several links were articles comparing the two.  If > a person doesn't like what Lastpass is doing, it won't take much to find > other password managers.  They

Re: [gentoo-user] A new Linux back door

On 2020/08/14 at 07:27am, Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I saw this today: > > > > https://linux.slashdot.org/story/20/08/13/174237/fbi-and-nsa-expose-new-linux-malware-drovorub-used-by-russian-state-hackers? > > utm_source=slashdot_medium=twitter > > > > Has anyone any more info? > It

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

On 2020/06/15 at 11:07am, Dale wrote: > I finally bought a 8TB drive.  It is used but they claim only a short > duration.  Still, I want to test it to be sure it is in grade A shape > before putting a lot of data on it and depending on it.  I am familiar > with some tools already.  I know about

Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)

On 2020/04/03 at 11:16am, Petric Frank wrote: > Problem: Usually the camera is outside of the screen. The user > normally looks at the screen. As result the communication partner(s) > see him not looking at the camera. > Idea: Use two cameras positioned left and right or top and bottom of > the

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox and script block tool/addon

On 2020/02/17 at 02:31am, Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > I been playing with this add-on and watched some videos on it.  While > it does some things better, it just isn't specific enough for what I > need.  In some cases, if I blocked scripts with it, some sites > wouldn't work at all or caused

Re: [gentoo-user] External hard drive and idle activity

On 2020/01/01 at 08:00pm, Dale wrote: > Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 1/1/20 5:09 PM, Dale wrote: > > Note:  umount will normally block until buffers are flushed to disk. > > > >> Is it safe to turn it off even tho it is doing whatever it is doing? > > > > I wouldn't. > > > >> Should I wait? > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] ryzen and c-state poweroffs?

On 2019/05/04 at 08:34am, Mick wrote: > Did you try Ctrl+Alt+SysRq + R,E,I,S,U,B to reboot it more gracefully rather > than pressing the power button? > Regarding kernel parameters, you could try: > idle=nomwait > since dmesg indicates there's something wrong with it and hope a future >

Re: [gentoo-user] ryzen and c-state poweroffs?

On 2019/05/04 at 05:39am, Emmanuel Vasilakis wrote: > I'm not in any way familiar with these processors (only recently I've > been thinking about upgrading to Ryzen, so I've made some research > online. > Have you seen this: https://github.com/qrwteyrutiyoup/ryzen-stabilizator ? Thank you, I

[gentoo-user] ryzen and c-state poweroffs?

All, I set up a new AMD computer (moved disk from previous Intel computer). After some struggles with bios settings, I got it to boot properly and updated for the new hardware. All seemed fine, but then it started "crashing" when left alone. From Googling, it seems that it has something to do

Re: [gentoo-user] pam issues with crontab and xscreensaver

On 2019/04/26 at 10:14am, Spackman, Chris wrote: > But, xscreensaver cannot recognize my password. It just says incorrect > (or permission denied?) and will not unlock. I had to switch to vt1, > log in, and kill xscreensaver. > > Similar with "crontab -e" (as a regula

[gentoo-user] pam issues with crontab and xscreensaver

I recently moved my gentoo install from an old drive to a newer drive, and then into a new computer. I used rsync to copy the system over to the new drive. That all worked mostly no problem and the everything boots up and runs fine on the new computer. But, xscreensaver cannot recognize my

Re: [gentoo-user] Cups can't see my USB printer

On 2019/02/17 at 11:39am, IMAP wrote: > After a long spell of no printing, I'm trying to get my mono laser > working again. I'm in the lp group, and the USB interface seems to be > working: > # lsusb | grep Kyocera > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0482:000e Kyocera Corp. FS-1020D Printer > But the KDE

Re: [gentoo-user] New profile 17: How urgent is the rebuild of world technically?

On 2017/12/03 at 06:55am, Dale wrote: > I think I get what you are saying.  If for example you start a > emerge -e world, a emerge -uDN world or something and then stop it > before it finishes, running emerge --resume should pick up where you > left off. Another helpful option, which I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.24-r2 failed (install phase)

On 2017/06/16 at 09:55am, Mick wrote: > On Friday 16 Jun 2017 04:05:17 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 06/15 08:18, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > On 06/15 12:16, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 11:56 AM, wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > While updateing