Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for ftp?

2017-05-03 Thread Mick
On Monday 01 May 2017 22:36:00 Nils Freydank wrote: > On Sat, 30 Apr 2017 19:04:06 +0200 Andrew Savchenko wrote: > > [...] > > I fail to see why FTP needs to be replaced: it works, it is > > supported, it is secure when used with care, it is damn fast. > > I’ll just drop the somewhat popular rant

[gentoo-user] Somehow offtopic: KRITA documentation 'mobile version'

2017-05-03 Thread tuxic
Hi, sorry for being offtopic somehow... I am looking for a documentation for the KRITA image software to put onto my tablet. I want to read/learn on my way to and back from work. My tablet has no internet connection then... Any (legal of course!) source for that docs -- I only found the "read

Re: [gentoo-user] Somehow offtopic: KRITA documentation 'mobile version'

2017-05-03 Thread R0b0t1
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:19 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > sorry for being offtopic somehow... > If it's in portage (and in most cases even if it isn't) I don't suppose it's really offtopic. > I am looking for a documentation for the KRITA image software > to put onto my tablet. I want

Re: [gentoo-user] having unavailable packages installed

2017-05-03 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sonntag, 30. April 2017, 01:01:28 CEST schrieb lee: > Hi, Hi, > how is it possible that a package is installed which is not available? > > > eix glibmm > [?] dev-cpp/glibmm > Verfügbare Versionen: (2) 2.44.0 2.46.4 2.48.1 ~2.50.0 >{debug doc examples test ABI_MIPS="n32 n64

Re: [gentoo-user] Somehow offtopic: KRITA documentation 'mobile version'

2017-05-03 Thread R0b0t1
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Poison BL. wrote: > > Looks like their primary documentation (under the 'Learn' section of their > site) is a wiki, based on: > > https://docs.krita.org/Contributors_Readme > > And, a glance at the source looks suspiciously like mediawiki on the

[gentoo-user] new scanner : partial success

2017-05-03 Thread Philip Webb
I bought an Epson V550 scanner & have been trying it out. No joy on Gentoo : Xsane can't find it & various ploys fail. I also have Mint Xfce 17.2 installed for this kind of occasion. Epson offers a driver in .deb format for Mint, which I've downloaded. After copying it to the Mint partition &

Re: [gentoo-user] Somehow offtopic: KRITA documentation 'mobile version'

2017-05-03 Thread tuxic
On 05/03 01:50, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:19 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > sorry for being offtopic somehow... > > > > If it's in portage (and in most cases even if it isn't) I don't > suppose it's really offtopic. > > > I am looking for a documentation for the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: htop wants cgroups

2017-05-03 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Montag, 1. Mai 2017, 21:37:32 CEST schrieb Kai Krakow: > Am Mon, 1 May 2017 16:01:13 +0100 > > schrieb Jorge Almeida : [...] > > > Sure, they're somewhat optional, but they're a pretty useful kernel > > > feature. > > > > No arguing there. Still, it shouldn't be pushed.

Re: [gentoo-user] Somehow offtopic: KRITA documentation 'mobile version'

2017-05-03 Thread Poison BL.
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:50 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:19 PM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > sorry for being offtopic somehow... > > > > If it's in portage (and in most cases even if it isn't) I don't > suppose it's really offtopic. > > > I am

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: htop wants cgroups

2017-05-03 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 05/01/2017 08:01 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: >>> Am Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:33:05 -0700 >>> schrieb Jorge Almeida : >>> It

[gentoo-user] rpm changes file ownership in root dir

2017-05-03 Thread thelma
I was installing Brother printer driver on Gentoo (via rpm) this is the only available option: http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadhowto.aspx?c=us=en=hll5200dw_us_eu_as=127=dlf102556_000=4=560 rpm -ihv --nodeps (lpr-drivername) rpm -ihv --nodeps (cupswrapper-drivername) It worked OK

[gentoo-user] DRBD question

2017-05-03 Thread Coert
Hello all! Currently I am using gentoo with custom compiled 4.8.17-hardened-r2 I see in /usr/src/linux-4.8.17-hardened-r2/include/linux/drbd.h that the version of the DRBD kernel module included is: 8.4.7 But the newest version of the userspace tools in portage is: drbd-8.4.3-r2 Everything

[gentoo-user] Re: new scanner : partial success

2017-05-03 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2017-05-03 15:13, Philip Webb wrote: > It appears that the driver set-up includes a binary blob > & that it can't be done simply by picking the correct SANE_BACKENDS item > (the old scanner simply need 'plustek' to be chosen). > So can anyone advise me how to get my new scanner working on