Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, August 08, 2014 10:41:51 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/08/2014 21:18, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 8 August 2014 20:13:15 CEST, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/08/2014 19:46, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> Hehe, would be nice if a developer would actually list the best way > >> > >> and se

[gentoo-user] Versioned world dependencies and subslot rebuilds

2014-08-08 Thread Bryan Gardiner
Happy Friday gentoo-user, I'm setting up a chroot for doing some Haskell work. This chroot is so that I can test my package against old versions of my dependencies. I thought I would be okay with putting the following in my world file: =dev-haskell/cabal-1.16* ~dev-haskell/mtl-2.1.1

[gentoo-user] Re: Recommendations for scheduler

2014-08-08 Thread Martin Vaeth
> On Tuesday, August 05, 2014 06:33:59 AM Martin Vaeth wrote: > >> When you are at it you should probably also encrypt the communication schedule-0.15 is finally able to use encryption, hence the current mild security risks will practically vanish, even if listening to a world-wide port. schedule

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/08/2014 21:18, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 8 August 2014 20:13:15 CEST, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/08/2014 19:46, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> Hehe, would be nice if a developer would actually list the best way >> and sequence to update Gentoo with the least expected issues. >> >> Haha, that'

Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives

2014-08-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 11:29:12 -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > > It can be done with udev rules. See webpage > > http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/526#null The suggested udev rule > > is... > Thank you for the link, that is great info! I'm pleased you find it useful. I actually wrote that but w

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:46:03 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Hehe, would be nice if a developer would actually list the best way and > sequence to update Gentoo with the least expected issues. Whatever works for you today. Everything is a variable. -- Neil Bothwick The trouble with doing someth

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 8 August 2014 20:13:15 CEST, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 08/08/2014 19:46, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On 8 August 2014 19:30:16 CEST, Peter Humphrey > wrote: >>> On Friday 08 August 2014 18:50:28 J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> I always run perlcleaner and python updater after each update. >>> >>> Hmm. I

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/08/2014 19:46, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 8 August 2014 19:30:16 CEST, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Friday 08 August 2014 18:50:28 J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >>> I always run perlcleaner and python updater after each update. >> >> Hmm. I run them when perl or python has been updated. Have you found

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 8 August 2014 19:30:16 CEST, Peter Humphrey wrote: >On Friday 08 August 2014 18:50:28 J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> I always run perlcleaner and python updater after each update. > >Hmm. I run them when perl or python has been updated. Have you found >them to >be needed at other times? No, but it'

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 08 August 2014 18:50:28 J. Roeleveld wrote: > I always run perlcleaner and python updater after each update. Hmm. I run them when perl or python has been updated. Have you found them to be needed at other times? Incidentally, several months ago I said I would run python-updater before

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 8 August 2014 18:21:08 CEST, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >On Fri, Aug 08 2014, Rich Freeman wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:23 AM, J. Roeleveld >wrote: >>> I notice a few perl blockers. >>> You could try the following: >>> >>> # emerge -vuD1 $(qlist -IC 'virtual/perl-*') >>> # perl-cleaner --a

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread gottlieb
On Fri, Aug 08 2014, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:23 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> I notice a few perl blockers. >> You could try the following: >> >> # emerge -vuD1 $(qlist -IC 'virtual/perl-*') >> # perl-cleaner --all -v -- -v >> >> And then retry to update world. >> I've been en

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread gottlieb
On Fri, Aug 08 2014, Alan McKinnon wrote: > This new dynamic dep stuff allows portage a degree of freedom in > selecting such providers and sometimes it decides to use the one you > don't have. To satisfy that decision, it must then uninstall what you > have. This I understand > I suspect the r

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Mick
On Friday 08 Aug 2014 16:21:56 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/08/2014 15:11, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 08 2014, wra...@wraeth.id.au wrote: > >> On Fri, 2014-08-08 at 08:23 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >>> I notice a few perl blockers. > >>> You could try the following: > >>> > >>> # em

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/08/2014 15:11, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08 2014, wra...@wraeth.id.au wrote: > >> On Fri, 2014-08-08 at 08:23 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> I notice a few perl blockers. >>> You could try the following: >>> >>> # emerge -vuD1 $(qlist -IC 'virtual/perl-*') >>> # perl-cleaner --al

[gentoo-user] anyone using ldoce5viewer (Longman 5 viewer)

2014-08-08 Thread behrouz khosravi
Hello everyone. I attempted to install ldoce5viewer on my machine, the build process has no complaints, but when I try to start it, it shows: "need to run '$ make' in order for the program to work" Is anyone using this package on gentoo? Thanks.

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread gottlieb
On Fri, Aug 08 2014, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> On Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:33:34 PM gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> > I was away for two weeks and now one of my systems cannot be updated due >> > to conflicts. The entire (long) emerge output is at the end of >> > th

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread gottlieb
On Fri, Aug 08 2014, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:33:34 PM gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> I was away for two weeks and now one of my systems cannot be updated due >> to conflicts. The entire (long) emerge output is at the end of >> this msg. >> >> >> -- Th

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread gottlieb
On Fri, Aug 08 2014, wra...@wraeth.id.au wrote: > On Fri, 2014-08-08 at 08:23 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> I notice a few perl blockers. >> You could try the following: >> >> # emerge -vuD1 $(qlist -IC 'virtual/perl-*') >> # perl-cleaner --all -v -- -v >> >> And then retry to update world. >> I

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:23 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > I notice a few perl blockers. > You could try the following: > > # emerge -vuD1 $(qlist -IC 'virtual/perl-*') > # perl-cleaner --all -v -- -v > > And then retry to update world. > I've been encountering some perl blockages myself, and this clea

Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems

2014-08-08 Thread Mick
On Friday 08 Aug 2014 11:00:06 Jacques Montier wrote: > Hello, > > I use Terminator with XFCE and scroll works fine with mouse wheel. Some terminals do, some don't. AFAIK it is not configurable in each case, but if anyone know how to get to work with urxvt please share. -- Regards, Mick sig

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clusters on Gentoo ?

2014-08-08 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On Fri 08 Aug 2014 02:29:55 AM EDT, J. Roeleveld wrote: > If you already make custom RPMs, why not build binary packages for a Gentoo > based cluster? I was mistaken last night (probably a little tired, been driving all day) - we use RedHat for the support and because the software we run usually

Re: [gentoo-user] unclear (to me) errors from portage

2014-08-08 Thread covici
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:33:34 PM gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > > I was away for two weeks and now one of my systems cannot be updated due > > to conflicts. The entire (long) emerge output is at the end of > > this msg. > > > > > > -- The first confli

Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems

2014-08-08 Thread Jacques Montier
Hello, I use Terminator with XFCE and scroll works fine with mouse wheel. Cheers, *--* *Jacques* 2014-08-08 11:52 GMT+02:00 Philip Webb : > 140808 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > does anybody know how to tell 'most' to scroll when I use my mouse wheel? > > IIRC it's KDE which does it for me : Most

Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems

2014-08-08 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 08/08/2014 11:52:30 AM, Philip Webb wrote: 140808 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > does anybody know how to tell 'most' to scroll when I use my mouse wheel? IIRC it's KDE which does it for me : Most runs in a Konsole. I'm using icewm where my mouse wheel generates button4/5 events. Is there a g

Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems

2014-08-08 Thread Philip Webb
140808 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > does anybody know how to tell 'most' to scroll when I use my mouse wheel? IIRC it's KDE which does it for me : Most runs in a Konsole. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC

Re: [gentoo-user] Python and man problems

2014-08-08 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 08/04/2014 08:00:55 PM, Stroller wrote: It transpires that sys-apps/most is in portage. Emerging this package should fix it, if you intend to continue using it as the PAGER. most is the best manpager I've found found - the default syntax highlighting is perfect for man pages. Hi, does

Re: [gentoo-user] re: trouble with USB mouse on laptop

2014-08-08 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 08/08/2014 11:41 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I'm sure Joost is right. I was setting up power saving on my Thinkpad last > month, and I noticed the same as you. I think I set > AUTOSUSPEND_USBID_BLACKLIST in /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf > to > prevent the mouse being switched

Re: [gentoo-user] re: trouble with USB mouse on laptop

2014-08-08 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 08 August 2014 11:11:29 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On 08/08/2014 10:46 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: --->8 > > Alternatively, disable USB powersaving: > > > > # for i in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend; > > > > do echo 2 > $i; > > done > > > > # for foo in /sys/bus/usb/dev

Re: [gentoo-user] re: trouble with USB mouse on laptop

2014-08-08 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 08/08/2014 10:46 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday, August 08, 2014 10:30:55 AM Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I've been having trouble with USB mice on my laptop, with the mouse >> pointer and the scroll wheel not responding all the time. It's not until >> I click either button that

Re: [gentoo-user] re: trouble with USB mouse on laptop

2014-08-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, August 08, 2014 10:30:55 AM Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been having trouble with USB mice on my laptop, with the mouse > pointer and the scroll wheel not responding all the time. It's not until > I click either button that the mouse starts responding again. > > The outpu

[gentoo-user] re: trouble with USB mouse on laptop

2014-08-08 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
Howdy, I've been having trouble with USB mice on my laptop, with the mouse pointer and the scroll wheel not responding all the time. It's not until I click either button that the mouse starts responding again. The output taken from /var/log/messages shown below does not seem out of the ordinary: