Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 24.05.2015 um 23:53 schrieb Emanuele Rusconi: > On 24 May 2015 at 23:30, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> (x)emacs. > But he said "keep the system small"! ^__^ > > -- Emanuele Rusconi > > init=/usr/bin/emacs doesn't get smaller than that...

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-24 Thread Bruce Hill
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:20:29PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > No no no! LiLo, on a six year old machine actually works well. It does > exactly what it says on the packet, i.e. it boots up the machine, and > nothing more. I use LiLo, mainly to avoid the complexities of Grub. > -- > Alan M

[gentoo-user] net-analyzer/portsentry

2015-05-24 Thread James
Well, we have this gentoo guide for portsentry:[1]This seem a bit dated. I'd be curious for any information folks use including config file snippets or deployment strategies, particularly in a multi-layered scheme. There is only basic configuration/deployment ideas in /usr/share/doc/portsentr

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] No sound in dosbox

2015-05-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:10:56AM +0100, Mick wrote > On Sunday 24 May 2015 23:15:40 Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 02:59:26PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > > > > This is not the particular game itself, it's dosbox. I.e. when I > > > > > > start up dosbox, it says... > > > > >

[gentoo-user] Re: [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread James
Joseph gmail.com> writes: > I went to pickup the remote box and look at it; the CPU fan stop > working. The CPU heat sink is big so in idle mode > it could keep up with cooling it but under heavy > load "compiling anything" the CPU was overheating. Dust is often the culprit on Computers. Ju

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] No sound in dosbox

2015-05-24 Thread Mick
On Sunday 24 May 2015 23:15:40 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 02:59:26PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > > This is not the particular game itself, it's dosbox. I.e. when I > > > > start up dosbox, it says... > > > > [d531][waltdnes][~] dosbox > > DOSBox version 0.74 > > Copyright 2

[gentoo-user] [SOLVED] No sound in dosbox

2015-05-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 02:59:26PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > This is not the particular game itself, it's dosbox. I.e. when I > start up dosbox, it says... > > [d531][waltdnes][~] dosbox > DOSBox version 0.74 > Copyright 2002-2010 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL. > --- > CONFIG:Loading pr

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Emanuele Rusconi
On 24 May 2015 at 23:30, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > (x)emacs. But he said "keep the system small"! ^__^ -- Emanuele Rusconi

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 24.05.2015 um 12:32 schrieb behrouz khosravi: > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and > mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and > fast machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console based tools most

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 05/24/15 06:32, behrouz khosravi wrote: > > > Torrent client? > Another +1 for transmission - the transmission-remote CLI is good, and the client-server model is great. rtorrent has always seemed a little off for me, and seems to do a lot of computation in its GUI thread because it's not rea

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Ed Martinez
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:12:34 -0600 Joseph wrote: > I went to pickup the remote box and look at it; the CPU fan stop > working. The CPU heat sink is big so in idle mode it could keep up > with cooling it but under heavy load "compiling anything" the CPU was > overheating. I suggest to inspect t

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:02:13PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and > mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast > machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread behrouz khosravi
Thanks everyone. +1 for mc too! On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: > My pattern: > > 1. Use FVWM for 5 years. > 2. Get sick of it. > 3. Try every wm out there and find they all suck nuts. > 4. Go to step 1. > > > -- > IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. > > Powers are not r

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Alan Grimes
My pattern: 1. Use FVWM for 5 years. 2. Get sick of it. 3. Try every wm out there and find they all suck nuts. 4. Go to step 1. -- IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. Powers are not rights.

[gentoo-user] HF Propagation for conky ???

2015-05-24 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, Looking at http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html#addwebsite (left side) one could find a real nice HF propagation*) display, which looks like (style-wise) be inspired by conky... :) Unfortunately all the offered ways to include this forecast is for webpages and Windows. I am a Linux-only rebel. :

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread wabenbau
Heiko Baums wrote: > Am 24.05.2015 um 16:14 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: > > behrouz khosravi wrote: > > > >> So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also > >> replace KDE with i3wm. > >> > >> What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good > >> choise?) > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Lee
On May 24, 2015 3:33 AM, "behrouz khosravi" wrote: > > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console based tools mos

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Sebastián Pedersen
On 24-05-2015 07:32 AM, behrouz khosravi wrote: Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast machine is to keep the system as small as possible. So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I

[gentoo-user] Re: recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread »Q«
On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:02:13 +0430 behrouz khosravi wrote: > What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good > choise?) If I wanted a TUI, I'd use mutt. I use Claws Mail, mostly because it has good filtering/processing capabilities, has a plugin architecture, and has a good us

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 24.05.2015 um 16:14 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: > behrouz khosravi wrote: > >> So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace >> KDE with i3wm. >> >> What do you recommend as a replacement for kmail? (is mutt a good >> choise?) > > Many years ago I also looked for a repl

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread wabenbau
behrouz khosravi wrote: > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and > mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and > fast machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Vladimir Romanov
Yes, midnight commander +1 too 24.05.2015 18:35 пользователь "Nuno Magalhães" написал: > On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 12:07 PM, behrouz khosravi > wrote: > >> I dont know i3wm > > > > Its a tiling window manager. I have used it and I recommend it to anyone > > interested in tiling window managers. >

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 24.05.2015 um 12:32 schrieb behrouz khosravi: > Torrent client? rtorrent is quite good.

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 12:07 PM, behrouz khosravi wrote: >> I dont know i3wm > > Its a tiling window manager. I have used it and I recommend it to anyone > interested in tiling window managers. What's your take on xmonad? +1 for irssi midnight commander anyone?

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Ramdziana Feri Y
On 05/24/2015 05:32 PM, behrouz khosravi wrote: > Torrent client? Hi behrouz, for simple torrent client I just use aria2. I never use the others.

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread rhannek
On 24/05/15 15:01, Andrew Savchenko wrote: I depends on personal preferences. I'm not sure why, but I always had problems with intensive mail traffic and mutt. Also many mails are html-base and mutt is not the best way to deal with them. (I know that html mails are disgusting, but too many people

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Andrew Savchenko
Hi, On Sun, 24 May 2015 15:02:13 +0430 behrouz khosravi wrote: > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and > mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast > machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console b

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 24 May 2015 12:32:40 Mick wrote: > On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:45:50 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:11:34 Mick wrote: > > > What I'm saying is that in today's world of mass marketing and el-cheapo > > > manufacturing, where shaving a penny is a strategy applied not only o

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Mick
On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:45:50 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:11:34 Mick wrote: > > What I'm saying is that in today's world of mass marketing and el-cheapo > > manufacturing, where shaving a penny is a strategy applied not only on > > the workers' wages but also on the materials

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread behrouz khosravi
Thanks Meino. What do you mean by: > session-management => windowmanagement > > I dont know i3wm Its a tiling window manager. I have used it and I recommend it to anyone interested in tiling window managers. Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 24 May 2015 11:11:34 Mick wrote: > What I'm saying is that in today's world of mass marketing and el-cheapo > manufacturing, where shaving a penny is a strategy applied not only on the > workers' wages but also on the materials and manufacturing process, we are > left doing QA ourselves

Re: [gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread Meino . Cramer
behrouz khosravi [15-05-24 12:39]: > Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and > mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast > machine is to keep the system as small as possible. > So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will al

[gentoo-user] recommended applications

2015-05-24 Thread behrouz khosravi
Hello everyone. After spending about a year in the world of linux (and mostly beloved gentoo!) I have realized that the key to a stable and fast machine is to keep the system as small as possible. So I am going to use console based tools mostly. I will also replace KDE with i3wm. What do you recom

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Mick
On Sunday 24 May 2015 10:50:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > I found that peeling off > > the self adhesive label in the middle and applying a single drop of > > thin oil on the bearing restores them to rude health. I have one here > > which is still running quietly for five years since my intervention

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with "mailto" (fcrontab)

2015-05-24 Thread Mick
On Sunday 24 May 2015 05:46:37 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Walter Dnes [15-05-24 05:52]: > > On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:34:09AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote > > > > > What reasons disable fcron to send mail to me or root? > > > > > By convention, it seems that all MTAs have symlinks at >

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 24 May 2015 10:50:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 24 May 2015 10:09:58 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I found that peeling off > > the self adhesive label in the middle and applying a single drop of > > thin oil on the bearing restores them to rude health. I have one here > > which is still ru

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 24 May 2015 10:09:58 +0100, Mick wrote: > > I went to pickup the remote box and look at it; the CPU fan stop > > working. The CPU heat sink is big so in idle mode it could keep up > > with cooling it but under heavy load "compiling anything" the CPU was > > overheating. > > Ha! So the

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 24 May 2015 02:12:34 Joseph wrote: >> On 05/23/15 20:52, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: >>> On 05/23/2015 06:53 PM, Joseph wrote: I tried to read the lm-sensors again and the compupter turn crash with the readings: fan1: 0 RPM (min = 10 RPM) ALARM

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Computer turn itself off

2015-05-24 Thread Mick
On Sunday 24 May 2015 02:12:34 Joseph wrote: > On 05/23/15 20:52, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > >On 05/23/2015 06:53 PM, Joseph wrote: > >> On 05/23/15 18:08, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > >>> On 05/23/2015 05:24 PM, Joseph wrote: > I have a box in a remote location (8-core CPU) and it turn itself off >