Re: [gentoo-user] msmtp vs. nullmailer

2015-06-08 Thread Mick
On Monday 08 Jun 2015 23:45:36 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:47:04AM +0200, Marc Joliet wrote > > > So my question is: what is your preference, nullmailer or msmtp > > (or neither?), and why? > > I'm still using ssmtp. It still works. I look at it this way... > there's no mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/07/2015 09:05 PM, James wrote: > > Last, I think some folks make a "cooling pad" for laptops. If you have > agressive compile options (like mine MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l9") in your > make.conf, slow them way down (-j1) etc. > I picked up one of these in the store today: http://www.newegg.ca/Prod

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/08/2015 03:47 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > are you sure it is overheating and not operating within spec? > > A lot of laptops have 'hot spots'. > I've had this laptop for a really long time, and it's getting hot where I normally rest my right wrist while typing. I would have notice

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 08.06.2015 um 00:15 schrieb Daniel Frey: > Hi all, > > Not really Gentoo-related (well except the overheating part - lots of > compiling ;-) ) > > I have a very old laptop. It is an LG F1 laptop (circa 2005/2006 I > believe) about nine years old. This has a Core2 1.6GHz chip and 4GB RAM, > even

Re: [gentoo-user] msmtp vs. nullmailer

2015-06-08 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:47:04AM +0200, Marc Joliet wrote > So my question is: what is your preference, nullmailer or msmtp > (or neither?), and why? I'm still using ssmtp. It still works. I look at it this way... there's no more development being done, because it's already perfect . It'll

Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox problem

2015-06-08 Thread Philip Webb
150608 Philip Webb wrote: > 150608 Zhu Sha Zang wrote: >> Have you tried to use 'exec fluxbox -log "~/.fluxbox/log"' >> to check what happening ? > Thanks for the suggestion : I tried it, but no log file appears. > I use 'startx' & put your line in .xinitrc in place of 'startfluxbox'; > I also tr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:28:23 + (UTC), James wrote: > > Nothing pops up here either, I have to right-click on the misspelled > > word and then I get a context menu with list of alternative > > spellings. > > AH. Well that's retarded. I guess seamonkey is showing it's age, and my > ignorance

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/08/2015 11:56 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > I browsed their udev rules and found some rules pointing in that > direction but none specifically matching the PCI ID of my keyboard and > the wildcards ... I am not sure. > > But they seem to do it specifically, yes -> > > # cat /sys/module/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
So many replies! On 06/08/2015 11:22 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: >> Franz Fellner gmail.com> writes: >>> James wrote: There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the l

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-06-08 um 20:25 schrieb J. Roeleveld: > There was a similar thread here before about USB and suspend. Check > that for specifics if in a hurry. Not at computer now to find the > earlier email. didn't find it yet .. but no hurry at all. > Apart from kernel level USB suspend. There are sett

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
Raffaele BELARDI st.com> writes: > Nothing pops up here either, I have to right-click on the misspelled > word and then I get a context menu with list of alternative spellings. AH. Well that's retarded. I guess seamonkey is showing it's age, and my ignorance or arcane interfaces. > That'

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 8 June 2015 19:50:56 CEST, "Stefan G. Weichinger" wrote: >On 08.06.2015 16:44, Daniel Frey wrote: > >> I would check if USB autosuspend is set for your keyboard, and if it >is, >> disable it on the keyboard. > >thanks a lot, that seems to do the trick! > >Although I wonder where the difference

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread Mick
On Monday 08 Jun 2015 13:03:53 James wrote: > Franz Fellner gmail.com> writes: > > James wrote: > > > There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip > > > for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the laptop > > > with an air compressor. > > > > If you rea

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
James wrote: > Raffaele BELARDI st.com> writes: > > >>> Also, while we are at it, my seamonkey marks words as mispelled, >>> but there is not a "spellchecker" function to fix the mistakes, >>> so what am I missing in seamonkey > >> To get spell checking working for my native language I had to inst

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
Raffaele BELARDI st.com> writes: > > Also, while we are at it, my seamonkey marks words as mispelled, > > but there is not a "spellchecker" function to fix the mistakes, > > so what am I missing in seamonkey > To get spell checking working for my native language I had to install > the diction

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 08.06.2015 16:44, Daniel Frey wrote: > I would check if USB autosuspend is set for your keyboard, and if it is, > disable it on the keyboard. thanks a lot, that seems to do the trick! Although I wonder where the difference is: I compiled a gentoo 4.0.5 kernel based on the config from the fed

[gentoo-user] Re: unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
Stroller stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > > > On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > ... > > So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find emory. > > I think "emeried" is obscure in both meaning and usage. > > My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford

Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox problem

2015-06-08 Thread Philip Webb
150608 Zhu Sha Zang wrote: > Have you tried to use 'exec fluxbox -log "~/.fluxbox/log"' > to check what happening ? Thanks for the suggestion : I tried it, but no log file appears. I use 'startx' & put your line in .xinitrc in place of 'startfluxbox'; I also tried adding the log part to 'startfl

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/08/2015 05:32 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2015-06-08 um 14:22 schrieb Andrew Lowe: > >> Any chance this is a Logitech K520r wireless keyboard? I have one of >> these and it at times "goes to sleep" for several seconds. Logitech know >> about the problem but refuse to do anythin

Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
James wrote: > > Also, while we are at it, my seamonkey marks words as mispelled, > but there is not a "spellchecker" function to fix the mistakes, > so what am I missing in seamonkey ( I run lxde, if that matters). > If it's an addon I need, suggests as to the best (most complete) > usa english wo

Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread Philip Webb
150608 James wrote: > So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find emory. Others have pointed out that it's a verb from 'emery', an abrasive. > Where do I find help ? I always use http://dictionary.reference.com/ , which is also good for etymology, sometimes important for Englis

Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 06/08/2015 09:55 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James > wrote: >> ... So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find >> emory. I think "emeried" is obscure in both meaning and usage. > > My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford English Dictionary says tha

Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread Stroller
On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James wrote: > ... > So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find emory. > I think "emeried" is obscure in both meaning and usage. My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford English Dictionary says that emery as a verb is to rub with emery (e.g. eme

[gentoo-user] Re: msmtp vs. nullmailer

2015-06-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-06-08, Marc Joliet wrote: > However, the one thing that annoys me is that msmtp does not seem to have any > sort of queue [2], so if it can't deliver an email, it must be resent, which > is > annoying for system emails. I've been using msmtp for many years, and I find I don't miss havin

[gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?

2015-06-08 Thread James
OK, So I just ran across this word "emeried" and I can only find emory. I think "emeried" is obscure in both meaning and usage. Where do I find help? It may not be an actual word, or one of those rare "middle english or french vesticals of a word? Also, while we are at it, my seamonkey marks word

[gentoo-user] Re: some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread James
Stefan G. Weichinger xunil.at> writes: > "interesting" issue on my desktop machine: > when booted with gentoo the keyboard seems to fall "asleep" in a way > > It happens repeatedly that the first key pressed does not get detected, > only the second. I have always used a "double tap' on the spa

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-06-08 um 14:22 schrieb Andrew Lowe: > Any chance this is a Logitech K520r wireless keyboard? I have one of > these and it at times "goes to sleep" for several seconds. Logitech know > about the problem but refuse to do anything. A google search will reveal > all the gory details. If

Re: [gentoo-user] msmtp vs. nullmailer

2015-06-08 Thread Guy-Laurent Subri
Hi, I like to use msmtp. I actually never tried nullmailer, but msmtp seemd a great choice. For the queue "issue" I can redirect you to a document created by a Gentoo dev on mutt [0]. Guy-Laurent Subri [0] https://dev.gentoo.org/~tomka/mail.html On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 11:47:04AM +0200, Marc Jol

Re: [gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 06/08/2015 08:01 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > "interesting" issue on my desktop machine: > > when booted with gentoo the keyboard seems to fall "asleep" in a way > > It happens repeatedly that the first key pressed does not get detected, > only the second. > > For example at login: >

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Southbridge chip on laptop overheating

2015-06-08 Thread James
Franz Fellner gmail.com> writes: > > James wrote: > > There may be a generic processor fan you can mount/glue onto the chip > > for cooling. Make sure all other fans are running. Blow out the laptop > > with an air compressor. > > If you really blow out your laptop make sure the fans are fixed

[gentoo-user] some keyboard lag

2015-06-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
"interesting" issue on my desktop machine: when booted with gentoo the keyboard seems to fall "asleep" in a way It happens repeatedly that the first key pressed does not get detected, only the second. For example at login: login: oot ;) if I keep typing it keeps working ... and this is *not*

Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox problem

2015-06-08 Thread Zhu Sha Zang
On 06/07/2015 03:46 PM, Philip Webb wrote: 150607 Mick wrote: On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 18:57:58 Philip Webb wrote: Yesterday, I updated to the now stable Fluxbox 1.3.7-r1 ; there have been no changes in my config files. Same here. Normally, I have the toolbar (the panel at the bottom of the scre

[gentoo-user] Open-sourced: OpenCL-based multiphysics simulation software package

2015-06-08 Thread Zeev Pekar
Dear Gentoo user/developer community, we would like to announce the recent open-source release of our GPU-enabled multiphysics software - Advanced Simulation Library. http://asl.org.il/ Here are some remarkable benchmarks: http://asl.org.il/benchmarks/multicomponent_flow/ If possible, please cre

[gentoo-user] msmtp vs. nullmailer

2015-06-08 Thread Marc Joliet
Hi list, As part of removing now superfluous server functionality on my desktop, I replaced postfix with msmtp (and removed a bunch of other software). However, the portage default for virtual/mta is nullmailer. (I also switched my laptop from ssmtp to msmtp since ssmtp upstream has long been de

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: is your metadata safe?

2015-06-08 Thread Bruce Hill
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 04:09:30AM +, James wrote: > Bruce Hill happypenguincomputers.com> writes: > > > > > "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not > > sure about the former." > > > Your probably looking in the mirror too much. I *do*, sir. The comm

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying/Moving a file in KDE - is the preview missing

2015-06-08 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > Hi all, I may have a solution for you. I noticed this behaviour some > time back, except I had two workstations - one worked, and one didn't. > So I went to compare the two machines (which took a very long time) > and discovered kdelibs is built differently on the one that show

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying/Moving a file in KDE - is the preview missing

2015-06-08 Thread Dale
Paul Klos wrote: > Op zondag 7 juni 2015 08:02:04 schreef Dale: >> Andrew Lowe wrote: >>> On 06/07/2015 08:24 PM, Mick wrote: From what I recall, in a full KDE desktop you will see previews only if you have clicked on View/Previews to enable it. This will create loads of thu

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying/Moving a file in KDE - is the preview missing

2015-06-08 Thread Paul Klos
Op maandag 8 juni 2015 14:40:28 schreef Andrew Lowe: > On 06/08/2015 02:23 AM, Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 06/07/2015 10:30 AM, Paul Klos wrote: > >> Op zondag 7 juni 2015 10:17:24 schreef Daniel Frey: > >>> On 06/07/2015 08:10 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Same here. > >>> > >>> Can't seem to reply