Re: [gentoo-user] DNS from dialup or wifi for broadband connection?

Or you can use dnscrypt-proxy see here https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy It is BSD licensed and encrypts DNS requests. I have set it on an OpenBSD router and it works well. On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > Starting a separate topic, rather

[gentoo-user] DNS from dialup or wifi for broadband connection?

Starting a separate topic, rather than hijack the main thread... On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 01:50:26PM -0600, Corbin Bird wrote > > 6 # : ISP is starting to filter customers web access. The ISP is > deciding what sites customers are allowed to see. ( look up the > practice called "ransom" ).

Re: [gentoo-user] ttyUSB not showing up

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 3:47 PM, wrote: > I have serial to USB converter, want to connect fax/modem to it. > > In kernel: > CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y > CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PCI=y > #

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] ttyUSB not showing up

Thelma On 03/11/2017 10:11 PM, Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> I have serial to USB converter, want to connect fax/modem to it. >> >> In kernel: >> CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y >> CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y >> CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y >> CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y >>

Re: [gentoo-user] ttyUSB not showing up

the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I have serial to USB converter, want to connect fax/modem to it. > > In kernel: > CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y > CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PCI=y > # CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PLATFORM is not set > > lsusb

[gentoo-user] ttyUSB not showing up

I have serial to USB converter, want to connect fax/modem to it. In kernel: CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PCI=y # CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PLATFORM is not set lsusb (device is showing up) ... Bus 005 Device 003: ID

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP extortion [ Partially Resolved ]

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Corbin Bird wrote: > > Will act on the ( lawyer, deposit ) suggestions. And a new e-mail provider. > Good luck with that... Honestly, I think a lawyer is a waste of money here. If you're in the USA these sorts of arrangements are

Re: [gentoo-user] Something is blocking an addition of fonts

On 03/10/2017 07:24 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host > Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram > > I've added some fonts from outside portage this way: > > (Sorry that what follows is a bit of a confusing mess)

[gentoo-user] ISP extortion [ Partially Resolved ]

Thanks for all the responses. -- AirVPN seems to solve a most if not all of the filtering / blocking issues. ( Don't try their pre-built client / PATHs are wrong. ) -- "emerge-webrsync" was setup with GPG signature checking. What the ISP is doing looks to be ?attaching? / ?embeding? a

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP extorsion - how to negate / get around?

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 01:50:26PM -0600, Corbin Bird wrote > 2 # : And with the death of FCC privacy rules, the new ISP is forcing > me to update their records ( for sale-of purposes ). This includes > phone ( all ), SSN, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers. > > 3 # : the ISP

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating media-libs/mesa failed

2017-03-11 19:59 GMT+02:00 Alan Mackenzie : > Hello, Gevisz. > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 19:31:25 +0200, gevisz wrote: >> Today, updating my system, I have got: > >> # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask >> world --exclude chromium > >> These are the

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] hylafaxplus-5.5.5 not working

On 03/11/2017 08:00 AM, Stroller wrote: > >> On 11 Mar 2017, at 05:37, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> >> SOLVED! >> media-libs/tiff-4.0.7 is not compatible with hylafaxplus-5.5.5 >> Downgrading to tiff-4.0.6 solved the problem > > File a bug! > > Stroller. I did. I wish they tested more

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating media-libs/mesa failed

Hello, Gevisz. On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 19:31:25 +0200, gevisz wrote: > Today, updating my system, I have got: > # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask > world --exclude chromium > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating

[gentoo-user] Updating media-libs/mesa failed

Today, updating my system, I have got: # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world --exclude chromium These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] media-libs/mesa-13.0.5 [12.0.1] USE="nettle%* -gcrypt%

Re: [gentoo-user] ISP extorsion - how to negate / get around?

On 03/10/2017 07:28 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Corbin Bird wrote: >> >> My ISP ( Charter ) merged with Time-Warner. New name "Spectrum" >> >> 1 # : Now I have intermittent connectivity. > > Nothing you can do about that if it really is

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] hylafaxplus-5.5.5 not working

> On 11 Mar 2017, at 05:37, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > SOLVED! > media-libs/tiff-4.0.7 is not compatible with hylafaxplus-5.5.5 > Downgrading to tiff-4.0.6 solved the problem File a bug! Stroller.

[gentoo-user] urxvt gets colorblind...at least somehow...

Hi, ( ...polishing my new root now... ) I got a somehow non-linear problem with my new root: My $TERM shows xterm-256color in both cases. I have no $HOME/.Xresources file installed. My $HOME is on a separate partition so it does not change between old and new root as it will be mounted on

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: shell question, maybe xargs?

Am Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:05:02 +1100 schrieb Adam Carter : > I have one command that dumps out a number of lines of output, and i > want to have another command run multiple times taking a single line > contents as its argument(s) each time. From what i understand of > xargs