Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server without suid still runs as root?

2020-06-25 Thread inasprecali
How are you starting X in the first place? Are you using a display manager? Are you running startx? In the former case, this is perfectly normal for many display managers, including SDDM. GDM, if I'm not mistaken, can and does run X as a regular user if possible. Upstream has been talking

Re: [gentoo-user] Trackpad nightmare: Elantech ETPS/2

2020-05-05 Thread inasprecali
On Tue, 5 May 2020 14:58:32 +0100 Victor Ivanov wrote: > My laptop's trackpad is an ETPS/2 Elantech on a ThinkPad Yoga > 260 (ca. 2016). Every so often it freezes and refuses to respond > to any and all input. The freeze usually lasts for a second or > so, but can sometimes be longer in the range

Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo dead?

2020-04-24 Thread inasprecali
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:22:39 +0300 lego12...@yandex.ru wrote: > The core of portage should be in C, imho. But it can be extendable > with hooks written in something simple like a bash. > It mustn't be a solid binary. It can be splitted into separate parts > with strict definitions of interaction

Re: [gentoo-user] "Application Menu" missing on Desktop after Plasma update to 5.17.4 : bug reported

2020-01-03 Thread inasprecali
> IMO the best thing to do, which is also what I think can be > called "fix" without unethically redefining words in the > English language, is to silently unmerge all KDE's fluff, > and install i3 + dmenu + i3status + i3lock, and call it a > day. LOL I remember going through that phase as well.