Re: [gentoo-user] Where are the AMD microcode updates for spectre?

2018-05-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
oh come on. Spectre on AMD isn't even much of a problem. Why the panic? Also... be prepared for a lot of trouble with intel cpu's soon... 2018-05-20 15:07 GMT+02:00 Rich Freeman : > On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 4:59 AM Adam Carter wrote: > > >> As far as I can tell there is no official AMD microcode

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to find which driver I can use with a ATI v9800 fireball

2016-12-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.12.2016 um 05:13 schrieb Vizo Allman: > So I have this model > > http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/Professional-Graphics/AMD-FirePro%E2%84%A2-3D-Workstation-Graphics/ATI-FirePro%E2%84%A2-V9800/24 > > And this is the last binary driver that would work with my card > > http://support.amd

Re: [gentoo-user] basic trouble with sendmail config

2016-12-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.12.2016 um 20:09 schrieb Harry Putnam: is there a good reason you chose sendmail over postfix? Do you hate yourself? You are a masochist? I found sendmail the worst piece of software I ever had to deal with. Windows XP user&rights management in a mixed environment with shares is delightful,

Re: [gentoo-user] HTML5 player (YouTube) is a pain!...Alternatives?

2016-11-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.11.2016 um 11:28 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Alarig Le Lay [16-11-29 10:44]: >> On Tue Nov 29 10:19:15 2016, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Hi Marat, >>> >>> thanks for your help and link! >>> >>> ...if I install that addon I only get: >>> "Palyback isn't supported on this device" >>> (us

Re: [gentoo-user] HTML5 player (YouTube) is a pain!...Alternatives?

2016-11-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.11.2016 um 07:42 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > Hi, > > I get sick of this [CESNORED] HTML5 stuff coming from YouTube! > Most of the videos while playayaingnaying arereare stututterutering > liiklike helellell. > > I tested a lot of HTML5 addons to fix that problem and googled > around the w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: TCP Queuing problem

2016-09-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 20.09.2016 um 21:52 schrieb Grant: My web server's response time for http requests skyrockets every weekday between about 9am and 5pm. I've gone over my munin >>> graphs > and the only one that really correlates well with the slowdown is >>> "TCP Queuing"

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

2016-09-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 08.09.2016 um 00:47 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 08/09/2016 00:12, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 07.09.2016 um 08:18 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> On 07/09/2016 01:57, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>>> Am 01.09.2016 um 11:01 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>&

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

2016-09-07 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 07.09.2016 um 08:18 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 07/09/2016 01:57, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 01.09.2016 um 11:01 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> On 01/09/2016 09:18, gevisz wrote: >>>> 2016-09-01 9:13 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : >>>>> On 01/09/2016

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

2016-09-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 01.09.2016 um 11:01 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 01/09/2016 09:18, gevisz wrote: >> 2016-09-01 9:13 GMT+03:00 Alan McKinnon : >>> On 01/09/2016 08:04, gevisz wrote: > [snip] > >>> it will take about 5 seconds to partition it. >>> And a few more to mkfs it. >> Just to partition - may be, but I ver

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-09-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 31.08.2016 um 16:33 schrieb Michael Mol: > > In data=journal mode, the contents of files pass through the journal as well, > ensuring that, at least as far as the filesystem's responsibility is > concerned, > the data will be intact in the event of a crash. a common misconception. But not tr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2016 um 23:59 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> the journal does not add any data integrity benefits at all. It just >> makes it more likely that the fs is in a sane state if there is a crash. >> Likely. No

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2016 um 22:46 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> There's nothing in Gentoo that guarantees everybody has ext2 support >> in their kernels. That said, I agree that ext2 (or perhaps ext3 with >> journalling disabled -- I've always been a bit

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2016 um 22:32 schrieb Grant: ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first > place. My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that includes NTFS), not against your advice ;) >>> OP is looking for an

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2016 um 21:14 schrieb J. Roeleveld: > On August 30, 2016 8:58:17 PM GMT+02:00, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> Am 30.08.2016 um 20:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan

Re: [gentoo-user] USB crucial file recovery

2016-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2016 um 20:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 30/08/2016 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the first > place. My point was against all the journalised filesyst

Re: [gentoo-user] Is "-fomit-frame-pointer" a gcc default?

2016-07-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 11.07.2016 um 22:51 schrieb J. García: > El lun, 11-07-2016 a las 16:27 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org escribió: >> I put it into CFLAGS/CCFLAGS years ago, and left it there. During >> a >> discussion on the Pale Moon forum about build options, the opinion >> seems >> to be that "-fomit-frame-p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo is supporting officially Snap packages?

2016-06-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
oh yeah, forgot the catchy name. Mea culpa. 2016-06-17 10:52 GMT+02:00 Neil Bothwick : > On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:28:10 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > soo... why not compile everything statically in the first place? and > > put it in HOME? > > Because that&#x

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo is supporting officially Snap packages?

2016-06-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
soo... why not compile everything statically in the first place? and put it in HOME? 2016-06-17 9:18 GMT+02:00 Andrew Savchenko : > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:30:49 -0400 José Maldonado wrote: > > > > > > El 16/06/16 a las 11:27, James escribió: > > > One word SECURITY? Trust but verify does come to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] How to be a penguin.

2016-05-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 31.05.2016 um 02:32 schrieb Alan Grimes: > Dale wrote: >> Do you really want a answer to that? Seriously? You asked so I guess >> you do. Here it is. Yes! lol The way you do things, and continue to >> do things, even after having several VERY experienced users tell you >> that the way you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] How to be a penguin.

2016-05-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.05.2016 um 22:15 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 29/05/2016 19:54, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 29/05/2016 11:28, Dale wrote: Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > Den 29. mai 2016 03:17, skrev Gregory Woodbury: >> WOW! >> >> Alan just wants to start it and walk away, as if

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] How to be a penguin.

2016-05-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.05.2016 um 20:49 schrieb Dale: > Dale wrote: >> Gregory Woodbury wrote: >>> Has Alan ever posted his "jackhammer" script for some experts to >>> look at? >>> >>> I get by really well with a small script that reads the eix outputs, >>> finds the "[U]" >>> tagged packages, and then runs "emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why emerge sucks nuts:

2016-04-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 16.04.2016 um 17:55 schrieb Dale: > Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 09:08:41AM -0500, »Q« wrote: >>> On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:13:27 -0400 >>> Alan Grimes wrote: >>> Emerge errors out with this: "fuck you user, C 1.0 won't work B 2.0" >>> I've got the 'offensive'

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge

2016-04-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 16.04.2016 um 16:26 schrieb Alan Grimes: > Mick wrote: >> Hello Mr Grimes, >> >> I see you still have trouble dealing with your rage issues. >> >> I recommend you seek professional help about that. >> Nah! Let the man vent. Gentoo is a particularly effective (meta)distro for >> this purpose t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 回复:Re: [gentoo-user] About the kdbus with gentoo-sources 4.3.6, of the greate memory usage.

2016-03-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 26.03.2016 um 16:40 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> because it is broken by design, a security nightmare and seriously not >> needed at all? >> > While there is general interest in a better design, Linus beli

[gentoo-user] Re: 回复:Re: [gentoo-user] About the kdbus with gentoo-sources 4.3.6, of the greate memory usage.

2016-03-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 11.03.2016 um 16:08 schrieb Nicol TAO: > yes. it was not updated later any only support linux kernel 4.3 branch. > it seems kdbus can speed up communication, why not actively devel and > update? > because it is broken by design, a security nightmare and seriously not needed at all? > 发自 网易邮箱大师

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : case + power

2015-09-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 24.09.2015 um 18:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 24/09/2015 16:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 17.09.2015 um 05:38 schrieb james: >>> Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: >>> >>> >>>> 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 1

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : case + power

2015-09-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.09.2015 um 05:38 schrieb james: > Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: > > >> 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 16 MB 32 nm 95 W > I have 3) FX8350. Outstanding performance for the cost. Love them all. > > > >> 150914 Mobo : Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P 970+SB950 DDR3 2000 : 119.9

Re: [gentoo-user] preserving zpool mountpoint on boot?

2015-09-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 14.09.2015 um 17:38 schrieb Nuno Magalhães: > I assume your RTFM means set it to legacy and use /etc/fstab? > Seems ucmbersome, but it's worth a try. > > well, I did and it works.

Re: [gentoo-user] preserving zpool mountpoint on boot?

2015-09-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 13.09.2015 um 21:20 schrieb Nuno Magalhães: > Greetings, > > If i export/import a zpool, the altroot property is not preserved so > it always gets mounted at /. > > In /etc/init.d/zfs, the import line reads > $ZPOOL import -c $ZPOOL_CACHE -aN 2>/dev/null || true > so no -options there. > > I've

Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

2015-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2015 um 15:26 schrieb Alan Mackenzie: > Hello, Philip. > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? >> How long between power off/on's ? > I switch my PC on in the morning when I want to start

Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

2015-08-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.08.2015 um 06:04 schrieb Philip Webb: > How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? > How long between power off/on's ? > > I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, > then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. > Howev

Re: [gentoo-user] ncurses: reductio ad absurdum

2015-08-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.08.2015 um 15:19 schrieb walt: > I avoided yesterday's downgrade from ncurses-6.0 to ncurses-5.9-r4 > because it was obviously(?) a mistake. > > This morning I just upgraded(?) ncurses-6.0 to ncurses-6.0-r1 and > immediately after doing that, portage wants to downgrade(?) from > 6.0-r1 back t

Re: [gentoo-user] New Firefox-38.1.0 headers, or is Google getting smarter?

2015-07-31 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 31.07.2015 um 11:31 schrieb Mick: > I used Firefox to login to Gmail and suddenly received a message from Google, > advising me: > > "New sign-in from Firefox on Linux > > Hi Michael,Your Google Account x was just used to sign in from Firefox on > > Linux." > > Have you noticed something

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.07.2015 um 22:57 schrieb Daniel Frey: > On 07/29/2015 08:34 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 29.07.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Daniel Frey: >>> On 07/28/2015 12:04 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>>> you know - this does not sound like ssd failure. Most SSDs

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.07.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Daniel Frey: > On 07/28/2015 12:04 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> you know - this does not sound like ssd failure. Most SSDs bomb out by >> just becoming completely unacessible. >> >> dmesg errors? > Filled with /dev/sda errors

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing SSD? (Somewhat OT)

2015-07-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.07.2015 um 18:15 schrieb Daniel Frey: > Well, I sure haven't had much luck with SSDs. This will be the third one > I've lost. > > On Wednesday I was watching my mythtv frontend when it hardlocked. Last > time this happened the 7-year-old rust recordings drive failed. However, > all that check

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The state of public relations?

2015-07-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 24.07.2015 um 14:56 schrieb James: > Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > >> Just be practical. From my experience showing up at a LUG and telling 20 >> people how something worked well for you gets you a lot further than >> handing out free T-shirts and hats at a booth. > > Rich, I'll be prac

Re: [gentoo-user] Catastrophic bug in the firefox 'ProfileManager' function

2015-07-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 21.07.2015 um 01:18 schrieb walt: > I suspect most people don't even know firefox has a ProfileManager, but > I'm here to warn you not to use it. It just cost me years of bookmarks > and saved passwords. > > For testing purposes I invoked firefox-bin with the -ProfileManager > flag (don't do th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Don't disable 'introspection'

2015-07-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.07.2015 um 02:40 schrieb walt: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:30:24 +0200 > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> I have had -introspection set for ages in make.conf. >> >> It is turned on for some selected packages in package.use > Which packages, and what problems wer

Re: [gentoo-user] Don't disable 'introspection'

2015-07-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.07.2015 um 00:31 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:53 PM, walt > wrote: > > > > I don't understand 'introspection' enough to know why we need it, but > > apparently we do, so don't use the -introspection useflag like I did. > > > > The trouble

Re: [gentoo-user] Securely deletion of an HDD

2015-07-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 13.07.2015 um 03:50 schrieb Thomas Mueller: > All that has been said on this thread supposes that the hard drive is still > readable and writable. > > But the original post stated this was a failed drive. > > Then you might not be able to dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx .. or whatever else. > > You

Re: [gentoo-user] Securely deletion of an HDD

2015-07-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 12.07.2015 um 23:30 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> read the second link I provided. >> > I did. It contains no theoretical arguments against the possibility yes it does. > of data recovery. Theoretical limit

Re: [gentoo-user] Securely deletion of an HDD

2015-07-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 12.07.2015 um 23:10 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> Unlike you, I read some stuff before posting. This is OLD NEWS: > No need to be rude. > >> http://www.howtogeek.com/115573/htg-explains-why-you-only-have-to-w

Re: [gentoo-user] Securely deletion of an HDD

2015-07-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 12.07.2015 um 21:14 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: >> actually 1 time is enough. With zeros. Or ones. Does not matter at all. >> > That depends on your threat model. nope. It doesn't. You believe in some urban

Re: [gentoo-user] Securely deletion of an HDD

2015-07-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 12.07.2015 um 14:35 schrieb Marc Joliet: > Hi, > > I have to failed drives that I want to give away for recycling purposes, but > want to be sure to properly clear them first. They used be part of a btrfs > RAID10 array, but needed to be replaced (with "btrfs replace"). (In the > meantime I co

Re: [gentoo-user] linux kernel disabling irq 16

2015-07-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
how about not using an ancient kernel? 2015-07-10 11:54 GMT+02:00 : > Hi folks. I am using 3.16.3-gentoo kernel from gentoo-sources and I get > the following sometime after a boot: > Jul 9 20:24:26 ccs.covici.com kernel: Disabling IRQ #16 > This is preceeded by a call trace and on my consoles I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.07.2015 um 20:05 schrieb James: > Lee gmail.com> writes: > > >> Forget it - he's probably German. ;0 > Huh? > > Muchen:: > cold river:: > fast floating naked:: > > > I do not remember that river's name, but nude frizbee, > then freezing on those rapds, was but one of the german > hi_lights..

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.07.2015 um 19:29 schrieb James: > James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > >>> why should anybody celebrate anything? > Volker::=media-sound/mixxx > > Even you can have tons of pals, just spin some tunes, amplify, > do a little voice over and shake it down...baby!! > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] 4th ::+ 5th

2015-07-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.07.2015 um 17:46 schrieb James: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMTl9zHQ9Y > > > Get up and celebrate *everything* > > cheers! > > > why should anybody celebrate anything?

Re: [gentoo-user] eix

2015-06-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.06.2015 um 23:12 schrieb James: > eix > > > use to match the string against all three: > (1) gentoo tree /usr/portage > (2) the /var/lib/layman/ overlays I had installed and manage with layman > (3) my /usr/local/portage local ebuild placed in /usr/local/portage/ > > > Now, only option (1

Re: [gentoo-user] PPPoE ADSL modem choice

2015-06-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
fritzbox There are all other modems/router and then there are fritzbox versions. With very good security. Updates. And lots of nice&useful features. 2015-06-22 12:08 GMT+02:00 Peter Humphrey : > On Monday 22 Jun 2015 02:49:24 I wrote: > > > PPPoA is not used here in the UK as far as I know. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot using UEFI

2015-06-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
lto:michaelkintz...@gmail.com>>: > > On Sunday 14 Jun 2015 15:09:33 João Matos wrote: > > 2015-06-14 11:02 GMT-03:00 Volker Armin Hemmann > > mailto:volkerar...@googlemail.com>> > > > > > Am 14.06.2015 um 15:40 schrieb João Mato

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot using UEFI

2015-06-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 14.06.2015 um 15:40 schrieb João Matos: > Hi list, > > I've bought me a ultrabook dell vostro 5470, and I'm trying to get > gentoo running on it. > > I'm having a few problems, but I'd like to correct the boot one first. > > I'm installing it from ubuntu live cd, and the comand: > > efibootmgr -

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] search files for "text string"

2015-06-07 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 06.06.2015 um 18:45 schrieb Joseph: > I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text > string in them "Check/Money Order" > > I've tried: > find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order' > it doesn't work. > > What is a better method of searching files? grep

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

2015-06-07 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 07.06.2015 um 01:40 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 13:11:04 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > >>> I've bunch of php files in many directories >>> and I need to find a text string in them "Check/Money Order" >> 'cd' to the lowest dir which contains them all, >> then 'grep -r "Check/Money

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual OS clock issues

2015-06-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.06.2015 um 21:06 schrieb Derek Ellison: > I have two HDD in a UEFI system. Windows 8 on one and Gentoo on the > other. Currently I have to update the clock everytime I boot to the > other OS and I'm wondering if there is a way I can avoid this? It's > just starting to get to be a pain to have

Re: [gentoo-user] Unwelcomed non-native language support

2015-05-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
just set LANGUAGE and LC_ALL. 2015-05-29 6:35 GMT+02:00 Gevisz : > On Thu, 28 May 2015 20:07:55 -0400 Mike Gilbert > wrote: > > > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > wrote: > > > Am 28.05.2015 um 17:35 schrieb gevisz: > > >> I

Re: [gentoo-user] Unwelcomed non-native language support

2015-05-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.05.2015 um 17:35 schrieb gevisz: > In my everyday work at the computer, I read > and type at three or even four different languages. > > However, I do want to have all program menues > and system messages only in English. > > So, when I found out that it can be achieved by > setting -nls USE

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] 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] Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.05.2015 um 11:39 schrieb Paul Klos: > Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: >> Hi all, >> I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a >> bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or >> search boxes, the existing contents are

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-05-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 02.05.2015 um 14:38 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 02/05/15 15:10, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 02.05.2015 um 14:06 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >>> On 02/05/15 14:37, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>>> Am 02.05.2015 um 13:25 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >>&

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-05-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 02.05.2015 um 14:06 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 02/05/15 14:37, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 02.05.2015 um 13:25 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >>>>> >>>>> The kernel uses -O2 and several -march variants (e.g. -march=core2). >>>>&

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-05-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 02.05.2015 um 13:25 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 02/05/15 14:19, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 02.05.2015 um 07:04 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >>> On 01/05/15 10:44, Andrew Savchenko wrote: >>>> On Fri, 1 May 2015 05:09:51 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-05-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 02.05.2015 um 07:04 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 01/05/15 10:44, Andrew Savchenko wrote: >> On Fri, 1 May 2015 05:09:51 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth wrote: >>> Andrew Savchenko wrote: That's why kernel makes sure that no floating point instructions sneaks in using CFLAGS, you may

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendations for WLAN-AP?

2015-05-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 27.04.2015 um 20:37 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: > I'm searching for a new WLAN-AP that is fast, powerful and reliable. > I can remember that there were some recommendations in this list some > weeks/months ago, but I can't find them. > > Regards > wabe > > tplink archer series? can cope with

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-04-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 30.04.2015 um 19:45 schrieb Andrew Savchenko: > Hi, > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:26:22 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> That simple. The kernel is too important and the people programming it >> know what they are doing. Don't set anything. It is retarded. >>&

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-04-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.04.2015 um 15:18 schrieb Ralf: > Damn, you're absolutely right. > > I just tested it using make V=1. > kernel make does override CFLAGs from the outside. > > But that's interesting: my processor supports -march=core-avx2 and none > of the linux kernel processor family uses this flag... that

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGs for kernel compilation

2015-04-30 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 29.04.2015 um 13:31 schrieb Ralf: > Hi, > > just a short question: I don't like genkernel, I always compile my > kernel manually using menuconfig. > So the CFLAGs of my make.conf won't get applied. as it should be. > > What is the best way to (persistently) set the CFLAGs for the kernel > compi

Re: [gentoo-user] How do kernel modules load automatically during boot?

2015-04-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 22.04.2015 um 21:39 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:17 PM, walt > wrote: > > > > I just did a huge update on an older ~amd64 machine, and now only > > three out of a dozen or so kernel modules load during bootup, which > > leaves a lot of hardwa

Re: [gentoo-user] openrc->systemd command comparison

2015-04-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 01.04.2015 um 11:22 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Neil Bothwick <mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk>> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:57:33 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > > > Btw, if you need a 'che

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo announces total website makeover :-)

2015-04-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 01.04.2015 um 11:36 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:34:04 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> Nice. The load time is really fast :) Send the floppies to me. Can't >>> wait to get installing ;) >> I'd prefer tape... > Magnetic or

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo announces total website makeover :-)

2015-04-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 01.04.2015 um 09:18 schrieb Matti Nykyri: >> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:46, Andrew Savchenko wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 01:37:06 +0200 waben...@gmail.com wrote: >>> This really made my day. :-) >>> >>> https://www.gentoo.org/news/2015/03/31/website-update.html >> The best design ever! So nice a

Re: [gentoo-user] openrc->systemd command comparison

2015-04-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 01.04.2015 um 10:04 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Marc Joliet > wrote: > > > > Am Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:05:50 -0600 > > schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés >: > > > > [...] > > > With systemd you don't need this, since it ca

Re: [gentoo-user] How to poweroff the system from user?

2015-03-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 26.03.2015 um 01:46 schrieb microcai: > on Saturday 21 March 2015 13:58:45,Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 3:39 PM, German wrote: No, I am trying to shutdown from a console >>> Well, the old answer would be tha

Re: [gentoo-user] MCE error

2015-03-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.03.2015 um 23:00 schrieb Sebas Pedersen: > On 28-03-2015 06:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 28.03.2015 um 14:58 schrieb Sebas Pedersen: >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> From a few days ago I am experimenting an MCE error. >>> Sometimes I turn on the

Re: [gentoo-user] MCE error

2015-03-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.03.2015 um 14:58 schrieb Sebas Pedersen: > Hi guys, > > From a few days ago I am experimenting an MCE error. > Sometimes I turn on the computer and at some point while booting the > kernel (after the grub menu) just freezes and puts this: > > CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 4: b200

Re: [gentoo-user] What are you using to display Flash in Firefox?

2015-03-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 08.03.2015 um 15:41 schrieb Dan Johansson: > As the subject says: What are you using to display Flash in Firefox? > > Reason for my question is quite simple, today I am using > www-plugins/adobe-flash which works well for simple .swf files (where > gnash & lightspark fails), but I have problems

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} offline backups

2015-03-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 06.03.2015 um 18:10 schrieb Grant: On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 07:51:35AM -0800, Grant wrote > I have several encrypted backup repositories online and I'd like to > somehow mirror that offline. I currently have about 20G of data to > back up. Any ideas? Rewritable Blu-Ray? >> It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} reliable USB extender?

2015-03-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 04.03.2015 um 21:28 schrieb Grant Edwards: > On 2015-03-04, Grant wrote: > >> I need to connect a Zebra LP2844 USB label printer at about 35 feet >> from a Gentoo machine. I got this: >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003L14ZTC >> >> but it is proving to be unreliable. The printer stops

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} offline backups

2015-03-03 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 03.03.2015 um 16:51 schrieb Grant: > I have several encrypted backup repositories online and I'd like to > somehow mirror that offline. I currently have about 20G of data to > back up. Any ideas? Rewritable Blu-Ray? > > - Grant > > tape. Used tape drives are cheap. DLT and LTO is as reliable

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: heat codes

2015-02-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 27.02.2015 um 02:23 schrieb James: > Volker Armin Hemmann googlemail.com> writes: > > >> em, but you are already monitoring it! > Maybe. It hard to tell if there are more than one > temperature sensor, what buss interfacet they are on > and if it is a calcul

Re: [gentoo-user] the new ssd, is it happy?

2015-02-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 27.02.2015 um 00:04 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > Am 24.02.2015 um 21:49 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> ordered myself a new and shiny ssd last week. >> >> one thinkpad still had that 60GB OCZ Vertex3 and that was a bit tight >> now and then. >> >> S

Re: [gentoo-user] the new ssd, is it happy?

2015-02-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 24.02.2015 um 21:49 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > ordered myself a new and shiny ssd last week. > > one thinkpad still had that 60GB OCZ Vertex3 and that was a bit tight > now and then. > > So I ordered a Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB for my desktop and planned to > move the former 840 EVO 250GB t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: heat codes

2015-02-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 26.02.2015 um 21:13 schrieb James: > James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > >> modprobe: FATAL: Module i2c-piix4 not found. >> Failed to load module i2c-piix4. > OK, so I found this code and added it to the kernel. > > >> Next adapter: Radeon i2c bit bus 0x90 (i2c-0) >> Do you want to scan it? (yes

Re: [gentoo-user] zfs io scheduler

2015-02-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.02.2015 um 22:57 schrieb lee: > Hi, > > is zfs setting the io scheduler to noop for the disks in the pool? no? I have it set in an init script. > > > I'm currently finding that the IO performance is horrible with a pool > made from two mirrored disks ... > > > then set it to noop.

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about flakey RAM

2015-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 28.01.2015 um 00:28 schrieb walt: > Yesterday I installed 4GB more of RAM in this machine for a total of 8GB, and > the machine soon began random segfaulting and even a kernel crash or two, so > obviously I suspected the new RAM was faulty. > > I let memtest86+ run overnight and it found zero me

Re: [gentoo-user] chatting with the customer

2015-01-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.01.2015 um 11:24 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > I communicate with an admin at a customer ... > > we write dozens of emails and tickets and often it would be simpler to > have some kind of chat or so. > > I'd like to avoid skype etc ... so I think of installing something on > one of their ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Latest chromium-40 on ~x86

2015-01-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 25.01.2015 um 11:08 schrieb victor romanchuk: > On 01/24/2015 07:44 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Saturday 24 January 2015 16:43:41 Nils Holland wrote: >> >>> I've been using chromium successfully on my ~x86 system for quite a >>> long time, but starting with the last two updates that came in

Re: [gentoo-user] unmasking qt5 and plasma 5

2015-01-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 09.01.2015 um 10:47 schrieb Dale: > behrouz khosravi wrote: >> >> >> Could be compiler differences, USE flags etc. I may give it a shot. >> Just see what it looks like if nothing else. I just didn't want >> to step >> into water that was way over my head. ;-) >> >> >> That is

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb German: > Could register at systemrescuecd forums for now, so I thought to ask here. > Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on USB stick. There is shell script on to > accomplish just that. When I try to run it, it identifies my thumb drive, > however reports that it i

Re: [gentoo-user] google-chrome fails under kernel 3.18

2014-12-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
hardware support for rendering activated? 2014-12-11 10:01 GMT+01:00 Stefan G. Weichinger : > Am 11.12.2014 um 10:01 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: > > > Why do you use Google-Chrome? > > I'm using Chromium which works just fine with gentoo-sources-3.18.0. > > ... and google-chrome works as well, at l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 22:14 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 23/11/2014 22:54, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht >>> wrote: Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a softw

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 21:54 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > > Today, ebuilds don't even let a chance for an admin to apply a series of > patches to the vanilla/distro-maintainer sources without having to > rewrite/fork the ebuild. Whatever it is critical for them. The lone > option is to fork+overlay. This

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 19:54 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 07:25:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> and you want portage to finish on this site of eternity when looking for >> dependency resolution? > I don't think having exposed requirements wou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 18:33 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> am I the only one who thinks that this way leads to madness? >> >> Version conflicts are bad enough. > First, version conflicts have their roots

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 16:18 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 06:20:01PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > >> Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more overlay support. I'm all for >> reform when there is something to reform. However, in all your >> complaints about developers causing conflict

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 22.11.2014 um 20:59 schrieb wirel...@tampabay.rr.com: > On 11/22/14 13:00, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 1:12 PM, wrote: >>> >>> The first 100 or so I looked at, are deprecated. They just need >>> somebody >>> to 'remove them' the BGO java backlog is being artificially used to

Re: [gentoo-user] Which SMART stats to watch (link)

2014-11-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 13.11.2014 um 01:01 schrieb Adam Carter: > "Backblaze's analysis of nearly 40,000 drives showed five SMART > metrics that correlate strongly with impending disk drive failure: > > * SMART 5 - Reallocated_Sector_Count. > * SMART 187 - Reported_Uncorrectable_Errors. > * SMART 188 - Command_T

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