Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:35, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > The instructions read: > > #emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data > > That as I wrote earlier failed. so I try: > > #emerge --config sys-libs-timezone-data > > and get no packages found. > > The instruc

[gentoo-user] install problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
I made another mistake and need to find the exit. I did emerge sys-libs/timezone-data which downloaded that package and dependencies and then errored out badly when trying to build the packages. The native in COMMON_FLAGS in /etc/portage/make.conf was not recognized by what I downloaded and that

[gentoo-user] installation problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
No mount point on the minimal isos exists under /mnt where an installer can temporarily mount another drive to copy output of errors or created scripts that help them get around gentoo's installer limitations. Earlier tonight I had been fighting with links since links insisted on downloading an

Re: [gentoo-user] install problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
n Friday, 2 October 2020 12:21:06 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I made another mistake and need to find the exit. > > I did emerge sys-libs/timezone-data which downloaded that package and > > dependencies and then errored out badly when trying to build the packages. > > T

[gentoo-user] re: install problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
This time, when updating @world I decided to not merge anything. I got up to: Next, reconfigure the [365]sys-libs/timezone-data package, which will update the /etc/localtime file for us, based on the /etc/timezone entry. The /etc/localtime file is used by the system C library to know the

Re: [gentoo-user] install problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] install problems > > Hi Jude, > > On Friday, 2 October 2020 12:21:06 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I made another mistake and need to find the exit. > > I did emerge sys-libs/timezone-data which downloaded that package an

Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
ntoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: Gentoo > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 10:26, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > !'sys/libs/timezone-data ' is not a valid package atom. > > ! please check ebuild (5) for full details. > > ! did you

[gentoo-user] sda=stroke boot parameter

2020-10-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
If I use this in boot parameters, along with an msdos disk label is it likely I'd be able to partition all of a 3tb hard drive? Last gentoo install failed, I expect uefi and gpt and grub:2 combination was not good for my hardware. I had to use the grub-install line in the Handbook that had

Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Michael wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:04:30 > From: Michael > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile > > On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 09:30:00 BST Jude DaShiell wr

Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Wols Lists wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:40:23 > From: Wols Lists > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile > > On 13/10/20 16:37, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile

2020-10-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Jack wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:31:55 > From: Jack > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile > > On 2020.10.15 00:03, Wols Lists wrote: > >On 14/10/20 22:37, Jack wrote: > >>Why

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile

2020-10-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Walter Dnes wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:00:36 > From: Walter Dnes > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 01:28:52PM -0400

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile

2020-10-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Jack wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:48:01 > From: Jack > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile > > On 10/15/20 1:28 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > [snip...]

Re: [gentoo-user] installation problems

2020-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
I've never used a gentoo-live-cd and the reason I use the gentoo-minimal -cd is it's possible to bring speakup up on boot and for those few of us who can't see the screen and haven't got sighted help nearby, that makes all manner of independent computer operations possible. On Fri, 2 Oct 2020,

Re: [gentoo-user] what test gets done in pcre makefile to find gcc won't work?

2020-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
download the stage3 file. The accessibility use flag wasn't in effect and I could move with down arrow onto the stage3 file according to speakup but the links cursor didn't follow and would only allow me to download some image file. On Mon, 5 Oct 2020, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020

[gentoo-user] re: pcre install failure

2020-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
Here is my /etc/portage/make.conf if it will help on the use variable. I'm sending the whole file since it may have other errors. # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically # built this stage. # Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more #

Re: [gentoo-user] pcre build failure

2020-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
se you seem to have included > the > same text twice? The information posted seems to contradict itself, > particularly > with the USE-flags. For example, here you have the `static-libs` flag > disabled: > > On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 02:40:47PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: &g

Re: [gentoo-user] what test gets done in pcre makefile to find gcc won't work?

2020-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] what test gets done in pcre makefile to find gcc > won't work? > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 12:47:39AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I ran emerge-webrsync and agreed to merge some software titles from > > gentoo. The fi

Re: [gentoo-user] what test gets done in pcre makefile to find gcc won't work?

2020-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
ntoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] what test gets done in pcre makefile to find gcc > won't work? > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 12:47:39AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I ran emerge-webrsync and agreed to merge some software titles f

Re: [gentoo-user] re: pcre install failure

2020-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 6 Oct 2020, Ashley Dixon wrote: > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 23:10:45 > From: Ashley Dixon > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: pcre install failure > > On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 10:11:23PM -0400

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-10-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
Bothwick wrote: > >> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:09:00 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> > >>> A feature that would be useful for menuconfig would be the ability once > >>> a search is done to jump onto the desired search item directly (if the > >>> i

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI booting again

2020-10-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
In gentoo in order to make a uefi system is it necessary to use douefi as a boot parameter when starting the install? If so, it wasn't in the handbook I read. If not, my guess would be gentoo discovers this information for itself. --

Re: [gentoo-user] UEFI booting again

2020-10-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
If you followed the handbook /dev/sda2 would be where the boot record lives. On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 19:21:49 > From: pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] UEFI

[gentoo-user]

2020-10-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
available profiles eselect profile list returns three profiles I might use all in the 17.0 version number. stable, desktop, and desktop-gnome. I suspect stable would return a console environment, desktop-gnome would get a gnome desktop, but how is desktop different from desktop-gnome? Maybe even

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sda=stroke boot parameter

2020-10-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
Screen reader users will want to uncomment the GRUB-TUNE line in /etc/default/grub and then run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg if for no other reason they get an indication their computer is willing to boot before the screen reader comes on. A friend has a system without a pc speaker so

[gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
Doing good until lvm package emerged. I don't use lvm so wonder if nolvm as a boot parameter would have prevented the profile from emerging this package. Details below: Portage 3.0.4 (python 3.7.8-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop, gcc-9.3.0, glibc-2.31-r6, 5.4.60-gentoo-x86_64 x86_64)

Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:28:01 AM CEST Andreas Fink wrote: > >> On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 02:10:04 -0400 > >> > >> Jude DaShiell wrote: > >>> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++: fatal error: Killed signal terminated > >>> program cc1plus compilation terminat

Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Andreas Fink wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 02:28:01 > From: Andreas Fink > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 02:10:04 -0400 &

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with my USE= statement in /etc/portage/make.conf?

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 04:45:06PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > The ansifilter package won't build on this system yet. Certainly one to > > get in future though. > > I'll see if I can send you a binary off-list. It's not a particularly > complicated package, so I re

[gentoo-user] what's wrong with my USE= statement in /etc/portage/make.conf?

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
It produced many errors when I tried to emerge @world. Script started on 2020-10-18 15:02:00-04:00 [TERM="linux" TTY="/dev/tty1" COLUMNS="80" LINES="25"] livecd /etc/portage # cat /etc/portage/make.conf # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with my USE= statement in /etc/portage/make.conf?

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 03:06:19PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > livecd /etc/portage # emerge --ask --verbose --update > > --deep --newuse @world > > Please filter your script with `ansifilter` to remove ANSI colour control > codes. > O

[gentoo-user] about to install kernel source package

2020-10-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
Before I do this, would it be useful to do emerge --config espeak in the chroot environment? On a previous kernel install failure, I ended up emerging espeakup and it was only then I found the accessibility support submenu in make menuconfig had got populated with speakup-related stuff but I

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-10-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
If I have a desktop on a machine I go with mate when possible since I never liked unity when it was part of gnome. I ought to check in on lxqt since that's what Linus Torvalds was using last time I read about that. --

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, Ashley Dixon wrote: > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:17:07 > From: Ashley Dixon > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 07:45:14AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote: > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:52:04 > From: John Covici > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:00:04 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
, 9 Oct 2020 19:55:20 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > If I have a desktop on a machine I go with mate when possible since I > > > never liked unity when it was part of gnome. > > > > Then use the plain desktop profile. > > > > > I ought to check in o

[gentoo-user] kernel-5.4.69

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
How can I emerge the sources for this version of the kernel? I think John suggested 5.4.69. --

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel-5.4.69

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel-5.4.69 > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:20:09 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > How can I emerge the sources for this version of the kernel? I think John > > suggested 5.4.69. > > > > > > Just emerge =sys-kernel/gentoo-s

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:34:43 > From: Neil Bothwick > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:00:04 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: >

[gentoo-user] one other possibility

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
It could be gentoo-nofb can't run accessibility if it's one of the kernels not already on the install-minimal cd. Why this may be the case I don't know that's above my pay grade. I'll check that out and find out what I can find out. If I manage to get it installed and working I'll let you know.

Re: [gentoo-user]

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:09:16 > From: John Covici > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:49:54 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel-5.4.69

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
ntoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel-5.4.69 > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:36:26 -0400, > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > [1 ] > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:20:09 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > How can I em

[gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
missing lots of accessibility-related material. I've installed several other versions of Linux before and got them accessible using material found mostly on the internet for instructions. The first one was RedHat 5.0 when that was a current distribution. After that, slackware, debian, fedora

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-10-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
: > > > > [1 ] > > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:09:00 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > >> A feature that would be useful for menuconfig would be the ability once > > >> a search is done to jump onto the desired s

[gentoo-user] emerge @world command successful

2020-10-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
I did the command in the handbook after adding a few accessibility packages for the system and I have -j2 in MAKEJOBS in /etc/portage/make.conf. The older machine doesn't like to do parallel compiles with acpi, but it had no issue doing them with apm on. If you will use linux, you will learn

[gentoo-user] preparing for make menuconfig

2020-10-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
I installed lspci and ran the command. On the first line lspci says Unable to load libkmod resources. Lots of information provided after that though. Are libkmod resources used by sound cards? I have sound working on the system to be installed since I'm using espeak to do the installation. Does

Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:23:50 > From: J. Roeleveld > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile > > On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 6:52:05 PM CES

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-10-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, Ashley Dixon wrote: > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 07:30:19 > From: Ashley Dixon > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 10:09:00PM -0400, Jude DaShie

Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile

2020-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, antlists wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:37:01 > From: antlists > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] tried desktop profile > > On 14/10/2020 18:38, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Let

[gentoo-user] cannot emerge --config sys-lib/timezone-data yet

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
Apparently a missing quote in /etc/portage/make.conf but I can't find where that would be now. '# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically # built this stage. # Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more # detailed example.

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot emerge --config sys-lib/timezone-data yet

2020-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
ntoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot emerge --config sys-lib/timezone-data yet > > The very first line has a single quote as the first character > > On 10/18/2020 9:19 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Apparently a missing quote in /

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: installation problems

2020-10-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
vinux is abandonware though for an installer environment still may work. I've never used one installer system to install another system myself though so if that's what we try it will be a new experience for me. On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 11:47:26 > From:

[gentoo-user] what test gets done in pcre makefile to find gcc won't work?

2020-10-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
I ran emerge-webrsync and agreed to merge some software titles from gentoo. The first one was pcre and so far as I can tell, all went fine until the makefile tested gcc and found gcc doesn't work. At that point the emerge errored out. Now, it's possible everyone is using the systemd profile but

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

2020-10-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:18:14 > From: John Covici > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:08:51 -0400,

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

2020-10-22 Thread Jude DaShiell
020 07:07:26 > From: John Covici > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:09:53 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, John Covic

[gentoo-user] gentoo and kickstart files

2020-11-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Does gentoo know about kickstart files and can it use them? -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gobbledegook error message from emerge.

2020-12-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I doubt goblins wrote any part of gentoo, from what Neil wrote me earlier if memory serves the language is actually Portagese. On Sat, 12 Dec 2020, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:22:40 > From: Alan Mackenzie > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To:

Re: [gentoo-user] override PYTHON_TARGETS to avoid a slot collision

2020-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
Python is every bit as much trouble in gentoo as it is in the Florida swamps. Python is so much trouble the History Channel has a Swamp People program they're showing regularly on TV. Could the post-install section of the handbook do with some good updates? On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, Michael wrote:

[gentoo-user] emerge warnings or errors

2020-11-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
About 6 different complaints about my kernel configuration that blew off the screen as packages were being emerged. Does any way exist to have emerge write these to a log file of some sort for later checking and action? -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual

[gentoo-user] portage configuration saves the day!

2020-11-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I did some portage configuration and the kernel configuration items that are missing got saved in that log file! -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

[gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
What can I do to clear this conflict? Script started on 2020-11-13 17:35:37-05:00 [TERM="linux" TTY="/dev/tty1" COLUMNS="128" LINES="48"] livecd /etc # emerge -AabDN @world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies !!! Problem resolving dependencies for

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
; To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are > fighting > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:40:43 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-apps/busybox" has unmet > > requi

[gentoo-user] openrc install possible systemd too complex

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
This was even following the steps in that systemd gentoo wiki article. I'm glad I tried it since if I hadn't I'd never know. -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are > fighting > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:40:43 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-apps/busybox" has unmet > > requirements. &

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are fighting

2020-11-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] systemd install attempt busybox and pam are > fighting > > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:40:43 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "sys-apps/busybox" has unmet > > requirements. > > - sys-apps/busybox-1.

[gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-11-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
I found this out by means of documentation in the handbook pointing at it but not being explicit about it. # eselect profile show during a new install is what you run to find what distribution your distribution iso uses. Also you will do best to select a matching profile for first time

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo handbook

2020-11-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020, Grant Edwards wrote: > Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:30:51 > From: Grant Edwards > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo handbook > > On 2020-11-14, Jude DaShiell wrote: >

[gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
What does it enable and what does it disable? -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; nocd Install all files required to run the application without a CD mounted. > > Here is the whole list: > > https://gentoo.org/support/use-flags/ <https://gentoo.org/support/use-flags/> > > Cheers > > > > On Nov 7, 2020, at 4:31 AM, Jude DaShiell wr

Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
ate: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 10:17:08 > From: Neil Bothwick > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 08:28:44 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Hi, I read the description alre

Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd

2020-11-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
ccess the rest of the data. MS > Flight Sim did that with its multiple (7 CDs I believe) data worth of world > scenery. Maybe that is what it is referring to. > > > > On Nov 7, 2020, at 5:28 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Hi, I read the description already an

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

2020-11-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020, Rich Freeman wrote: > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:32:37 > From: Rich Freeman > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all > broken? > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 9:03

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook

2020-11-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
o: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo handbook > > On Saturday, 14 November 2020 18:48:57 GMT Jude DaShiell wrote: > > On 2020-11-14, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020, Grant Edwards wrote: &g

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

2020-11-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
My advice is to keep tabs on python2.7 libraries and their conversion to python 3 and when 100% of those libraries have been converted the old scripts may be easier to convert using existing python tools. The sed editor may get you part of the way through conversion but missing python 3 libraries

[gentoo-user] pip3 error

2020-11-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
When I try: pip3 install fenrir-screenreader ERROR: (Gentoo) Please run pip with the --user option to avoid breaking python-exec Did not have this happen in earlier python and pip versions on other systems. What can I do to clear this error? If it can't be cleared, I can install this package

[gentoo-user] pip3 --user requirement

2020-11-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
That --user needs to be the last item on the command line when pip3 gets run. I tried placing it earlier than that and pip3 didn't like that much at all. -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.

[gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

2020-10-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got gentoo to boot and espeak although in the default run level with speakup-soft=soft enabled in the kernel espeak is silent. I know the system booted since I uncommented the TUNE line in grub and also added in pcspkr into the kernel so was able to do a root login and then hit backspace and

[gentoo-user] wiki alsa article

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Has anyone figured out how to get usb speakers playing after a boot into a new gentoo system? If so, please update that alsa article in gentoo wiki. With speakup.synth=soft as boot parameter usb speakers work fine but not after boot into new gentoo install. If I do what I can, I can get the

Re: [gentoo-user] wiki alsa article

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
ki alsa article > > On Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:21:40 -0500, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Has anyone figured out how to get usb speakers playing after a boot into a > > new gentoo system? If so, please update that alsa article in gentoo wiki. > > With speakup.syn

[gentoo-user] kergen package

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
It appears helpful in adding options to my .config file. However once options are added, it's very difficult to enable espeak. So is my order of operations in which kergen gets run first followed by make menuconfig wrong? If so I can reverse and see if that works better. Another possibility is

Re: [gentoo-user] kergen package

2020-11-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
> > On Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:25:11 -0500, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > It appears helpful in adding options to my .config file. However once > > options are added, it's very difficult to enable espeak. So is my order > > of operations in which kergen gets run first

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-base/gdm-40.0 does not run

2021-05-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
I have read over on the orca-list one way to get gnome 40.0 working on fedora 34 workstations is to disable se-linux. Was se-linux installed and enabled on gentoo? If so, disabling and/or removing se-linux may be your key to accessibility. On Fri, 7 May 2021, John Covici wrote: > Hi. I just

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo system suddenly failed to boot.

2021-02-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Check the date and time when you boot and if it isn't correct, you probably have a dead battery on your motherboard. I had to replace one a couple days ago. Fortunately the kind of battery my computer uses is sold in pharmacies since blood sugar meters also use them. On Mon, 15 Feb 2021,

Re: [gentoo-user] chromium will not go on the internet anymore

2021-10-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
Move onto the newer version and keep the earlier version number handy so if the newer version breaks especially in the same way you have a backout. On Sat, 2 Oct 2021, John Covici wrote: > Hi. I have discovered that www-client/chromium-95.0.4621.4 will not > go to any internet webpage. > >

[gentoo-user] a11y kernel build

2022-04-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm curious, with a system about to build a kernel does a command or command switch exist to tell the kernel build process to build the kernel in such a way that all hardware now enabled gets enabled in the build of the kernel?

Re: [gentoo-user] a11y kernel build

2022-04-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
provided I think will help my next gentoo install go better in the kernel build phase thanks. On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Jack wrote: > On 2022.04.06 14:51, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >I'm curious, with a system about to build a kernel does a command or > >command switch exist to tell the kerne

[gentoo-user] error in /etc/portage/make.conf file

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
after the LC_MESSAGES=C line, caught signal 2 exiting gets printed in the file. Could use of nokeymap boot parameter prevent this error?

[gentoo-user] gentoo after chroot has computer crash

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Not only does speakup crash but the system once turned off cannot be started up again without use of the reset button. This amd system has about 14gb of ram and 8 cores on it. Something else that happens every so often is that the fans run really fast and sometimes not during gentoo

[gentoo-user] doing gentoo install disrupted

2022-04-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got down to emerge-webrsync and discovered an error in portage/make.conf on line 21 non-existent server then emerge-webrsync tried to get a time stamp and then speakup died. I have a single ssd slot in this machine and may be able to attach the gentoo ssd to the computer by usb so I can recover

[gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Found no snapshots on rit.edu and went back from now to March 6, 2022. I'm using openrc now. Has gentoo got a site where it shows latest available snapshot information for its snapshots?

Re: [gentoo-user] error in /etc/portage/make.conf file

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Likely need to get a stage3 file that doesn't use systemd too. Another user on the speakup list let me know they don't use systemd and don't run into the trouble I've had. On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Jude, > > On Friday, 2022-04-15 09:58:40 -0400, you wrote: > > > after the

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
I was doing the emerge-webrsync step in the install instructions for gentoo and that was to install a gentoo snapshot. On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 at 19:58, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Found no snapshots on rit.edu and went back from now to M

RE: [gentoo-user] doing gentoo install disrupted

2022-04-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
. I know a little bit about systemd. On Thu, 14 Apr 2022, Laurence Perkins wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dale > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 8:29 AM > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] doing gentoo instal

[gentoo-user] mirrorselect r.f.e.

2022-04-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
When speakup is used with mirrorselect mirrorselect locks the cursor at the bottom of the screen and doesn't allow moving the cursor onto repos in the downloaded lists. I can find which repos are selected by inspecting the screen with speakup for changed colors where if I only hit the spacebar

Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect r.f.e.

2022-04-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
I used cursor would tracking highlight work better? On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, John Covici wrote: > Are you using cursor or tracking hilight instead? > > On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 22:30:58 -0400, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > When speakup is used with mirrorselect mirro

[gentoo-user] any gentoo torrents available?

2023-09-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
These days I'm having better luck downloading through bittorrent and seeding rather than doing direct downloads with wget. Problem with direct downloads on large files files come down corrupted and don't verify when I try to verify them. It is probably a bad internet network connection. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] any gentoo torrents available?

2023-09-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Thanks, I'll try that tonight. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Wed, 6 Sep 2023, Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 6 September 2023 16:04:33 BST Jude DaShiell wrote: &

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting output of a program running in background after a crash

2023-10-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Linux is being targeted by ransomware and other forms of malware so it may be worthwhile to run ferensics on your backup and find what ferensics have to tell you. After check and see if any of what you found out were false positives. -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of

Re: [gentoo-user] Password questions, looking for opinions. cryptsetup question too.

2023-09-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
I generate random passwords using dice. First and last characters in passwords are letters that's arbitrary buys more time. Those should have lengths over 13 and before the agency I used to work for went to smartcards and 256 character random passwords their last standard was 16 characters with

Re: [gentoo-user] Password questions, looking for opinions. cryptsetup question too.

2023-09-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
another possibility is use of a dictionary. Find a word in dictionary note page column and line. Divide pages in dictionary by 2 and either add or subtract that number of pages to or from page word is found on then on the new page find the column and line for your actual password. Of course,

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