[gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-01-25 Thread Dale
Hi list, I ran across this news item about Google: http://alturl.com/s7xi5 The long URL is below. I'm sort of getting to where I don't like Google since they seem to be doing things that I'm just not comfy with. Next they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a searc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio?

2012-01-25 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >  An answer from a different Walter ... > >> I also don't use pulse - plain ALSA is good enough for me - but looking >> over the design goals for pulseaudio I see a decent attempt to deal >> with audio properly for the future. These days we have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio?

2012-01-25 Thread Walter Dnes
An answer from a different Walter ... > I also don't use pulse - plain ALSA is good enough for me - but looking > over the design goals for pulseaudio I see a decent attempt to deal > with audio properly for the future. These days we have computers and > devices that can interact with many other

Re: [gentoo-user] System shuts off on boot-up

2012-01-25 Thread BRM
- Original Message - > From: Mick > Does it work satisfactorily with kernel 3.0.6? > > I found the 3.1.6 breaking suspend on my machine so have gone back to 3.0.6, > but my hardware and video driver is different to yours. Haven't tried 3.0.6 with the kernel change for the ACPI_WMI and

Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy questions

2012-01-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 17:11:36 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 06:14:22PM +, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 17:08:43 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > I'm not entirely clear of your use case scenarios and the constraints you > > are trying to address with a proxy (e.g.

Re: [gentoo-user] System shuts off on boot-up

2012-01-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 20:23:33 BRM wrote: > Well, just to follow up on this - I did get the nouveau driver working and > the system operational. > > - The console still does not work; don't know why but it seems to not get a > working resolution. Not sure how to fix that right now. - Starting X

Re: [gentoo-user] System shuts off on boot-up

2012-01-25 Thread BRM
Well, just to follow up on this - I did get the nouveau driver working and the system operational. - The console still does not work; don't know why but it seems to not get a working resolution. Not sure how to fix that right now. - Starting XDM (KDM) works, and brings up the login. - I am able

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesize error downloading eigen-3.0.3

2012-01-25 Thread pk
On 2012-01-25 10:38, denis cohen wrote: > I am trying to install freecad which pulls in dev-cpp/eigen-3.0.3. > I get a filesize error which prevents installation of eigen. > Any clues on how to solve this problem? ebuild manifest path-to-eigen.ebuild IIRC... try man ebuild. Best regards Peter K

[gentoo-user] OT: Sparse Matrices and Code Refactoring

2012-01-25 Thread James
Hello folks, Sparse matrix techniques[1] is a relatively new area of mathematics: many are struggling to leverage. In my research, I have learned about a recent phenomenon that may be quite useful to the larger Gentoo community. (EI) Emergent Inference is the specific new phenomenon [2] and is p

Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice

2012-01-25 Thread James Broadhead
On 23 January 2012 20:55, Daniel Troeder wrote: > On 23.01.2012 01:00, Philip Webb wrote: >> During my usual Saturday system update, I noticed LibreOffice 3.5.0.1 >> is now "testing", while there's an upgrade of LO 3.4 in "stable". >> I tried 3.5.0.0 when it was briefly released a few weeks ago, >

Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy questions

2012-01-25 Thread felix
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 06:14:22PM +, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 17:08:43 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > I know, in general, what proxies do -- caching, filtering, and > > bypassing firewalls. I have even written a couple of very special > > purpose proxies. Now I need one for work, a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio?

2012-01-25 Thread covici
walt wrote: > On 01/24/2012 10:52 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > walt wrote: > > >> I just scanned through the gnome-control-center code looking for clues > >> about pulse and found no sign that pulse is voluntary. > > > So what would happen if I installed pulse and just didn't > > start

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio?

2012-01-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:24:46 -0800 walt wrote: > On 01/24/2012 10:52 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > walt wrote: > > >> I just scanned through the gnome-control-center code looking for > >> clues about pulse and found no sign that pulse is voluntary. > > > So what would happen if I instal

[gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio?

2012-01-25 Thread walt
On 01/24/2012 10:52 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > walt wrote: >> I just scanned through the gnome-control-center code looking for clues >> about pulse and found no sign that pulse is voluntary. > So what would happen if I installed pulse and just didn't > start the thing, what would I lose

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesize error downloading eigen-3.0.3

2012-01-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:38:59 +0100, denis cohen wrote: > I am trying to install freecad which pulls in dev-cpp/eigen-3.0.3. > I get a filesize error which prevents installation of eigen. > Any clues on how to solve this problem? emerge --sync and try again. If that fails, try again using a diffe

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesize error downloading eigen-3.0.3

2012-01-25 Thread Dale
denis cohen wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install freecad which pulls in dev-cpp/eigen-3.0.3. > I get a filesize error which prevents installation of eigen. > Any clues on how to solve this problem? > Thanks > > Denis > > Here is portage output: > > Emerging (1 of 3) dev-cpp/eigen-3.0.3 from

[gentoo-user] Filesize error downloading eigen-3.0.3

2012-01-25 Thread denis cohen
Hi, I am trying to install freecad which pulls in dev-cpp/eigen-3.0.3. I get a filesize error which prevents installation of eigen. Any clues on how to solve this problem? Thanks Denis Here is portage output: Emerging (1 of 3) dev-cpp/eigen-3.0.3 from science * Fetching files in the background