Re: [gentoo-user] Removing Firefox "Pocket" (Built-In Adware)

2017-11-16 Thread Floyd Anderson
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 02:30:52 + R0b0t1 wrote: I would like to know if there is any recourse. I have disabled it, but it is still present in the menus. It looks like it generates a unique advertising ID, which I have cleared in "about:config." Hi, since I felt losing and wasting lifetime h

[gentoo-user] Removing Firefox "Pocket" (Built-In Adware)

2017-11-16 Thread R0b0t1
Hello, My apologies if this has come up on the list or there is already an extant answer elsewhere (or if the question doesn't apply, which might be the case). I am not sure how to describe Pocket, but it is advertising that is prominently featured in the "New Tabs" page. The configuration settin

Re: [gentoo-user] Annoying X server message

2017-11-16 Thread Jack
On 11/16/2017 12:26 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: I run X the stone age way with startx/xinit. Each time I switch to another VT with Alt-Ctl-Fn, X mutters this on the original VT: Suspending AIGLX clents for VT switch and then a similar one when I switch back. This happens when the original VT is

[gentoo-user] Annoying X server message

2017-11-16 Thread Ian Zimmerman
I run X the stone age way with startx/xinit. Each time I switch to another VT with Alt-Ctl-Fn, X mutters this on the original VT: Suspending AIGLX clents for VT switch and then a similar one when I switch back. This happens when the original VT is in raw mode, apparently, so the terminating new

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems copmiling firefox 57.0 (linking phase)

2017-11-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2017-11-16, Jeremi Piotrowski wrote: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 4:05 AM, wrote: >> Hi, >> >> building firefox 57.0 failed on my system - it looks like >> the last stage (linking) fails. >> > > It doesn't fail at the last stage - that's just when the error is > repeated after other parallel tas

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help...can't decipher emerge oracle...

2017-11-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/11/2017 03:49, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-11-15 18:40, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> Why is it trying to install the version? Is that unmasked? >> >> Are you running stable or testing? >> >> What does "grep -r glibc /etc/portage" say? >> >> I don't think you posted the command that star

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems copmiling firefox 57.0 (linking phase)

2017-11-16 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
15. Nov 2017 23:54 by a...@wht.com.au: > On 16/11/17 11:05, > tu...@posteo.de> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> building firefox 57.0 failed on my system - it looks like >> the last stage (linking) fails. >> >> I attached the build.log to this mail. >> >> Is there a way around this? >> >> Cheers >> Meino >>