Re: [gentoo-user] old EEE PC 1000

2015-02-08 Thread Philip Webb
d KDE Firefox LO . -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-09 Thread Philip Webb
150209 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:54:07 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> I discovered that my ASUS EEE connects automatically to the Internet >> when the physical connection is plugged in, >> while my desktop machine (AMD + Gigabyte mobo) has to be told by 

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-10 Thread Philip Webb
150210 Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 10 Feb 2015 03:36:19 Philip Webb wrote: >> Dec 31 19:00:29 localhost dhcpcd[1346]: >> enp1s0: using IPv4LL address 169.254.91.169 > Your netbook has it enabled. It self-configures an IP address > and then every so many seconds broadcasts on

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-10 Thread Philip Webb
ay 10 Feb 2015 22:36:00 Philip Webb wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion, but I still don't know how to proceed. > If you are using dhcpcd it is enabled by default, > unless you use -L (-- noipv4ll) in /etc/conf.d/net > Have you disabled this in your desktop, or are you not using dh

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-11 Thread Philip Webb
_provide="!net" #rc_sys="" rc_tty_number=12 #rc_controller_cgroups="YES" # rc_cgroup_cpu=" # cpu.shares 512 # " #rc_cgroup_blkio="" #rc_cgroup_cpu="" #rc_cgroup_cpuacct="" #rc_cgroup_cpuset="" #rc_cgroup_devices="&qu

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-12 Thread Philip Webb
evant files, both have upto-date stable versions of pkgs, both have similar kernels. Any further suggestions whence the difference might arise are very welcome. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [

Re: [gentoo-user] SCIM - terminal spreadsheet - sc fork

2015-02-21 Thread Philip Webb
7; ? -- as in "skimming over the waves" etc. You wb pleased to learn that while updating my Netbook after 2 yr I installed 'sc' to replace 'gnumeric'. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Web

[gentoo-user] Perl pitfall

2015-03-01 Thread Philip Webb
Available versions: 5.820.0 5.880.0 Installed versions: 5.820.0([2014-02-09 20:43:16]) Description: Virtual for Digest-SHA Shomething wrong shomewhere ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip

Re: [gentoo-user] Perl pitfall

2015-03-01 Thread Philip Webb
150302 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > Am Montag, 2. März 2015, 00:01:42 schrieb Philip Webb: >> root:511 ~> emerge -pv perl-Digest-SHA >> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: >> Calculating dependencies... done! >> [ebuild U ] virtual/perl-

Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file?

2015-03-02 Thread Philip Webb
r eg bash python vim kdelibs cups LO , so now I've removed them & hope it will simplify Portage activities a bit. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file?

2015-03-04 Thread Philip Webb
nse of Portage output + dox is difficult enough, as it is. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] unwanted cursor change

2015-03-15 Thread Philip Webb
e research, found the dir responsible, did 'mv default default-dft', restarted X & restored the old cursor. This looks to me like a bug. Does anyone have comments before I file it ? -- ,, SUPPORT _

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: unwanted cursor change

2015-03-20 Thread Philip Webb
150316 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 16/03/15 03:58, Philip Webb wrote: >> Yesterday, I updated to gtk+-3.14.9 , >> which required installation of x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme . >> This new unwanted pkg created a dir under /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11 >> & a

Re: [gentoo-user] Mutt emerge USE flags for novice

2015-03-21 Thread Philip Webb
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Re: [gentoo-user] How to poweroff the system from user?

2015-03-21 Thread Philip Webb
dmin (root) from those of ordinary users. To shut down, I first exit Fluxbox via its menu, then 'su' + root password, then alias 'down' = 'shutdown -h now'. That observes the proper roles + ceremonies (smile). -- ,,====

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

2015-03-22 Thread Philip Webb
andomly ; it makes sense only as a convenience on a single-user system. It seems to be the default behaviour of 'inittab' -- there no comment saying I set it myself, which I would have added -- , which is not appropriate for Gentoo systems in general, some of which are undoubtedly multi-user. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

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

2015-03-22 Thread Philip Webb
150322 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 22/03/15 17:58, Philip Webb wrote: >> If you have multiple users, >> you don't want some rogue user rebooting randomly > You can't stop a local user from doing that. > As mentioned, the reset button works just fine. You really

Re: [gentoo-user] How recent is this Gentoo documentation?

2015-03-27 Thread Philip Webb
dates from 2005 . Google offers me https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kexec (140915) & http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/294573 (this list 141126). -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___, P

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble on the horizon!

2018-09-24 Thread Philip Webb
on the real world + its many problems. My CAD 0,02 . -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] Re : kernel delay

2018-09-24 Thread Philip Webb
180924 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday, September 24, 2018 2:42:49 PM CEST Philip Webb wrote: >> I did note in a msg to this list earlier this year (2018) >> that there had been no kernel stabilised by Gentoo since spring 2017, >> which suggested there had been some decl

[gentoo-user] Rust problem when upgrading Firefox

2018-10-15 Thread Philip Webb
yone have any similar experience or other advice ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Rust problem when upgrading Firefox : solved

2018-10-15 Thread Philip Webb
her I can still group tabs, whether directly with FF or via some add-on (whatever they're now called). Thanks for offering a bit of help. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Ci

[gentoo-user] problem updating KDE breeze

2018-10-20 Thread Philip Webb
phase): * emake failed Nothing in Bugs or Forum. An "emake failure" looks unusual. Has anyone else encountered this or does anyone have useful suggestions ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] problem updating KDE breeze

2018-10-21 Thread Philip Webb
r trying, but I believe the problem is somewhere else. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] problem updating KDE breeze

2018-10-21 Thread Philip Webb
Internet, from which you can download it : let me know. Thanks again to Dale & sorry to have doubted his expertise (smile). -- ====,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] problem updating KDE breeze : solved

2018-10-21 Thread Philip Webb
181022 Philip Webb wrote: > /usr/lib64/libKF5Declarative.so.5: undefined reference to > `QQmlPropertyMap::init(QMetaObject const*)@Qt_5' > /usr/lib64/libKF5Declarative.so.5: undefined reference to > `QQmlPropertyMap::allocatePrivate()@Qt_5' > collect2: error: ld return

[gentoo-user] Re: tab-grouping in Firefox

2018-10-21 Thread Philip Webb
181015 Philip Webb wrote: > The big question is whether I can still group tabs, > whether directly with FF or via some add-on (whatever they're now called). I've now been using FF for a few days & can report my experience. There doesn't seem to be an add-on which r

Re: [gentoo-user] problem updating KDE breeze : solved

2018-10-22 Thread Philip Webb
he reporter never came back to confirm > that reemerging kdeclarative solved the issue. I've added a comment to that bug. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Ce

[gentoo-user] Nvidia driver surprise

2018-10-28 Thread Philip Webb
s to work adequately for most things, but won't run 3D screensavers. Perhaps I should buy a more upto-date graphics card. Does anyone have comments or suggestions ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver surprise

2018-10-28 Thread Philip Webb
181028 Davyd McColl wrote: >> 181028 Philip Webb : Perhaps I should buy a more upto-date graphics card. > Or perhaps go team red. Personally, I've had enough of team green's drivers. > My 660ti is still working fine, but if it dies, I think I'm going red. > you can

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.27 is broken

2018-10-30 Thread Philip Webb
7;1' '2' '3' above, which are more important. It would help if you find them & report them to the list. No doubt others will offer more detailed advice. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] What's with KDE?

2018-11-05 Thread Philip Webb
ny features : there's a PDF help doc available. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] Kdewebkit puzzle : solved

2018-12-06 Thread Philip Webb
d successfully. The Forum entry is at https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8270652.html?sid=7f3d883e3448cdfb414a19a585fd1279 HTH others. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []|

[gentoo-user] do I need plasma-meta to use KDE ?

2018-12-07 Thread Philip Webb
an anyone advise me whether I need kde-plasma in order to use KDE ? -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] ...I not allowed to make pdfs from images??????

2018-12-09 Thread Philip Webb
Do they apply to a single-user system ? -- if not, why is the restrictive version of the policy file installed by default rather than a warning at the end of the emerge output ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] ...I not allowed to make pdfs from images??????

2018-12-09 Thread Philip Webb
181209 Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Sonntag, 9. Dezember 2018, 11:35:16 CET schrieb Philip Webb: >> What exactly are the "security reasons" ? >> Do they apply to a single-user system ? -- if not, >> why is the restrictive version of the policy file installed by default

Re: [gentoo-user] rkhunter reports xorddos component

2019-02-27 Thread Philip Webb
unlikely to be subverted somehow. As someone suggested, Rkhunter is probably tested only on Systemd machines. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto T

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE plasma upgrade heads up for possible problem

2019-03-05 Thread Philip Webb
newer version of this script without .sh did not find the issue. So what was the actual problem & how did you solve it ?? Don't just leave us in suspense (sigh). -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC

[gentoo-user] Ssh problem

2019-03-09 Thread Philip Webb
7;s URL, which doesn't seem to be a problem. Can anyone suggest what's gone wrong ? -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved

2019-03-10 Thread Philip Webb
190310 Nils Freydank wrote: > Am Sonntag, 10. März 2019, 08:25:54 CET schrieb Philip Webb: >> I updated Ssh yesterday : >> [...] >> ssh x.y.z >> Unable to negotiate with 128.100.160.1 port 22: no matching key >> exchange method found. Their offer: >> di

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved

2019-03-11 Thread Philip Webb
r suggestions ? -- ====,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved

2019-03-11 Thread Philip Webb
kex: algorithm: (no match) Unable to negotiate with port 22: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 Is that any help ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT _

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved

2019-03-12 Thread Philip Webb
="ssh1" emerge -pv =openssh-7.9_p1-r4 Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R] net-misc/openssh-7.9_p1-r4::gentoo USE="X -X509 -audit -bindist -debug -hpn -kerberos -ldns -libedit -libressl -livecd -pam -pie -sctp (-selinux) ssl -static -test" Can anyone offer furth

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : half-solved

2019-03-12 Thread Philip Webb
190312 Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 12 March 2019 10:02:07 GMT Philip Webb wrote: >> I tried adding the 'Ciphers' line, which is mentioned in the I/net page, >> but Ssh chokes, so I commented it again : > The ciphers do not come into play > until the key exchange al

Re: [gentoo-user] Ssh problem : solved but weird

2019-03-12 Thread Philip Webb
190312 Philip Webb wrote: > Progress, but still a puzzle. I commented the lines in /etc/... > & when I use the IP, not the URL, the connection goes thro' ; > when I use the URL, it still doesn't. Here's the output : ... skip ... > So why does IP vs URL make

Re: [gentoo-user] Stable gcc:7.3.0 won't build with stable glibc

2019-03-29 Thread Philip Webb
SMP Sun Aug 19 23:59:47 EDT 2018 x86_64 AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

2019-04-27 Thread Philip Webb
at once, everything thereafter is ruined. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] point and click in vim stopped working

2019-05-23 Thread Philip Webb
m ? I've had a desktop devoted to Gvim always open for many years. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] i don't see icu

2019-06-15 Thread Philip Webb
t;nls"', but otherwise there's anothe conflict with 'boost'. 'icu' provides "international components for Unicode" : whyever is that simple stuff running into this problem ? Any suggestions welcome. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] Gvim icon problem

2019-06-15 Thread Philip Webb
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[gentoo-user] Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
Recently, I updated to Xscreensaver 5.42 & now it's very slow : some savers aren't moving at all. Has anyone else experienced this ? Does anyone have a solution ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
190618 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2019-06-18 05:36, Philip Webb wrote: >> Recently, I updated to Xscreensaver 5.42 & now it's very slow : >> some savers aren't moving at all. > Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? No. The problem seems to be wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gvim icon problem

2019-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
190615 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 15/06/2019 12:00, Philip Webb wrote: > > I've just upgraded to Gvim 8.1.1486 & most of the icons have disappeared. > Is kde-plasma/kde-gtk-config installed ? Yes. > Open the KDE "System Settings", and go to "Application

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gvim icon problem

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
190618 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 18/06/2019 19:06, Philip Webb wrote: >> I've just upgraded to Gvim 8.1.1486 & most of the icons have disappeared. > Is kde-plasma/kde-gtk-config installed ? >> Yes. > Open the KDE "System Settings", and go to "Applic

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: i don't see icu

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
190615 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 15/06/2019 11:57, Philip Webb wrote: >> For a long time, I've been having a problem upgrading 'icu'. >> There seems to be a conflict with KDE : >>!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
m -perl -selinux -suid -xinerama) Something seems to have changed in 5.42 : I haven't merged anything else which would affect it. I can restore 40 or 38 , but does anyone have further suggestions first ? -- ====,, SUPPORT ___

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the "halt" user for?

2019-06-20 Thread Philip Webb
via Ctl-Alt-F2 (F3 etc), login as 'root' & issue 'shutdown -h now' ? -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, Univ

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-20 Thread Philip Webb
190619 Philip Webb wrote: > Something seems to have changed in 5.42 : > I haven't merged anything else which would affect it. > I can restore 40 or 38 , but does anyone have further suggestions first ? I've reverted to 5.40 & the speed is back to normal. Does anyone have

[gentoo-user] why does Udisks require Lvm2 ?

2019-06-22 Thread Philip Webb
v-libs/libaio-0.3.110::gentoo USE="-static-libs -test" ABI_X86="-32 (64) (-x32)" 42 KiB I don't use LVM nor do I want to install 'lvm2' : can anyone suggest why is it required ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] Gvim tear-off menus have disappeared

2019-06-22 Thread Philip Webb
190619 Philip Webb wrote: > 190618 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 18/06/2019 19:06, Philip Webb wrote: >>> I've just upgraded to Gvim 8.1.1486 & most of the icons have disappeared. >> Open the KDE "System Settings", and go to "Application Style&qu

[gentoo-user] Portage irritant

2019-06-22 Thread Philip Webb
esn't Portage make that decision in the first place & save users an extra step or steps, if there are several such files ? Is there a reason or should I file a bug ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___,

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage irritant

2019-06-22 Thread Philip Webb
190622 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 17:47:58 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> root:523 ~> etc-update >> Scanning Configuration files... >> Automerging trivial changes in: /etc/nanorc >> Exiting: Nothing left to do; exiting. :) >> Whyever doesn

Re: [gentoo-user] why does Udisks require Lvm2 ?

2019-06-22 Thread Philip Webb
190622 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 17:41:03 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> root:528 ~> USE="cryptsetup" emerge -pvt udisks ... >> [ebuild N ]sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.184-r4::gentoo >> USE="-device-mapper-only -lvm2create_initrd readline

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-23 Thread Philip Webb
menu and so on. Here, pressing Tab-Tab simply moves 2 cells to the right. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part I

2019-06-24 Thread Philip Webb
don't need 'powerdevil', but the '-wireless' flag has been set all along anyway (grin). Yes, I know there are opposite cases too. -- ====,, SUPPORT ___//___, Ph

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-24 Thread Philip Webb
190624 Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 23 June 2019 21:31:33 BST Philip Webb wrote: >> 190623 Stefano Crocco wrote: >>> a few months ago I started noticing a very annoying behavior >>> when pressing the "tab" key in Libreoffice Calc. >>> Previously, pressing

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-24 Thread Philip Webb
190624 Stefano Crocco wrote: > On domenica 23 giugno 2019 22:31:33 CEST Philip Webb wrote: >> That's what it does for me now, using LO 6.2.4.2 on KDE. >> Here, pressing Tab-Tab simply moves 2 cells to the right. > Do you have the kde use flag enabled ? > This

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behavior of "tab" key with Libreoffice Calc and Plasma

2019-06-24 Thread Philip Webb
thing re a bug, but it does say 'VLC: gtk3'. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation

2019-07-05 Thread Philip Webb
I started using Gentoo in 2003. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin only allowing a single instance after update

2019-08-17 Thread Philip Webb
r for heavy lifting, so this doesn't affect me. HTH -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Dolphin only allowing a single instance after update

2019-08-17 Thread Philip Webb
usader for root access > so it's not like I'm not totally against using something else.  Krusader is a bit powerful for ordinary little move/copy/read's, but there's no reason you couldn't use it like that, if you need to. -- ========,,

[gentoo-user] problem dropping Python 2.7

2019-09-11 Thread Philip Webb
USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: python? ( python_targets_python2_7 ) The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression: python? ( any-of ( python_targets_python2_7 ) ) 'libxslt-1.1.33-r1.ebuild' does in fact say "PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )"

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem dropping Python 2.7

2019-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
190912 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/09/2019 07:36, Philip Webb wrote: >> I've been trying to eliminate Python 2.7 >> & have dropped the 'TARGETS' lines from 'make.conf', leaving only 3.6 , >> but it seems that a number of pkgs still require it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem dropping Python 2.7

2019-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
elling Portage that Firefox needs Python-2.7 ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem dropping Python 2.7

2019-09-13 Thread Philip Webb
190913 Franz Fellner wrote: > 190913 schrieb Philip Webb >> What about Firefox ? >> -- trying to unmerge Python-2.7 tells me that Firefox-60.8.0 requires >> "python 2.7.5-r2:2.7[ncurses sqlite ssl threads]". >> That Firefox ebuild does indeed require

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem dropping Python 2.7

2019-09-13 Thread Philip Webb
190912 David Haller wrote: > On Thu, 12 Sep 2019, Philip Webb wrote: >> I'm now left with 5 problem pkgs : >> llvm-7.1.0 fetchmail-6.3.26-r4 qtwebkit-5.212.0_pre20180120 > For fetchmail, unset the 'tk'-useflag: > + + tk : Enable support for Tk GUI toolkit,

Re: [gentoo-user] Slow UI for firefox 68

2019-09-17 Thread Philip Webb
rt the USE list in 'make.conf', which is widely denounced, but useful more often than not. -- ====,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] power button to shutdown for openrc?

2019-11-13 Thread Philip Webb
s your mobo off-switch. It's never sensible to simply press the power button or your filesystems will need to check themselves on next boot. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] []

[gentoo-user] problem with Fetchmail

2019-12-10 Thread Philip Webb
ging over ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] safe use of .gnupg

2019-12-17 Thread Philip Webb
SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] safe use of .gnupg

2019-12-18 Thread Philip Webb
191218 Mick wrote: > On Wednesday, 18 December 2019 07:33:51 GMT Andrew Udvare wrote: >> On Dec 17, 2019, at 20:51, Philip Webb wrote: >>> When encrypting a file, I was told : >>> root:552 root> gpg -c >>> gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on homedir

[gentoo-user] KDE Plasma problem

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
s now to be found or what its replacement is ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Plasma problem

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
191228 Dale wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> I've just updated to KDE Plasma 5.17.4 & can't start KDE >> because it can't find 'startkde', so I'm back with the elegance of Fluxbox. >> Can anyone tell me where 'startkde' is now to b

Re: [gentoo-user] "Application Menu" missing on Desktop after KDE/Plasma update from 5.16.5 to 5.17.4

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
ntainments][7][Applets][32][Configuration][General] > noteId=5be6cd77-115f-43e3-860b-15972fbea2 > > [Containments][7][ConfigDialog] > DialogHeight=600 > DialogWidth=800 230,231c125 < ToolBoxButtonState=top < ToolBoxButtonX=1658 --- > ItemsGeometries=Applet-32:688,592,288,288,0; -- end of diff -- HTH someone pin down the crucial change(s). If anyone does, please let the rest of us know. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] "Application Menu" missing on Desktop after KDE/Plasma update from 5.16.5 to 5.17.4

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
191228 Philip Webb wrote: > When I updated, Portage (or whatever) kindly created a back-up '...~', > so I have diff'ed the 2 versions as below : > > 2d1 > < LeftButton;NoModifier=org.kde.applauncher -- snipped -- The '<' version is the n

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE panel shows wrong time

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
191228 David Haller wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019, Philip Webb wrote: >> I've also had another KDE desktop problem for a long time. >> The clock on the panel claims it's showing EST (N America), >> but in fact deducts another 5 hr , so 06:32 EST shows as 01:32 ES

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE panel shows wrong time

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
191228 Philip Webb wrote: >> I've also had another KDE desktop problem for a long time. >> The clock on the panel claims it's showing EST (N America), >> but in fact deducts another 5 hr , so 06:32 EST shows as 01:32 EST. > The 'date' command give : &#

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

2019-12-28 Thread Philip Webb
an advantage. L-click still does nothing on the desktop, but I can live with that. HTH -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE panel shows wrong time : solved

2019-12-29 Thread Philip Webb
7;t matter much. The label 'UTC' under 'City' is very misleading. Thanks for helping me solve a long-standing problem. I'll add a note in my home-made help files. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

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

2019-12-29 Thread Philip Webb
it adequate for them ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

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

2019-12-30 Thread Philip Webb
191229 Philip Webb wrote: > 191229 Franz Fellner wrote: >> This sounds like a bug to me. >> Could you please report it on bugs.gentoo.org. > I'll leave that for now, as there mb further discussion here. I've

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

2019-12-30 Thread Philip Webb
191230 Philip Webb wrote: > I've submitted Gentoo Bug 704264 . This is the response : --- Comment #1 from Andreas Sturmlechner --- We don't change anything downstream. If this is a bug, then please submit it upstream. I can submit it to KDE Bugs, but first what to others think

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

2020-01-02 Thread Philip Webb
191230 Philip Webb wrote: > I've submitted Gentoo Bug 704264 . There is already a KDE bug report : https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413104 The Gentoo bug report is still open. -- ,,

[gentoo-user] qtwebkit problem (solved)

2020-01-05 Thread Philip Webb
rd way. It's also a puzzle why qtwebkit failed on this re-merge after compiling successfully when previously updated a few months ago. It's a very long time since my system (on any box) crashed in this manner. This is FYI, but others might have a few comments. -- ====

Re: [gentoo-user] qtwebkit problem (solved)

2020-01-06 Thread Philip Webb
200105 Jack wrote: > On 1/5/20 5:01 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> In order to update to the latest stable PyQt5-5.13.2 , >> I was required to remerge qtwebkit-5.212.0_pre20190629 ; >> Towards the end of the latter compile, I suddenly found myself >> looking at a complet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: octave won't run

2020-02-06 Thread Philip Webb
calculates '1+1' without any problems. So the solution to the OP's problem mb simply to unmerge lapack-reference . -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Citie

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem with Fetchmail

2020-03-02 Thread Philip Webb
191211 Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On 12/10/19 11:03 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> A few days ago, I updated Fetchmail to the latest stable 6.4.1 . >> Immediately, it stopped fetching mail from one of my mail forwarders ; >> the other one still worked, as I found by test-mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem with Fetchmail

2020-03-03 Thread Philip Webb
200303 Jack wrote: > On 2020.03.03 02:54, Philip Webb wrote: >> However, my ISP is now sending me an e-mail every 5 min , >> after Fetchmail checks for mail : >> >> From: "(Cron Daemon)" >> To: purslow@*** >> Subject: Cron test -e /var/run

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem with Fetchmail

2020-03-04 Thread Philip Webb
sity a/c ; when I commented the lines for the latter in .fetchmailrc , they stopped. Since I no longer expect to get mail via the UoT a/c, I can leave it at that, tho' perhaps I should amend my sig below. -- ========,, SUPPORT ___

[gentoo-user] 'su' missing

2020-03-12 Thread Philip Webb
27; : might that be the cause ? BTW no-one else has physical access to this machine, so leaving a root terminal running does not endanger security. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] []

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