Re: [gentoo-user] emerging with distcc: What's taking so long?

[lee]

Neil Bothwick  writes:

> On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:37:55 +0100, lee wrote:
>
>> > What about things like flash plugins? Those are often wanted on
>> > desktops and need multilib.  
>> 
>> Flash sucks, and fortunately, it's dead.
>
> It should be, but it's not. There are still many sites that require it.

It's not my problem when they are still using it.

>> 64bit should be the default for all profiles, with the option to add
>> 32bit support in case you need it.  Which parts of gnome, kde or another
>> IDE don't compile as 64bit?
>
> That's where the ABI_* stuff comes in, which I believe should replace
> multilib eventually. The problem is not software you compile, it is
> precompiled software. If you don't like flash, here's another example
> that you probably hate but is needed by a lot of people - Skype.

Skype sucks --- and it's not usable at all because there is no privacy
whatsoever.  They will listen in and record whatever they like.

You may also have some ancient games you might want to play, or you can
have an old computer that doesn't do 64bit.  And if you do want to use
32bit software or an old computer, nothing would prevent you from
selecting a profile that gives you 32bit support, or you can have
everything in 32bit.

That there are a few special cases for which some people still need it
doesn't mean that everyone should be forced to use a multilib profile
when 100% of the software they're running is 64bit.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree

[Mick]

On Sunday 10 Jan 2016 16:50:58 »Q« wrote:
> AFAIK, with all major browsers supporting HTML5 video, the only reason
> so many sites still require Flash is that it costs money to transition.

With websites usually redesigned every 3-5 years we should hopefully see the 
majority of sites moving off flash soon.  Laggards who don't get hacked may 
take 
up to 10 years though.  :-(
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] showconsole sourcefile

[Dale]

James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to find the old sourcefile (the file that would be downloaded
> to /usr/portage/distfiles/ ) for app-admin/showconsole. It is an old
> remnant not of much use to most, but I need/want to look at the sources.
>
>
> The last ebuilds show::
>
> HOMEPAGE="http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/";
>
> or 
>
>  
> https://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-*/inst-source/suse/src/
>
>
> But the sources are not there. Any ideas how I can retrieve the  sourcefile
> for ?app-admin/showconsole-1.08, despite it being masked for removal?
> Perhaps the openrc team maintains a publically accessible archive I am not
> aware of ?  Vapier worked on it years ago.
>
>
> James
>
>

I sent you the tarball I have here.  I sent it offlist tho.  Should be
there by the time you get this. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

[gentoo-user] showconsole sourcefile

[James]

Hello,

I'm trying to find the old sourcefile (the file that would be downloaded
to /usr/portage/distfiles/ ) for app-admin/showconsole. It is an old
remnant not of much use to most, but I need/want to look at the sources.


The last ebuilds show::

HOMEPAGE="http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/";

or 

 https://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-*/inst-source/suse/src/


But the sources are not there. Any ideas how I can retrieve the  sourcefile
for ?app-admin/showconsole-1.08, despite it being masked for removal?
Perhaps the openrc team maintains a publically accessible archive I am not
aware of ?  Vapier worked on it years ago.


James

Re: [gentoo-user] wakeup from suspend

[Meino . Cramer]

waltd...@waltdnes.org  [16-01-11 04:04]:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 02:55:57PM +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
> > Hi,
> > 
> > currently I am experimenting with a new embedded system
> > (OrangePI PC). I want to suspend the system to RAM.
> > After a period of time the system should wakeup.
> > 
> > The RTC on the board seems to support alarms.
> > 
> > Is there a tool to set the alarm time of an RTC
> > from the commandline like hwclock set the RTC
> > time itsself?
> > 
> > I couldn't find one (or successfully overlooked it...)
> > 
> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> > Best regards,
> > Meino
> 
>   I'm not aware of any utilities.  Is it linux, and how good are you at
> shell scripts?  Two virtual files you'll need to know about are...
> 
>   /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch
>   /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
> 
>   Note that writing to /sys requires root privileges.  Both files are in
> seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.  This is the same output that
> "date +%s" produces.  To test it, run the command...
> 
> date +%s ; cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch
> 
>   Let's say that you want it wake up in 3 minutes (i.e. 180 seconds from
> now).  You'll have to use either "eval" or backticks.  The command
> would be...
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> echo $(( 180 + `cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch` )) > 
> /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
> 
> ...and powerdown.  It should wake up 3 minutes after you issued the
> command.
> 
>   How about specifying a future time, you ask?  First, we need to know
> the input format.  The "--date" command uses the format
> "MM/DD/ HH:mm:ss" (Month/Day/Year Hour:Minute:Second)
> the brackets indicate optional items.  To get the seconds since epoch at...
> 
> year 2016
> month 01
> day 20
> hour 23
> minute 00
> second 00
> 
> the command is...
> 
>   date +%s --date="01/20/2016 23:00:00"
> 
> ...which outputs 1453348800
> 
> To set a wakeup alarm for that time...
> 
> date +%s --date="01/20/2016 23:00:00" > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
> 
>   You'll probably want to write a script to accept input from a user or
> another program.  Beware of UTC offsets and Daylight Saving Time.
> 
> -- 
> Walter Dnes 
> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
> 

Hi Walter,

THANKS :) for explanation...I am quite familiar with shell scripting
under Unices... :)

Your mail will help me a lot!

Best regards,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree

[Dale]

»Q« wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:47:47 -0600
> Dale  wrote:
>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong here.  Isn't flash supposed to be dying
>> anyway? Why are so many sites still using it if they should be using
>> HTML5? Isn't HTML5 supposed to eliminate flash??  
> It's been *supposed* to be dying for years, and HTML5 video was hoped
> to be the silver bullet that would finish it off.  Mozilla certainly
> wants it dead, and IIRC even Google and Adobe have paid lip service to
> killing it off.  Unfortunately (IMO, natch) Mozilla no longer has the
> market share to drive things, and (IMO again) Google doesn't have the
> will to deal with it, despite having taken steps such as using HTML5
> on YouTube.  Mozilla recently announced deprecation of all NPAPI 
> plugins -- except Flash, because people whose news/sports/porn videos
> stopped working would just switch to Chrome.
>
> I think we have to look to the big social media companies and to
> Google for hope, which is kinda sad.  Facebook has recently completed
> their transition to using HTM5 video. Twitter's Periscope still uses
> Flash.  I don't know what critical mass of sites will get Google to
> drop Flash support, but I think that's the only way it will eventually
> happen.
>
> AFAIK, with all major browsers supporting HTML5 video, the only reason
> so many sites still require Flash is that it costs money to transition.

Crap, it sounds like the buggy has one horse in front and one in the
back.  No matter how you look at it, they still pushing the buggy.  Yes,
the horse in the front is actually pushing because of the way the
harness is made.  Saw that on TV once ages ago.  Weird tho. 


>> I thought Yahoo switched a good while back.  I know I went in and
>> changed it to use HTML5 but it still gripes when I go there about
>> flash being a problem.  Odd.
> I dunno, I don't use Yahoo much.  The griping might be because Yahoo is
> embedding Flash from other sites -- I know they do from nfl.com, at
> least, because I was watching highlights there yesterday.


Well, I tested a theory.  I removed flash.  I then went to youtube and
guess what, the video played fine.  So, Youtube is ready for HTML5 it
seems but defaults to flash it would seem.  Why not the other way around
I wonder   Oh, auto-play was back again too.  Grr!!   lol 


>> I have a weather site that I use and as far as I know, it is flash
>> only.  Of course, it is a Govt run site so they will likely be the
>> very last ones to switch over to the new and improved way too.  :/
> Heh, I just found that NOAAH offers looping radar imagery via Java,
> Flash, HTML5, and animated GIFs.  Talk about the Department of
> Redundancy Department.  

I use a different site, will look into yours in a minute tho.  I just
picked a random radar for a example. 

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=GLD&product=NCR&overlay=1110&loop=yes


No flash, no worky.  :-( 

>> I'm planning to do my regular updates shortly.  Maybe something new
>> will be in the tree by then, I hope anyway.  One good thing about it,
>> it makes Yahoo not auto-play any more.  ;-) 
> :-)  That's one of the big arguments in favor of open tech on the web,
> that it gives users more control of their experiences.  I don't know of
> a way to prevent Flash autoplay short of something like FlashBlock.
>
>
>

Well, I do.  Just use a version of flash with a security problem.  Just
saying.  ROFL 

At least it isn't supposed to rain for a week or so.  I can't go without
that site for a little bit anyway. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

[gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree

[»Q«]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:47:47 -0600
Dale  wrote:

> Correct me if I'm wrong here.  Isn't flash supposed to be dying
> anyway? Why are so many sites still using it if they should be using
> HTML5? Isn't HTML5 supposed to eliminate flash??  

It's been *supposed* to be dying for years, and HTML5 video was hoped
to be the silver bullet that would finish it off.  Mozilla certainly
wants it dead, and IIRC even Google and Adobe have paid lip service to
killing it off.  Unfortunately (IMO, natch) Mozilla no longer has the
market share to drive things, and (IMO again) Google doesn't have the
will to deal with it, despite having taken steps such as using HTML5
on YouTube.  Mozilla recently announced deprecation of all NPAPI 
plugins -- except Flash, because people whose news/sports/porn videos
stopped working would just switch to Chrome.

I think we have to look to the big social media companies and to
Google for hope, which is kinda sad.  Facebook has recently completed
their transition to using HTM5 video. Twitter's Periscope still uses
Flash.  I don't know what critical mass of sites will get Google to
drop Flash support, but I think that's the only way it will eventually
happen.

AFAIK, with all major browsers supporting HTML5 video, the only reason
so many sites still require Flash is that it costs money to transition.

> I thought Yahoo switched a good while back.  I know I went in and
> changed it to use HTML5 but it still gripes when I go there about
> flash being a problem.  Odd.

I dunno, I don't use Yahoo much.  The griping might be because Yahoo is
embedding Flash from other sites -- I know they do from nfl.com, at
least, because I was watching highlights there yesterday.

> I have a weather site that I use and as far as I know, it is flash
> only.  Of course, it is a Govt run site so they will likely be the
> very last ones to switch over to the new and improved way too.  :/

Heh, I just found that NOAAH offers looping radar imagery via Java,
Flash, HTML5, and animated GIFs.  Talk about the Department of
Redundancy Department.  

> I'm planning to do my regular updates shortly.  Maybe something new
> will be in the tree by then, I hope anyway.  One good thing about it,
> it makes Yahoo not auto-play any more.  ;-) 

:-)  That's one of the big arguments in favor of open tech on the web,
that it gives users more control of their experiences.  I don't know of
a way to prevent Flash autoplay short of something like FlashBlock.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree

[Dale]

»Q« wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:26:19 +
> Mick  wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 10 Jan 2016 18:39:43 Ian Bloss wrote:
>>> You can install pepperflash to chromium although it's proprietary.
>>> Google Chrome has pepper flash by default  
>> For Chromium you can install:
>>
>> www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins
> For Firefox and other NPAPI-using browsers,
> www-plugins/freshplayerplugin is an option.  It's essentially a wrapper
> for PPAPI plugins, and it depends on chrome-binary-plugins.  Using it
> the past few months, I find I no longer get the "your Flash is
> outdated" messages from sites but it crashes much more frequently
> than adobe-flash did.
>
>
>


Correct me if I'm wrong here.  Isn't flash supposed to be dying anyway? 
Why are so many sites still using it if they should be using HTML5? 
Isn't HTML5 supposed to eliminate flash??  I thought Yahoo switched a
good while back.  I know I went in and changed it to use HTML5 but it
still gripes when I go there about flash being a problem.  Odd.

I have a weather site that I use and as far as I know, it is flash
only.  Of course, it is a Govt run site so they will likely be the very
last ones to switch over to the new and improved way too.  :/

I'm planning to do my regular updates shortly.  Maybe something new will
be in the tree by then, I hope anyway.  One good thing about it, it
makes Yahoo not auto-play any more.  ;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] wakeup from suspend

[waltdnes]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 02:55:57PM +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
> Hi,
> 
> currently I am experimenting with a new embedded system
> (OrangePI PC). I want to suspend the system to RAM.
> After a period of time the system should wakeup.
> 
> The RTC on the board seems to support alarms.
> 
> Is there a tool to set the alarm time of an RTC
> from the commandline like hwclock set the RTC
> time itsself?
> 
> I couldn't find one (or successfully overlooked it...)
> 
> Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> Best regards,
> Meino

  I'm not aware of any utilities.  Is it linux, and how good are you at
shell scripts?  Two virtual files you'll need to know about are...

  /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch
  /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm

  Note that writing to /sys requires root privileges.  Both files are in
seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.  This is the same output that
"date +%s" produces.  To test it, run the command...

date +%s ; cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch

  Let's say that you want it wake up in 3 minutes (i.e. 180 seconds from
now).  You'll have to use either "eval" or backticks.  The command
would be...

#!/bin/bash
echo $(( 180 + `cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch` )) > 
/sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm

...and powerdown.  It should wake up 3 minutes after you issued the
command.

  How about specifying a future time, you ask?  First, we need to know
the input format.  The "--date" command uses the format
"MM/DD/ HH:mm:ss" (Month/Day/Year Hour:Minute:Second)
the brackets indicate optional items.  To get the seconds since epoch at...

year 2016
month 01
day 20
hour 23
minute 00
second 00

the command is...

  date +%s --date="01/20/2016 23:00:00"

...which outputs 1453348800

To set a wakeup alarm for that time...

date +%s --date="01/20/2016 23:00:00" > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm

  You'll probably want to write a script to accept input from a user or
another program.  Beware of UTC offsets and Daylight Saving Time.

-- 
Walter Dnes 
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

[gentoo-user] Re: Adobe flash warning and tree

[»Q«]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:26:19 +
Mick  wrote:

> On Sunday 10 Jan 2016 18:39:43 Ian Bloss wrote:
> > You can install pepperflash to chromium although it's proprietary.
> > Google Chrome has pepper flash by default  
> 
> For Chromium you can install:
> 
> www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins

For Firefox and other NPAPI-using browsers,
www-plugins/freshplayerplugin is an option.  It's essentially a wrapper
for PPAPI plugins, and it depends on chrome-binary-plugins.  Using it
the past few months, I find I no longer get the "your Flash is
outdated" messages from sites but it crashes much more frequently
than adobe-flash did.

[gentoo-user] crossdev fail linux-headers

[Roosevelt Littleton]

http://pastebin.com/pWTx7yzg
 If I use *COLLISION_IGNORE* = in make.conf then when building stage1 gcc.
GCC complains about missing stdio.h. I'm trying to compile a 64bit kernel
on a 32bit userland. I have tried cross_compile=powerpc64 duh? No powerpc64
gcc is installed. Also, -m64 fail when I put it in the Makefile in the top
tree.

Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree

[Mick]

On Sunday 10 Jan 2016 18:39:43 Ian Bloss wrote:
> You can install pepperflash to chromium although it's proprietary. Google
> Chrome has pepper flash by default

For Chromium you can install:

www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Trying to create 7-zip executable for MSWindows using Gentoo

[Mick]

Hi All

I have installed app-arch/p7zip-15.09 and I am trying to create a 7-zip 
archive which will run on MSWindows as an embedded executable.  It seems that 
only the standard console SFX module 7zCon.sfx has been installed, in 
/usr/lib64/p7zip/7zCon.sfx and this is used by default:

===
$ 7za a -p -sfx archive.exe TEST1

7-Zip (a) [64] 15.09 beta : Copyright (c) 1999-2015 Igor Pavlov : 2015-10-16
p7zip Version 15.09 beta (locale=en_GB.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,8 
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU   Q 720  @ 1.60GHz (106E5),ASM)

Scanning the drive:
1 folder, 2 files, 62 bytes (1 KiB)

Creating archive: archive.exe

Items to compress: 3

Write SFX: /usr/lib64/p7zip/7zCon.sfx : 404528 bytes (396 KiB)

Enter password (will not be echoed):

Files read from disk: 2
Archive size: 404774 bytes (396 KiB)
Everything is Ok
===

However, when I use it as shown above to create a .exe file, this fails to run 
on MSWindows, saying things like:

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're 
running.  Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an 
x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the 
software publisher."

Trying to run it in compatibility mode (Windows XP Service Pack 2) also fails.  
Finally, when I try to run it as Admininstrator it says:

"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\user\Desktop\archive.exe'. Make sure you typed 
the name correctly, and then try again."


I did not tried to run it on the console in MSWindows, because the intended 
users would not know how to do this reliably.  It has to be a point and click 
solution.


Specifying any other SFX module listed in 
/usr/lib64/p7zip/help/cmdline/switches/sfx.htm#SFX_Module fails, since all 
other modules are missing:

===
$ 7za a -p -sfx7z.sfx archive.exe TEST1

7-Zip (a) [64] 15.09 beta : Copyright (c) 1999-2015 Igor Pavlov : 2015-10-16
p7zip Version 15.09 beta (locale=en_GB.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,8 
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU   Q 720  @ 1.60GHz (106E5),ASM)


Error:
cannot find specified SFX module
7z.sfx
No more files


System ERROR:
Unknown error -2147024872
===


Using the GUI (in Dolphin) automatically tries to use 7z.sfx and fails with a 
pop up:

No more files
cannot find specified SFX module
/usr/lib64/p7zip/7z.sfx


Any idea how I can resolve this?  I looked at the application's website, but 
the 7z-extras only seem to contain MSWindows files and I cannot spot the 7z.sfx 
module anywhere.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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[gentoo-user] Re: package deletions

[James]

Michael Orlitzky  gentoo.org> writes:


> Personally I would prefer a bug, but the proxy-maintainers page says
> that you should contact them directly. Either proxy-maint  gentoo.org
> or on IRC in #gentoo-proxy-maint.

OK, I'll drop them an email.


> Here's the list I hacked together.

Thanks:: snip

There have been many posts, here is what I'm going to send the
the proxy maintainers (not all from your filtered list) ::

dansguardian, gspeakers and showconsole may all
need to not only have a maintainer, but a fork is under consideration.
I hope suse's showconsole is actually a "rebranded" version of netconsole,
research needed on that one.

I also found  'net-fs/tahoe-lafs' quite intriguing so I'm a wee bit
uncertain as to  why this one is not being pick up? I need to read
up on it and test it a bit to learn more about tahoe-lafs.


Best way forward? So for now I just copy the contents of
/usr/portage/categroy/package into /usr/local/portage/category/package and
include
the relevant sources from /usr/portage/distfiles also under
/usr/local/portage. Any other relevant file to grab up before hatchet time?

Note:: I'm still working on my 'git_hub_kungfu' so I like to do old school
work on sources and such. Please point me to a 'cook book' approach on
gentoo-wiki-github instructions for the takeover of soon to be axed
packages, if it exists; maybe as an appendix to the dev-manual so folks with
insufficient current knowledge have a pathway forward?

Thanks for all your advice Michael. If this process is made easy and
documented, maybe others will show some interests in adopting a few
packages, particularly from the maintainer-needed listings.


James

Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree

[Ian Bloss]

You can install pepperflash to chromium although it's proprietary. Google
Chrome has pepper flash by default

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016, 10:54 Peter Humphrey  wrote:

> On Sunday 10 January 2016 12:25:41 Thomas Mueller wrote:
>
> > Adobe Flash remains a bitter reality on mlb.com, nfl.com, wfpl.org, AT&T
> > Uverse, among others.
>
> ... bbc.co.uk ...
>
> --
> Rgds
> Peter
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree

[Peter Humphrey]

On Sunday 10 January 2016 12:25:41 Thomas Mueller wrote:

> Adobe Flash remains a bitter reality on mlb.com, nfl.com, wfpl.org, AT&T
> Uverse, among others.

... bbc.co.uk ...

-- 
Rgds
Peter

[gentoo-user] wakeup from suspend

[Meino . Cramer]

Hi,

currently I am experimenting with a new embedded system
(OrangePI PC). I want to suspend the system to RAM.
After a period of time the system should wakeup.

The RTC on the board seems to support alarms.

Is there a tool to set the alarm time of an RTC
from the commandline like hwclock set the RTC
time itsself?

I couldn't find one (or successfully overlooked it...)

Thank you very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 7:27 AM, Dale  wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I keep getting a warning that Flash needs to be upgraded.  I went to
> packages.g.o and there doesn't seem to be a newer version than what I
> have.  What gives?  I'd upgrade if there was one available but there
> isn't or I can't find it one.  I found a bug report on the version I
> have installed so they know there is a issue but not sure what is going
> on in the background.
>
> Is there a alternative to flash?  Last I read on this there are but they
> have issues.  Are they any better today than they was a little while back?
>
> Also, is there a way to disable this warning?  I know about it but I
> can't do anything about it either.  It's just a annoyance right now.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>
>
When it comes to playing back video content on youtube and the like, I have
the HTML5 player enabled, which I am happy with.

I still use adobe flash player though for websites that still rely on it,
like 'imdb.com', etc.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full system encryption on Gentoo

[Markus Kaindl]

Am Donnerstag, 31. Dezember 2015, 00:15:33 schrieb Jeremi Piotrowski:
> This will lead to you having to enter the password
> twice - once when grub starts and once when the initramfs is setting up /.

If, and ONLY if, your /boot is inside your LUKS-encrypted volume, you can also 
add a keyfile for your LUKS-volume (I used another keyslot for that, but you 
can also use the password, you use for manual unlocking..) to your crypttab 
and your dracut-initrd:

% cat /etc/crypttab 
mySSD.cryptUUID=2850e418-f325-47b6-b42b-82a60055a0c6   
/root/mySSD.lukskey   discard,luks

crypttab-format: (Name  Path/Spec   /path/to/keyoptions) (see man 5 
crypttab)

% cat /etc/dracut.conf.d/luks.conf 
install_items+="/etc/crypttab /root/mySSD.lukskey"

check if the permissions for your initrd are save, aka only readable for root, 
dracut automatically sets them to 600 and root:root here, but better save than 
sorry..

with that setup you do not need to enter the password twice, because your 
initrd is able to open the luks-device with the keyfile.

Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe flash warning and tree

[Thomas Mueller]

> I keep getting a warning that Flash needs to be upgraded.  I went to
> packages.g.o and there doesn't seem to be a newer version than what I
> have.  What gives?  I'd upgrade if there was one available but there
> isn't or I can't find it one.  I found a bug report on the version I
> have installed so they know there is a issue but not sure what is going
> on in the background.

> Is there a alternative to flash?  Last I read on this there are but they
> have issues.  Are they any better today than they was a little while back?

> Also, is there a way to disable this warning?  I know about it but I
> can't do anything about it either.  It's just a annoyance right now.

> Thanks.

> Dale

>From news that I read online, Adobe no longer updates Flash player Linux 
>version beyond 11.x.

Many sites now, including YouTube, and many spammers, have gone over to HTML5, 
though some of those also work with Flash.

Under FreeBSD, I built gnash from ports, that worked with YouTube but not much 
else but can't be built for FreeBSD >=10.

I tried swfdec, but that didn't work on anything.

There is also lightspark; I am not familiar with its status. 

In some cases, it is possible to download a Flash video with youtube-dl or 
get-flash-videos.

Adobe Flash remains a bitter reality on mlb.com, nfl.com, wfpl.org, AT&T 
Uverse, among others.

Tom