Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM tmp file goes missing?
On 2024/01/05 at 11:46am, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 10:57, Andreas Fink wrote: > > It's the anacron job in /etc/cron.daily/systemd-tmpfiles-clean that > > cleans files in the tmp folder. > > There has also been a news item about the change on November 21st 2022. > > > > You might have to adapt the files that should not be cleaned by the > > automatic cleanup (or disable automatic cleanup). > > Good shout. Upstream has created a fix, but it is not in a release (yet). > > https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/b002d02bbe9281b8362fa549991b7581b7758668 > > I'll try that and see if my version of the problem appears again. Thanks for finding that. I love patches that I can actually understand. I've also applied the fix. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ESOL Coordinator, The Graham Family of Schools ESL Educator, Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998) Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] SDDM tmp file goes missing?
On 2024/01/05 at 10:57am, Andreas Fink wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 08:04:49 +0100 > Arve Barsnes wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 02:49, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > > Any thoughts on possible causes or fixes? > > > > I've also had this happen a few times over the last months, with error > > mails about SDDM tmp files from cron. Just wanted to pipe in and say > > that I don't have either rkhunter or keepassxc, so they must be > > unrelated. Running on openbox. > > > > I also have the 'unable to open new GUI apps' problem on a Plasma > > machine now and then. I had not connected the two, but maybe the same > > root cause. > > > > Regards, > > Arve > > > > It's the anacron job in /etc/cron.daily/systemd-tmpfiles-clean that > cleans files in the tmp folder. > There has also been a news item about the change on November 21st 2022. > > You might have to adapt the files that should not be cleaned by the > automatic cleanup (or disable automatic cleanup). Thanks! That must be the issue. Applying the config files that Arve suggested now. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ESOL Coordinator, The Graham Family of Schools ESL Educator, Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998) Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
[gentoo-user] SDDM tmp file goes missing?
Good evening, I few times (like maybe 3 or 4) over the last 4 or 5 months or so, I've woken up to a slightly broken X11 session. Nothing GUI has permission to access, starting in a terminal gives this message: > Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified I originally thought it was caused by an xscreensaver crash, but I've not been using it, and still woke up to this problem this morning. I've no idea the cause, and I'm sure everything was okay when I went to bed last night. The biggest hint came from rkhunter and anacron - rkhunter runs during the night, and when this issue happens, I get an email that includes something like: > run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter exited with return code 1 > > Opening file "/tmp/keepassxc-chris.socket" failed, ignoring: No such device > or address > Opening file "/tmp/sddm-:0-NpHoUj" failed, ignoring: No such device or > address I've not checked keepassxc (running, in the system tray) after this, but everything GUI (that I have tried) that was already running continues to run okay, but nothing new can start. Not sure if SDDM is a cause or a symptom, but /tmp/ should usually have something like this: > chris:~$ ll /tmp/ | grep sddm > srwxrwxrwx 1 sddmsddm 0 Jan 4 06:56 dbus-blahblah > srwx-- 1 sddmsddm 0 Jan 4 06:56 sddm-:0-blahblah > srwxr-xr-x 1 rootroot 0 Dec 24 13:15 sddm-auth-blah-blah-blah Best guess, this seems to happen after 10 days to 3 weeks of uptime, but only recently. In the past, I've had as much as a month or so of uptime (usually logged into Fluxbox on X11) without issues. When this happens, I log out of Fluxbox, log back in, and all is well again. I've not updated in the last few days, so that doesn't seem likely as a cause for the most recent occurrence. Any thoughts on possible causes or fixes? Thanks. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ESOL Coordinator, The Graham Family of Schools ESL Educator, Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998) Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] slim gives me blank screen after entering wrong password
On 2023/04/07 at 11:40am, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 4/7/23 11:06, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > On 2023/04/06 at 06:53pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> I'm starting X server via "slim" (XFCE4). When I enter a wrong > >> password the slim will not restart, it gives me black screen. Trying > >> to restart "xdm" over ssh does not help, I need to reboot the > >> computer. > > > > Have you tried restarting the 'display-manager' service instead? IIRC, > > it replaced xdm. > > You are correct, I'm suing "display-manager" not xdm. So I was > restarting the wrong one :-/ that is why it didn't work. One of those > days. > And to login it uses "lightdm" > Thank you for the pointer. I figured that might be it because I did the exact same thing the first few times after the switch. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ESOL Coordinator, The Graham Family of Schools ESOL Educator, Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998) Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] slim gives me blank screen after entering wrong password
On 2023/04/06 at 06:53pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I'm starting X server via "slim" (XFCE4). When I enter a wrong > password the slim will not restart, it gives me black screen. Trying > to restart "xdm" over ssh does not help, I need to reboot the > computer. Have you tried restarting the 'display-manager' service instead? IIRC, it replaced xdm. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ESOL Coordinator, The Graham Family of Schools ESOL Educator, Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998) Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Dlang questions, problem emerging gtkd and how to emerge gdc_11_ 2 ?
Thanks! On 2022-03-02 9:43 a.m., tastytea wrote: > On 2022-03-02 09:27-0500 Chris Phillips wrote: > >> !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "dev-libs/gtkd" has unmet >> requirements. >> - dev-libs/gtkd-3.9.0::dlang USE="opengl -dmd-2_074 -dmd-2_075 >> -dmd-2_076 -dmd-2_077 -dmd-2_078 -dmd-2_079 -dmd-2_080 -dmd-2_081 >> -dmd-2_082 -dmd-2_083 -dmd-2_084 -dmd-2_085 -dmd-2_086 -dmd-2_087 >> -dmd-2_088 -dmd-2_089 -dmd-2_090 -dmd-2_091 -dmd-2_092 -dmd-2_093 >> -dmd-2_094 -dmd-2_095 -gdc-11_2_0 -gstreamer -ldc2-1_25 -peas >> -sourceview -static-libs -vte" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" >> >> The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: >> any-of ( dmd-2_076 dmd-2_077 dmd-2_074 dmd-2_075 dmd-2_078 >> dmd-2_079 dmd-2_089 dmd-2_088 dmd-2_083 dmd-2_082 dmd-2_081 dmd-2_080 >> dmd-2_087 dmd-2_086 dmd-2_085 dmd-2_084 dmd-2_090 dmd-2_091 dmd-2_092 >> dmd-2_093 dmd-2_094 dmd-2_095 gdc-11_2_0 ldc2-1_25 ) > > This tells you that dev-libs/gtkd needs at least one of (any-of) the > listed USE flags. You can enable USE flags in > /etc/portage/package.use¹. For example, to enable gdc-11_2_0: > > echo 'dev-libs/gtkd gdc-11_2_0' >> /etc/portage/package.use/dlang > > Kind regards, tastytea > > > ¹ <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.use> > > > This appears to be working... will report back when its "done". (Although I wonder why dmd-2_096 wasn't in the list ?) Cheers! Chris
[gentoo-user] Dlang questions, problem emerging gtkd and how to emerge gdc_11_ 2 ?
Any Dlang users/experts out there? The following is hanging me up: # emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse --changed-use --verbose-conflicts --backtrack=3000 --keep-going=y --sync dlang >>> Syncing repository 'dlang' into '/var/lib/layman/dlang'... /usr/bin/git fetch origin Already up to date. === Sync completed for dlang Action: sync for repo: dlang, returned code = 0 # emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse --changed-use --verbose-conflicts --backtrack=3000 --keep-going=y --with-bdeps=y @world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies \ !!! Problem resolving dependencies for dev-libs/gtkd from @selected ... done! !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "dev-libs/gtkd" has unmet requirements. - dev-libs/gtkd-3.9.0::dlang USE="opengl -dmd-2_074 -dmd-2_075 -dmd-2_076 -dmd-2_077 -dmd-2_078 -dmd-2_079 -dmd-2_080 -dmd-2_081 -dmd-2_082 -dmd-2_083 -dmd-2_084 -dmd-2_085 -dmd-2_086 -dmd-2_087 -dmd-2_088 -dmd-2_089 -dmd-2_090 -dmd-2_091 -dmd-2_092 -dmd-2_093 -dmd-2_094 -dmd-2_095 -gdc-11_2_0 -gstreamer -ldc2-1_25 -peas -sourceview -static-libs -vte" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: any-of ( dmd-2_076 dmd-2_077 dmd-2_074 dmd-2_075 dmd-2_078 dmd-2_079 dmd-2_089 dmd-2_088 dmd-2_083 dmd-2_082 dmd-2_081 dmd-2_080 dmd-2_087 dmd-2_086 dmd-2_085 dmd-2_084 dmd-2_090 dmd-2_091 dmd-2_092 dmd-2_093 dmd-2_094 dmd-2_095 gdc-11_2_0 ldc2-1_25 ) The above constraints are a subset of the following complete expression: any-of ( dmd-2_076 dmd-2_077 dmd-2_074 dmd-2_075 dmd-2_078 dmd-2_079 dmd-2_089 dmd-2_088 dmd-2_083 dmd-2_082 dmd-2_081 dmd-2_080 dmd-2_087 dmd-2_086 dmd-2_085 dmd-2_084 dmd-2_090 dmd-2_091 dmd-2_092 dmd-2_093 dmd-2_094 dmd-2_095 gdc-11_2_0 ldc2-1_25 ) amd64? ( !ldc2-1_25 ) x86? ( !ldc2-1_25 ) (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) # dmd --version DMD64 D Compiler v2.096.1 Copyright (C) 1999-2021 by The D Language Foundation, All Rights Reserved written by Walter Bright # emerge --info Portage 3.0.30 (python 3.9.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop, gcc-11.2.0, glibc-2.33-r7, 5.15.19-gentoo-x86_64 x86_64) = System uname: Linux-5.15.19-gentoo-x86_64-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7_CPU_M_620_@_2.67GHz-with-glibc2.33 KiB Mem: 3818592 total,367956 free KiB Swap: 23437308 total, 23365792 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:30:01 + Head commit of repository gentoo: dd80fe7ad4b85979d2a4c5d7b149f571c0a68e10 Head commit of repository dlang: 0d8427cd2775b0381390618a943a8bafceff8f20 sh bash 5.1_p16 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.34 p6) 2.34.0 app-misc/pax-utils:1.3.3::gentoo app-shells/bash: 5.1_p16::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.3.1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.34.0-r6::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.18_p13::gentoo, 3.6.15::gentoo, 3.7.12_p1::gentoo, 3.8.12_p1-r1::gentoo, 3.9.9-r1::gentoo, 3.10.0_p1-r1::gentoo dev-lang/rust: 1.58.1::gentoo dev-util/cmake:3.22.2::gentoo dev-util/meson:0.60.3::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.7-r3::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.44.10::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.25::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf:2.13-r1::gentoo, 2.69-r5::gentoo, 2.71-r1::gentoo sys-devel/automake:1.13.4-r2::gentoo, 1.16.4::gentoo sys-devel/binutils:2.34-r2::gentoo, 2.35.2::gentoo, 2.36.1-r2::gentoo, 2.37_p1-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.4::gentoo sys-devel/clang: 10.0.1::gentoo, 11.1.0::gentoo, 12.0.1::gentoo, 13.0.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 9.3.0-r2::gentoo, 10.3.0-r2::gentoo, 11.2.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.5-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r6::gentoo sys-devel/llvm:8.0.1::gentoo, 10.0.1::gentoo, 11.1.0::gentoo, 12.0.1::gentoo, 13.0.0::gentoo sys-devel/make:4.3::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 5.15-r3::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc:2.33-r7::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/db/repos/gentoo sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes sync-rsync-extra-opts: dlang location: /var/lib/layman/dlang sync-type: git sync-uri: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/dlang.git masters: gentoo priority: 50 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2
Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files
On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1 > > When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps > It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens > and closes instantly. My guess would be that in XFCE, gs is successfully doing whatever (showing, interpreting, ??) in a terminal window and then immediately closing when done. Have you tried a GUI such as Okular or Evince? They both support viewing .ps files. In Thunar, just right click on the file and choose "Open with >" and either Okular or Evince if they are listed, or "Open with Other Application ..." if they aren't. (But if they aren't listed, you might have to install them, or a similar GUI viewer.) > I use hylafax + YajHFC and when I try to open some files I get an error: I honestly have no idea about hylafax and YajHFC. Unless there is more here than just trying to view a .ps file (or you are working in a very restricted environment), they are probably not the best tool. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL EducatorColumbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware
On 2021/12/21 at 07:17pm, Wols Lists wrote: > On 21/12/2021 18:49, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > 2b. press the "export video" button at the bottom of the window. Here, > > for me, the defaults work fine. > > The problem is 2b. For me, it's an extremely simple case of "I gave you > a dot ts file, I want a dot ts file back". > > The act of importing the ts file into the project seems to throw that > information away. I know a .ts is some sort of a container, with streams > and whatnot, but I don't have a clue what's in it. Why should I? > > All I know is I want to end up with EXACTLY the same sort of file I > started with, and this seems exactly what most video editors don't have > a clue how to do! > > (Like a word .docx - I don't give a monkeys what's inside it, I don't > need to, word takes care of all that. Why can't any half-decent video > editor do the same?) > > And yes, I have tried. You're hearing the screams of frustration from > countless failed attempts. Video files are certainly horribly complex. I promise I am no expert at all, but I have been fooling with them for decades, so I suppose I probably know a lot more than I realize, and more than most people who haven't been at it that long. I think the problem is that the files have both a container and a format. Matroska, if i understand correctly, is a container. It could hold video, audio, and even subtitles, in any of several formats. This is unlike a DOCX file, for example, which is always a zip file with xml (and other) files in expected formats. The closest to the situation you are seeing is if MS Office opened an ODT file (from LibreOffice) and always saved it - without asking - as a DOCX file. Even more out there would be if LO would accept ODT files that were tarred and gzipped instead of just plain zipped and that also could have html, markdown, or org formats instead of xml inside the tar.gz file. (that would an interesting world, i think) I hadn't realized it until you brought it up, but it is odd that so many video programs don't have a "save in the same format as the original" option. I'm sure ffmpeg can probably do it easily, but then we're back to the original issues with trying to get the cutting lined up neatly. Good luck. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL EducatorColumbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware
On 2021/12/21 at 05:13pm, Wols Lists wrote: > On 21/12/2021 16:07, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote: > >> Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick edit of > >> a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of the middle?) > > I've not seen anyone mention OpenShot. It is in portage, but masked for > > some reason. > > As someone else mentioned, you do have to create a project and then > > export. Really, though, the "create project, make export choices" is > > only like an extra minute or two of your time. I usually don't even save > > the project for just some simple trimming. > It may be a minute or two of YOUR time. > > For someone who doesn't "DO" video editing, it can easily turn into > hours of debugging trying to work out what does (or doesn't) work. > > Sorry, but you can't assume we're all video whizzes like you ... :-) > That's why we want something dummy-proof! Wow, sorry, didn't realize this was such a sore issue. Especially considering we've already discussed several command line programs in this thread. To export: 1. press the red circular "export video" button (or go to File => Export Project => Export Video); 2a. [optional] change the name of the video in the export window that pops up; 2b. press the "export video" button at the bottom of the window. Here, for me, the defaults work fine. I did it three times in less than a minute, double checking the accuracy for this post. So, not a huge inconvenience. Of course, if the defaults do NOT work for you, then you do not want something "dead easy", you want something that will read your mind and do what you want, somehow, automagically. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL EducatorColumbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Movie editing softeware
On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote: > Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick edit of > a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of the middle?) I've not seen anyone mention OpenShot. It is in portage, but masked for some reason. As someone else mentioned, you do have to create a project and then export. Really, though, the "create project, make export choices" is only like an extra minute or two of your time. I usually don't even save the project for just some simple trimming. Alternatively, there are sites that do video editing. I like veed.io just because it can add and then translate subtitles (which I need for my job), but I'm sure there are many others. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESOL CoordinatorThe Graham Family of Schools ESL EducatorColumbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new window
On 2021/09/27 at 11:07pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-09-27, Spackman, Chris wrote: > > > If it is still working, that is great news for users of > > Chromium-based browsers that aren't Google Chrome, but I don't think > > it is safe to expect the behavior to continue. > > It's Google. It's not safe to expect _any_ behavior to continue. :) It's funny because it's true. *Sigh* -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new window
On 2021/09/27 at 07:31pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:23:58 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > I couldn't (easily - I'm very busy right now) figure out how to get > > Chrome and Chromium to sync bookmarks and passwords and I want > > Windows, Android and Linux (all flavors) to be in sync if possible. > I use Chromium on my computers and Chrome on my phone and the > bookmarks are kept in sync without any action on my part. It seems > there is no difference between Chrome and Chromium in this regard. Is sync still working? I thought that Google had closed whatever loophole had allowed not-Chrome browsers to sync with Google Chrome. https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/122570052/sync-and-login-no-longer-works-in-chromium?hl=en https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/01/chromium-sync-google-api-removed I also remember that on the Twit network, either This Week In Tech or maybe Security Now talked about Google closing that "bug". If it is still working, that is great news for users of Chromium-based browsers that aren't Google Chrome, but I don't think it is safe to expect the behavior to continue. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Chrome - no system title bar or boarders
On 2021/09/24 at 09:42am, Mark Knecht wrote: > Kubuntu updated Chrome this morning but the problem still exists. I use Fluxbox and had the same issue. Found this today: https://piunikaweb.com/2021/09/23/google-chrome-94-use-system-title-bar-and-borders-checkbox-broken/ To fix the problem: you will need to head over to the chrome://flags page and find the “use-ozone-platform” setting. Make sure to change it from default to disabled, restart your Chrome browser and you will be good to go." I can confirm that this worked for me here. It seems to be a Google Chrome bug that is fixed / being fixed in the next version (also from the above link). I have NOT tried this fix on KDE. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Odd Chrome behavior when dragging tab to create new window
On 2021/03/12 at 02:57pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-03-12, Grant Edwards wrote: > > When I drag a tab out of it's parent window to create a new window > > [...] instead of staying where it's put the new window will follow > > the mouse cursor around the desktop anytime Chrom(e|ium) has focus. > [...] > > If I press ctrl-alt-backspace this behavior will stop, and the new > > window will behave normally. > I just realized that any keypress will cause the weird behavior to > stop. I have the same problem. Started recently. Right clicking on the tab and choosing "Move tab to new window" (if there is only one window) or "Move tab to another window" => "New window" (if there is already more than one window) works without problem. I've no idea what is causing the problem. Fluxbox is my window manager. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from Lastpass to Bitwarden
On 2021/02/17 at 06:51am, Dale wrote: > I simply googled for 'alternatives to Lastpass' and Bitwarden was one of > a few that came up. Several links were articles comparing the two. If > a person doesn't like what Lastpass is doing, it won't take much to find > other password managers. They may pick something besides Bitwarden but > still, they have the option of switching. I recently switched from LastPass to Bitwarden and this is exactly what I did. Many articles rated both highly, making me feel better about Bitwarden. I also liked that it is open source AND more affordable. I wish I could run my own server, but my security-foo is not strong enough to risk exposing not only my computer, but my passwords to the entire internet. However, there is another option that I've not seen anyone mention (apologies if I missed it): use local password manager (such as the excellent KeePassXC) for financial / very important sites, and an in-browser, Internet-connected manager for general sites of little consequence (like Slashdot, for example). I personally keep everything in KeePassXC and a subset of frequently used, non-financial sites in Bitwarden. I'm much more likely to log into a news site or perhaps even a shopping site from various computer. But, banking sites or other financial sites? ONLY from my Gentoo computer, because I am most confident of its security. Similarly, use different browsers for different purposes. I use Firefox for daily browsing, with hardcore security installed (ublock matrix, for example). Google Chrome is only for Google sites. Another browser is for banking and other shopping. Still has strong security, but not as strong because, at least for me, that tends to break those sites. Also, this browser only ever goes to those sites. In short, I guess I'm saying there is no need for either / or thinking. There are lots of ways to approach security. > I logged into my credit card on my cell phone, about the only thing I > use on my cell phone anyway, it worked OK once I figured out how to > get it to fill the info in. I might add, Lastpass has issues with > that site as well. If I didn't know better, I'd think the website > tries to prevent people from using a password manager. I agree - sites should be encouraging password managers, not discouraging them. I forget which site is was, but I had to deal with one that somehow disabled copy and paste (even with middle mouse button) in the password set up / change field. I used pwgen to make a 25 character random password and then had to type the monster into the site, twice! I'm sure most other people (less careful types) would just have switched to an easier password. Luckily / Oddly, the site did allow pasting into the password field for regular log in. -- Chris Spackman (he / him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Python3 emerge problem with pycairo and wxpython
Hi, On 16/09/20 11:50 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: Changing the subject does not start a new thread, nor should it. Sorry! Will be more careful in future. Chris PS 2nd try using correct list membership (*Darn this old version of thunderbird). PPS Removed old, intended to be funny sig. --
[gentoo-user] Python3 emerge problem with pycairo and wxpython
Hi I am having a problem with emerge, that I have successfully(?) worked around by cutNpaste, but would like to have a real fix for. It seems related to the python3 move, as I haven't successfully applied a default emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world since then... I always get the following 2 ebuild lines: [ebuild UD ] dev-python/pycairo-1.18.2::gentoo [1.19.1::gentoo] USE="-doc -examples -test" \ PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7%* python3_6 python3_7 python3_8 (-python3_9) (-pypy3%)" 0 KiB ... [ebuild N ] dev-python/wxpython-3.0.2.0:3.0::gentoo USE="cairo libnotify opengl -examples" \ PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" 0 KiB I can successfully cut those out and apply the rest of the ebuilds, can't determine what is pulling in wxpython. Any ideas on what I need to do to keep these from occurring? Thanks, Chris PS I see a 4.0.2 wxpython but since I can't determine whats using wxpython , I worry about forcing the newer (maybe not stable wxpython...)? -- -- -- Woda: "Java: write once, debug anywhere" Hong Zhang http://thehenrys.ca | Chris Phillips - Resident cat slave and dubious character | | mailto:northernl...@lgonqn.org (416)483-3768 | | http://LGonQn.Org/www/Chris.Phillips cell: (416)505-3610 | "EPIC stands for Expects Perfectly Intuitive Compilers" P. Bannon http://www.hazmatmodine.com NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. "blah blah blah - Ginger!" --
Re: [gentoo-user] A new Linux back door
On 2020/08/14 at 07:27am, Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I saw this today: > > > > https://linux.slashdot.org/story/20/08/13/174237/fbi-and-nsa-expose-new-linux-malware-drovorub-used-by-russian-state-hackers? > > utm_source=slashdot_medium=twitter > > > > Has anyone any more info? > It seems to affect only older kernels, before 3.7. So if you are > above that, which I would think most Gentoo users would at least be in > the 4 range or higher, then you should be OK. I checked and the oldest > kernel version is 4.4 here. That's for gentoo-sources. Of course, > one could download the original kernel sources I guess. I think the 3.7 version is just because that was when kernel module signing was introduced? According to Ars: The advisory also urged that, at a minimum, servers run Linux kernel version 3.7 or later so that organizations can use improved code-signing protections, which use cryptographic certificates to ensure that an app, driver, or module comes from a known and trusted source and hasn’t been tampered with by anyone else. Additionally, system owners are advised to configure systems to load only modules with a valid digital signature making it more difficult for an actor to introduce a malicious kernel module into the system,” the advisory stated. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/nsa-and-fbi-warn-that-new-linux-malware-threatens-national-security/ So, it sounds like you are not immune if you have 3.7+, just that you do have some additional tools you could use to protect yourself. I use Gentoo just at home for personal use, and it never even occurred to me to use digital sigs for kernel modules. I found this: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Signed_kernel_module_support but haven't had time to try it yet. Does anyone have experience with digitally signing kernel modules on Gentoo? -- Chris Spackman (he/him) ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.
On 2020/06/15 at 11:07am, Dale wrote: > I finally bought a 8TB drive. It is used but they claim only a short > duration. Still, I want to test it to be sure it is in grade A shape > before putting a lot of data on it and depending on it. I am familiar > with some tools already. I know about SMART but it is not always 100%. > It seems to catch most problems but not all. I'm familiar with dd and > writing all zeores or random to it to see if it can in fact write to all > the parts of the drive but it is slow. It can take a long time to write > and fill up a 8TB drive. Days maybe?? I googled and found a new tool > but not sure how accurate it is since I've never used it before. The > command is badblocks. It is installed on my system so I'm just curious > as to what it will catch that others won't. Is it fast or slow like dd? If you have a few days, I'd run spinrite (https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm) on it. It is very slow but very good at checking and repairing disks. (Gibson is working on an updated version that will be much, much faster.) No joke that you would have to leave the current version running for several days (at least) for an 8TB drive, if you ran the most comprehensive test. Aside from time, the drawback is that spinrite costs money. I've used badblocks and it is not fast, but not nearly as slow as spinrite. IIRC, it took maybe a few hours for a 250GB drive. That said, I've been lucky not to have a huge number of problems with drives, so I can't say how much either has helped. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Help working around a bug...
Hi, On 25/04/20 11:27 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 4/25/20 11:20 AM, "Chris Phillips"@T O wrote: How do I override the ./configure options for emerge [-r] ? If it's a one-time thing, you can set the EXTRA_ECONF environment variable to contain the extra arguments to ./configure. The contents of EXTRA_ECONF are appended to the end of the usual command, so yours should take precedence. Just be sure to set it only while emerging enchant (and not, for example, during emerge @world). Thanks! That did the trick: EXTRA_ECONF="--without-applespell --enable-relocatable" emerge --verbose app-text/enchant Cheers! Chris Re: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718634
[gentoo-user] Help working around a bug...
Hi I am a relative newbee to GenToo (*though familiar with all sorts of Unix/Linux/BSD OS) I am currently unable to complete a sync / build @world cycle because of a bug building enchant-2.2.8 , compile fails because it doesn't recognize the ObjC "@" syntax. There is a bug filed : https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718634 that has a suggested fix that looks appropriate: ./configure --without-applespell --without-aspell --enable-relocatable (Not sure about the --without-aspell bit, and I think this bug may have some relation to using GNUstep bits) How do I override the ./configure options for emerge [-r] ? Chris --
Re: [gentoo-user] Idea for Videoconferencing (Video part)
On 2020/04/03 at 11:16am, Petric Frank wrote: > Problem: Usually the camera is outside of the screen. The user > normally looks at the screen. As result the communication partner(s) > see him not looking at the camera. > Idea: Use two cameras positioned left and right or top and bottom of > the screen. Combine the two video streams and generate a third stream > having a virtual camera positioned at the middle of the screen. > Result: Better communication. The partners always looking in their > eyes. At the same time the screen contents can be viewed. I think this would be fun to try, but I don't have any idea the actual feasibility. Moreover, I believe Apple tried something similar, very briefly, with Face Time. I think it just used processing to try to "fix" where the eyes were looking. My understanding is that it creeped everyone out and no one liked it. Probably an uncanny vallley thing. So, they dropped it. (IIRC, I heard that on TWIT a while back.) Maybe two cameras could do it better, though? -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox and script block tool/addon
On 2020/02/17 at 02:31am, Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > I been playing with this add-on and watched some videos on it. While > it does some things better, it just isn't specific enough for what I > need. In some cases, if I blocked scripts with it, some sites > wouldn't work at all or caused other issues. In a way it's better than > noscript but it still just doesn't go far enough. I wish adblock > would list elements the way it used to. That worked great because I > could block scripts on a individual basis. Allow the ones I need and > block the ones that cause issues. I'm really surprised that umatrix (not ublock origin!) can't do what you need. As you note, it is much more granular than NoScript. Blocking elements at the subdomain level, you'd think, would be granular enough for most web pages. Are you saying you want to additionally allow / block scripts not just on a per-subdomain basis but on a per-individual-script basis? I've been using things like NoScript and uMatrix for many years, and I don't think even I would want to deal with that. How would you know which ones to allow? The Reg is showing 7, of which I allow 3. The Guardian has like 28, of which I allow 19. It would not be fun to try to go through all of those to figure out which ones are absolutely necessary. You'd be examining, allowing, and reloading 20 times per site, at first. Maybe the Tor Browser people would be interested in working on such an add on? -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] External hard drive and idle activity
On 2020/01/01 at 08:00pm, Dale wrote: > Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 1/1/20 5:09 PM, Dale wrote: > > Note: umount will normally block until buffers are flushed to disk. > > > >> Is it safe to turn it off even tho it is doing whatever it is doing? > > > > I wouldn't. > > > >> Should I wait? > > > > I would. > > > >> Does it matter? > > > > Maybe. [snip] > If I touch the enclosure and feel it doing something, I leave it on, > just in case. I actually been wondering about this for a while. > Sometimes it will stop after a couple minutes, sometimes it is still > doing its thing 30 minutes later. In the case of the first, I was > concerned about files being cached etc. I have a similar drive (8TB external. WD, iirc). It did something similar - it would seem to still be in use even after I umounted it - and I wasn't sure if it was okay to unplug (no physical off switch). Somewhere I found this command to shut down the drive: udisksctl power-off --block-device /dev/sdx I didn't see that command mentioned in the thread yet. I've been using it, after umount, for about 8 months for roughly weekly backups and some misc storage. So far, I've not seen any problems with it. The drive immediately shuts down, and there haven't been any data or performance issues. But because no one else has mentioned it, I wonder udisksctl is not the best tool in this case? -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998 Linux user since 1998 Linux User #137532
Re: [gentoo-user] ryzen and c-state poweroffs?
On 2019/05/04 at 08:34am, Mick wrote: > Did you try Ctrl+Alt+SysRq + R,E,I,S,U,B to reboot it more gracefully rather > than pressing the power button? > Regarding kernel parameters, you could try: > idle=nomwait > since dmesg indicates there's something wrong with it and hope a future > firmware release will address this bug. Great idea, thanks. I looked into that a bit but didn't get a chance to try it (and honestly, only half understood what I was reading). The computer developed other problems that made me just give up and return it. I'm ordering one from System 76 instead - hopefully a computer build for Linux will not come with any of these issues out of the box. Thanks for your help. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
Re: [gentoo-user] ryzen and c-state poweroffs?
On 2019/05/04 at 05:39am, Emmanuel Vasilakis wrote: > I'm not in any way familiar with these processors (only recently I've > been thinking about upgrading to Ryzen, so I've made some research > online. > Have you seen this: https://github.com/qrwteyrutiyoup/ryzen-stabilizator ? Thank you, I had not seen that. > Is it a first gen processor, or a 2XXX one? Not sure. Thanks for the advice. I actually ended up returning the computer. It started crashing in addition to this problem, so it was no longer worth my time to try to figure out. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
[gentoo-user] ryzen and c-state poweroffs?
All, I set up a new AMD computer (moved disk from previous Intel computer). After some struggles with bios settings, I got it to boot properly and updated for the new hardware. All seemed fine, but then it started "crashing" when left alone. From Googling, it seems that it has something to do with the bios powering down drives that aren't in use, but then not being able to power them back up. When it "crashes" (goes into a coma?), I have to use the power button to turn it off and then back on. As it starts up, the root partition is clean, but home has to be recovered - which seems to indicate that it is indeed an issue with the mobo/bios turning off the root drive. I found a Linux site that suggested this line in dmesg as a symptom: > [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0) The solution was to turn of C-states in the bios. I forget the exact wording right now, but I could not find it in my bios. I tried to turn off everything that seemed related to power saving, but several did not have an "off" option. So, I am still getting the error. For now, I set up a cron job to move a file from /root to /tmp every 15 minutes. This seems to work, but it is obviously not a long term solution. I checked for a bios update, but there was not one available. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there maybe a /sys/ or /proc/ file I can tweak to avoid bios powering things off? Thanks. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
Re: [gentoo-user] pam issues with crontab and xscreensaver
On 2019/04/26 at 10:14am, Spackman, Chris wrote: > But, xscreensaver cannot recognize my password. It just says incorrect > (or permission denied?) and will not unlock. I had to switch to vt1, > log in, and kill xscreensaver. > > Similar with "crontab -e" (as a regular user). It tells me I do not have > permission: > > "You (chris) are not allowed to access to (crontab) because of pam > configuration." Nevermind. Not sure what changed, but a re-emerge of pam fixed both issues. Very weird. Thanks. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
[gentoo-user] pam issues with crontab and xscreensaver
I recently moved my gentoo install from an old drive to a newer drive, and then into a new computer. I used rsync to copy the system over to the new drive. That all worked mostly no problem and the everything boots up and runs fine on the new computer. But, xscreensaver cannot recognize my password. It just says incorrect (or permission denied?) and will not unlock. I had to switch to vt1, log in, and kill xscreensaver. Similar with "crontab -e" (as a regular user). It tells me I do not have permission: "You (chris) are not allowed to access to (crontab) because of pam configuration." In the logs, I get: "unix_chkpwd[4603]: could not obtain user info (chris)" I don't believe anything has changed in the configs. I didn't make any changes, and emerge hasn't recently mentioned anything needing etc-update. /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver is just: authinclude system-auth /etc/pam.d/crond has more in it: auth includesystem-auth accountrequired pam_access.so accountincludesystem-auth sessionrequired pam_loginuid.so sessionincludesystem-auth This was all working fine yesterday before the switch. I used crontab -e to turn off a few things in my cron before starting the rsync. Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
Re: [gentoo-user] Cups can't see my USB printer
On 2019/02/17 at 11:39am, IMAP wrote: > After a long spell of no printing, I'm trying to get my mono laser > working again. I'm in the lp group, and the USB interface seems to be > working: > # lsusb | grep Kyocera > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0482:000e Kyocera Corp. FS-1020D Printer > But the KDE system settings applet can't see the printer, nor can > Firefox at http://localhost:631/. I've tried adding a manual > configuration, but the printer is still not found. Check the permissions on the device. I have a similar problem where for some reason the permissions on the device get changed to root:usb. It should be root:lp - at least, when I change to root:lp, the printer immediately starts working just fine. # lsusb to find the device, bus 003, device 008 in your case # ls -l /dev/bus/usb/003/008 to confirm permissions # chown root:lp /dev/bus/usb/003/008 to change the permissions I'm not sure when this started, but I first noticed it a few weeks ago. Not a huge issue, so I've not put much effort into trying to find the cause, I'm afraid. -- Chris Spackman ch...@osugisakae.com ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
Re: [gentoo-user] New profile 17: How urgent is the rebuild of world technically?
On 2017/12/03 at 06:55am, Dale wrote: > I think I get what you are saying. If for example you start a > emerge -e world, a emerge -uDN world or something and then stop it > before it finishes, running emerge --resume should pick up where you > left off. Another helpful option, which I don't think has been mentioned yet, is --skipfirst. With --resume, this is helpful when a relatively unimportant package fails to compile. Emerge will skip the one that failed (because it would be the first one in the resumed emerge) and continue on. Later, I go back and see about getting the failed package to work. I don't think that --skipfirst is a good idea if an important package (one that will affect many other packages) fails. But, I am not an expert on that stuff. So, if: emerge -e @world fails (on a relatively unimportant package), you could use: emerge --resume --skipfirst to continue. I am actually almost 75% done with the system rebuild and have had to do this so far with cdrdao and spideroak-bin (which probably doesn't matter as it is a -bin package). -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.24-r2 failed (install phase)
On 2017/06/16 at 09:55am, Mick wrote:
> On Friday 16 Jun 2017 04:05:17 tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> > On 06/15 08:18, tu...@posteo.de wrote:
> > > On 06/15 12:16, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 11:56 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > While updateing glibc-2.24-r2 failed to install.
> > > > >
> > > > > These are the last few lines of that process:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > al/execinfo.c.texi
[snip]
> > > > > [Makefile:12: install] Error 2
> > > > >
> > > > > * ERROR: sys-libs/glibc-2.24-r2::gentoo failed (install phase):
> > > > > * emake failed
> > > > > *
> > > > >
> > > > > If anything more is wanted, I will be happy to post the wanted logs.
> > > > > But I want to prevent to logbomnb the mailinglist in beforehand... ;)
> > > >
> > > > What version of sys-apps/texinfo do you have installed?
> > >
> > > [I] sys-apps/texinfo
> > >
> > > Available versions: 4.13-r2 5.2 6.1 (~)6.3 {nls static}
> > > Installed versions: 6.3(06:29:05 AM 02/18/2017)(nls -static)
> > > Homepage:https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
> > > Description: The GNU info program and utilities
> >
> > I installed this version:
> >
> >
> >
> > [I] sys-apps/texinfo
> > Available versions: 4.13-r2 5.2 6.1 [m](~)6.3 {nls static}
> > Installed versions: 6.1(03:39:36 AM 06/16/2017)(nls -static)
> > Homepage:https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
> > Description: The GNU info program and utilities
> >
> > and the same (see above) happens.
>
> Did you try reinstalling sys-apps/texinfo, before glibc?
I had a similar issue with texinfo just yesterday, but not with glibc
- I was unable to emerge almost anything. In my case, I think texinfo
was a symptom, not the problem. Perhaps it is similar in your case?
I ran "perl-cleaner --all" once or twice, did an "emerge --deep -av
--newuse @world" which found one package to update, and then maybe
perl-cleaner again, and finally, "emerge --deep -avu @world" was able
to upgrade / reinstall texinfo. After that, I was able to emerge
new packages just fine.
So, point is - maybe try running something like perl-cleaner,
revdep-rebuild, or the such?
--
Chris Spackman
GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Experiences with gtk3-nocsd?
On 2015/09/30 at 04:27am, Grant Edwards wrote: > [Actually, I don't recall ever using evince or atril for filling out > PDF forms -- so that might be another reason I'd have to keep > acroread around.] If you are okay with KDE apps, Okular has done a great job with all the forms I have tried with it. Only issue I have noticed is that check marks (which show up fine on the screen) end up printed as another character. Still better than dealing with acroread, in my opinion. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] Catastrophic bug in the firefox 'ProfileManager' function
On 2015/07/21 at 02:59pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:09:38 +1000, wraeth wrote: Have you tried Syncthing - http://syncthing.net/ ? No I haven't, but one of the main reasons for that is because I mostly bypassed online (read: not controlled by myself) services for any sort of syncing - I eyed a couple, but my primary thought was to retain proper control of my data. Syncthing is peer-to-peer. You can use their discovery server (or run your own) for clients to find one another, but data always takes the direct route. However, it is only for syncing, if you need the extra features, ownCloud works well. I have been using Syncthing also, for maybe a year now. It works well once you get it set up. Recently, the Android app (in F-Droid) has also been working well - for a while it couldn't find any of my machines. Like Neil said, though, Syncthing has no extra features - it just syncs between devices. The machines have to be online at the same time or no syncing happens, because there is no server in the middle to keep the data. Maybe because of this, I have had far fewer issues with conflicting file versions with Syncthing than I had with Dropbox. FWIW, I tried ownCloud a couple of times and could never get it up and running properly. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox problem
On 2015/06/07 at 01:57pm, Philip Webb wrote: 150607 Philip Webb wrote: Before I file a bug, has anyone else seen this ? Any advice ? So again, are there any other Fluxbox users on the list ? I am a Fluxbox user, but haven't updated, so cannot comment. I have been using this for several weeks with no issues: version: Fluxbox 1.3.6-gentoo-r1 : (c) 2001-2015 Fluxbox Team eix fluxbox: [I] x11-wm/fluxbox Installed versions: 1.3.6-r1(10:56:38 AM 05/17/2015)(imlib nls slit toolbar truetype -bidi -vim-syntax -xinerama) Sorry I cannot help. When I do upgrade (probably next week), I will check for the behavior you found. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
[gentoo-user] sound stuttering, breaking up, fading in and out
I have an issue with sound during music and sometimes video playback. Usually it fades out (gets quieter) and then fades back in a couple of seconds later. This happens randomly maybe a couple of times in an hour or two, but can sometimes go several hours without issue. It has happened with quodlibet and mocp (audio - mostly ogg, some mp3) and with vlc (video - mostly mp4/m4v). I don't use other music/video software enough to notice it there. During heavy load (like emerging packages), the sound will sometimes stutter or even stop and then restart a few seconds later. The computer is a few years old, but this has not happened in the past. I found somewhere the suggestion to add the following options to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf options snd-hda-intel vid=8086 pid=8ca0 snoop=0 The fading out/in *seems to be* less frequent since doing that. But that is my subjective feeling, not based on data. Any ideas on what might be wrong and how it can be fixed? ** System ** Window Manager = PekWM kernel = Linux sys76 3.18.11-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 9 13:56:02 EDT 2015 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux ** Hardware Info ** lspci reports: Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller Modules, from lsmod | grep snd: snd_hda_codec_idt 39744 1 snd_hda_codec_generic39746 1 snd_hda_codec_idt snd_hda_intel 17007 2 snd_hda_controller 13712 1 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec 68033 4 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller snd_hwdep 5373 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm63521 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller snd_timer 15422 1 snd_pcm snd49995 11 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel ** Software ** [I] media-sound/pulseaudio Installed versions: 5.0-r7(03:35:44 PM 04/08/2015)(X alsa alsa-plugin asyncns bluetooth caps dbus gdbm glib gtk ipv6 orc qt4 ssl tcpd udev webrtc-aec -doc -equalizer -gnome -jack -libsamplerate -lirc -neon -oss -realtime -system-wide -systemd -test -xen -zeroconf ABI_MIPS=-n32 -n64 -o32 ABI_PPC=-32 -64 ABI_S390=-32 -64 ABI_X86=64 -32 -x32) [I] media-plugins/gst-plugins-pulse Installed versions: 0.10.31-r1(0.10)^t(12:55:06 PM 04/11/2015)(ABI_MIPS=-n32 -n64 -o32 ABI_PPC=-32 -64 ABI_S390=-32 -64 ABI_X86=64 -32 -x32) 1.4.5(1.0)^t(04:27:00 PM 04/05/2015)(ABI_MIPS=-n32 -n64 -o32 ABI_PPC=-32 -64 ABI_S390=-32 -64 ABI_X86=64 -32 -x32) [I] media-sound/moc Installed versions: 2.5.0(05:50:51 PM 04/12/2015)(aac alsa cache ffmpeg flac mad magic unicode vorbis -curl -debug -jack -libsamplerate -modplug -musepack -oss -sid -sndfile -speex -timidity -tremor -wavpack) (I removed Quodlibet recently for unrelated reasons.) Thanks for any and all help and advice. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] sound stuttering, breaking up, fading in and out
On 2015/04/18 at 08:11pm, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: On Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:46:37 PM Chris Spackman wrote: I have an issue with sound during music and sometimes video playback. The Arch wiki has a lot of tips for configure pulseaudio: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#Setting_the_default_fragment_number_and_buffer_size_in_PulseAudio Thanks for the information. The arch page suggested setting enable-lfe-remixing = yes in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf for analog surround - which I have. Trying that now. Music is doing much better during a big emerge (so far). Next I will set the realtime use flag; hadn't seen that before. I'll try these for a few days and see how it goes. Thanks. -- Chris Spackman GNU Terry Pratchett
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: This nite's switch to full multilib
On 03/30/2015 02:52 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: I was also wondering if there might a way for emerge to show you which packages have USE flags enabled that aren't required by any dependent package: it would be sort of like emerge --depclean but for USE flags instead of packages themselves. Hi Grant, You are probably looking for enalyze from app-portage/gentookit. Presently it will rebuild your package.accept_keywords and package.use files after analyzing them. Its pretty darn helpful and only needs a little massaging after its done to be perfectly useful as a drop-in replacement file. Kind Regards, -Camisa
Re: [gentoo-user] So emerge spoke ...
On 02/10/15 13:13, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: Am Dienstag, 10. Februar 2015, 18:15:44 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: How can I list all offending ones? Check in /var/lib/portage/world if there are any lines starting with perl-core If yes, remove these lines and try again. I found the answers in this thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-997152-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html
Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Wang Xuerui idontknw.w...@gmail.com wrote: Just a side note... These 3 things don't play well with a Linux ecosystem, as you might know. They're M$ technologies after all (-: Hi Wang, As you suspected, I knew the solution was not going to involve DDE/OLE. I included them to encourage answers that explain how things work. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: It can be done with udev rules. See webpage http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/526#null The suggested udev rule is... Walter, Thank you for the link, that is great info! Because this is done independantly of the GUI, I don't think it'll set up an icon automatically. Yes I agree. I am still curious what is the mechanism that causes icons to appear on the desktop of popular GUIs. I suspect the answer involves the magic of policykit/consolekit/dbus/hal/gvfs/gnome-vfs/fuse/hotplug/udisks/etc. Thank you, Chris
[gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives
Hello, Which package(s) do I need that allow: 1. A USB drive is inserted 2. The drive is mounted in some location automatically (e.g. /media/usbstick) 3. (2) happens even when the drive is an NTFS or FAT32 drive. 4. (1)-(3) happens even if I am not running a GUI 5. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the GUI called TWM 6. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the GUI called xfce4 7. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the GUI called gnome 8. (1)-(3) happens even if I am running the GUI called kde 9. Bonus: if a GUI is runing, an icon appears on the desktop. This icon can be used to umount or to quickly navigate to the mounted directory. 10. Bonus: if you use words like dbus/policykit/consolekit/COM/DDE/OLE that allow me to get a technical understanding of the mechanisms in play. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] How does ssh know to use pinentry?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: Typically they are launched from a bash profile, or an X11 startup script. KDE/Gnome look like they have it in their default scripts. Just grep -r gpg-agent /etc and you'll find where it is being loaded if you didn't add them to your own startup scripts in /home. Rich, Thank you again. My bash history shows ssh-agent being executed in the past, but I'm still not sure where gpg-agent came from. Using gpg-agent is considered a best practice in general, so I wouldn't go getting rid of it unless it is really causing you problems. You haven't mentioned what issue you're actually having with it/pinentry/etc. FYI pinentry frustrates me because: 1. pinentry-gtk and pinentry-qt do not allow me to paste my passphrase. My passphrase is difficult to type. I keep my passphrase in keepass. 2. Supposedly pinentry-curses will let me paste; however, pinentry-curses doesn't work. https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Common-Problems.html suggests that my problem is a misconfigured GPG_TTY environment variable. At this point though I'm not even interested in using it anymore. At the moment pinentry is no longer installed on my system so these problems should be gone. If/when I understand what is going on, I'll reinstall them. FYI I removed pinentry with: tail /etc/portage/package.use # 2014-07-05 Avoid pinentry dev-vcs/git -gpg mail-client/thunderbird -crypt tail /etc/portage/package.mask # 2014-07-05 Avoid password entry program that disallows paste app-crypt/pinentry Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] How does ssh know to use pinentry?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: I think that the idea of keeping your passphrase in the clipboard is frowned upon for security reasons. Not only because of any potential memory leaks, but because you may inadvertently paste it in GUI fields/areas you were not meant to Mick, Thank you. I too have been concerned about this. I've also been concerned about memory leaks. FYI one cute feature of keepass is that it clears the clipboard 20 seconds after you copy your password to it. Today (2014) I am choosing to use the clipboard/keepass to manage complex/unique passwords. Perhaps in the future (2015) everybody will support something like the Yubikey HW OTP... in which case it won't matter if everyone sees my password! Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] How does ssh know to use pinentry?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Why not do the obvious thing instead? Run keychain and have it unlock your keys *once* when the workstation boots up. ssh then always uses that key as it is unlocked. Alan, Thank you. FYI, I do not have a problem typing my password 100 times per day. The only problem I have with pinentry is that it doesn't let me paste. Does keychain allow me to paste? If so, I'll consider it. However, now that I have killed pinentry from my system I am happily pasting my passphrase into the ssh console. On another note, from my OP, I am still curious how the ssh software knows to use /usr/bin/pinentry to fetch my passphrase. In a follow-up post, I discovered that this mechanism only works if an environment variable called GPG_AGENT_INFO is set. I doubt the ssh source code contains the string /usr/bin/pinentry or GPG_AGENT_INFO. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] How does ssh know to use pinentry?
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: GPG_AGENT_INFO tells ssh to use gpg-agent. Hi Rich, Are you saying that the ssh software checks for the presence of the GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variable? It find it odd that ssh hard-code the names of all possible agents. Also, I thought the ssh folks were BSD-friendly and GPG was GPL-friendly. Thanks, Chris
[gentoo-user] How does ssh know to use pinentry?
I am trying to ssh into a site using PKI. I have a private key in my .ssh directory that requires a passphrase. ssh is asking me for my passphrase using a terrible program called pinentry. It's terrible for a bunch of reasons, and if you are interested you can just google pinentry sucks. pinentry is on my system because it is a dependency of gpg. gpg is on my system because I use thunderbird with +crypt (which is the default). Question: By what mechanism does ssh know to use the program pinentry to acquire my passphrase? Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] How does ssh know to use pinentry?
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: In any case, I suspect that gpg-agent is actually serving passwords to openssh, so the file you want is ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf - it probably contains the line pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry. If you trust all your X clients you can set the option no-grab in the file which will probably allow copy/paste/etc to work with the entry window. Rich, Thank you, I will give that a shot. FYI I discovered: declare -x GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/gpg-2uVMfE/S.gpg-agent:26095:1 When I unset this env variable, ssh stopped trying to use pinentry to acquire my passphrase. However, I still do not understand how that variable got set or how/why ssh behaves differently when it is set. Chris
[gentoo-user] kswapd0 100% CPU with swapoff and no memory demands on system
Hello, I have a small system: - 6GB drive - ext4 partition mounted readonly - swap partition that is not listed in fstab and not enabled. (I will swapon it every few weeks or so if I need it for a large compile job) - 2 GB RAM When the system boots it processing video from a USB camera. The program dynamically allocates and releases memory while it runs, but stores no data in memory or on disk (read-only). The memory usage does not grow over time. When things are going well, top looks like so: === Tasks: 68 total, 1 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu0 : 88.3 us, 11.7 sy, 0.0 ni, 0.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st %Cpu1 : 25.5 us, 2.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 72.1 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st %Cpu2 : 6.0 us, 0.7 sy, 0.0 ni, 93.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st %Cpu3 : 25.7 us, 2.3 sy, 0.0 ni, 72.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st KiB Mem: 1861644 total, 161648 used, 166 free, 6948 buffers KiB Swap:0 total,0 used,0 free,57728 cached PID USER PR NIVIRTRESSHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2129 root 20 0 1774440 81712 25388 S 160.0 4.4 25:55.46 obt 705 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 1.0 0.0 0:07.87 kswapd0 2049 ueyed 20 0 620472 14092 13652 S 1.0 0.8 0:09.34 ueyeusbd Q1: Why does the kswapd0 process from time to time take up 100% CPU? Q2: Why does top show cached swap eventhough I do not have swap mounted? Q3: Is there anything I can do to prevent kswapd0 from using CPU on my system? e.g. disable SWAP in the kernel config I suspect the answer to Q1 is: a) kernel is not configured properly for my hardware or b) there is some bad side effect to my readonly root fs Thank you, Chris
[gentoo-user] init.d/openvpn starts init.d/net.eno1
Hello, At the moment I am running and receiving my network connection from init.d/wicd. init.d/net.eno1 is not running and I do not want it to run. Now I want to connect to a VPN: /etc/init.d/openvpn start Apparently as a dependency to init.d/openvpn, something launches init.d/net.eno1. Q: Why is init.d/net.eno1 starting when I try to start openvpn? Q: Why isn't net.eno1 satisfied with the network connection provided by init.d/wicd? Q: How can I prevent net.eno1 from being started by openvpn when wicd is running? PS: net.eno1 is rc-configed to start as default and wicd is rc-configed to not start at all. However, I find myself in a situation where I need to switch my internet access from net.eno1 to wicd. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] MESA + opencl = requires video_cards_radeon
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:20 AM, Éric DUNAND eric.dunand...@eriknet.eu wrote: Btw, if you intend to try the intel sdk for opencl, it actually computes on the cpu, not the integrated graphics. Eric, Thank you. I will try to use beignet as I am using Intel hardware. Chris
[gentoo-user] Am I being blocked from posting?
I tried to post a message on that certain bug to this list yesterday, and it has never shown up. I had two sources that suggested that said bug is far more severe than most people think. So this message is a test.
Re: [gentoo-user] Am I being blocked from posting?
On 4/14/2014 11:58 AM, Chris Walters wrote: I tried to post a message on that certain bug to this list yesterday, and it has never shown up. I had two sources that suggested that said bug is far more severe than most people think. So this message is a test. So, is there a keyword block on the name of that bug? This message posted, but the other one (I tried posting it twice - once yesterday, and once today), never showed up.
Re: [gentoo-user] Am I being blocked from posting?
On 4/14/2014 12:17 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:00:43 -0400 Chris Walters cjw20...@comcast.net wrote: On 4/14/2014 11:58 AM, Chris Walters wrote: I tried to post a message on that certain bug to this list .snip. Is it this message? http://gentoo.2317880.n4.nabble.com/Heartbleed-bug-td278708.html#a278743 Or is it another one? http://search.gmane.org/?query=author=Chris+Waltersgroup=gmane.linux.gentoo.usersort=date (The GMANE links are currently broken in the search, try again later) Feel free to put the entire mail including headers on a pastebin / gist. It is another one. It has links to two articles. One states that sources close to the NSA state that the NSA has been exploiting this bug for at least two years, and may have blocked it from coming to light sooner than it did. The other link basically describes the bug as catastrophic. They both included two links (both the full links and shortened versions). They would have been posted 4.13.2014 and 4.14.2014. They never showed up, on this list AND on the GnuPG mailing list. The message immediately showed up on the TOR list.
Re: [gentoo-user] Am I being blocked from posting?
On 4/14/2014 12:17 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:00:43 -0400 Chris Walters cjw20...@comcast.net wrote: .snip. Is it this message? http://gentoo.2317880.n4.nabble.com/Heartbleed-bug-td278708.html#a278743 Or is it another one? http://search.gmane.org/?query=author=Chris+Waltersgroup=gmane.linux.gentoo.usersort=date (The GMANE links are currently broken in the search, try again later) Feel free to put the entire mail including headers on a pastebin / gist. Pastebin / gist? How would I do that?
Actually, pay no mind... Re: [gentoo-user] Am I being blocked from posting?
On 4/14/2014 3:05 PM, Chris Walters wrote: On 4/14/2014 12:17 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: .snip. Feel free to put the entire mail including headers on a pastebin / gist. Pastebin / gist? How would I do that? It is not really that important to me to post something that, by definition, is off-topic anyway. Unsubstantiated rumors from anonymous 'sources', is not really all that important to me. Nor is if the NSA knew about the bug 2+ years, 2 seconds, or just when the bug was identified. They've already suffered quite a beating from Snowden's 'information' (would someone tell me HOW exactly a private contractor could have that level of security clearance, anyway? never mind). The bug's fixed - no damage done. We just have to trust that or get off the grid entirely.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 'Heartbleed' bug
On 4/10/2014 6:59 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Steve Gibson explained that the heartbeat feature was introduced in openssl to allow *UDP* connections to mimic the 'keepalive' function of the TCP protocol. IIRC Steve didn't explain how UDP bugs can compromise TCP connections. Anyone here really understand the underlying principles? If so, please explain! Thanks. UDP is not compromising TCP connections. The software bug allows malicious connecting code to determine the contents of memory, which is in use by sshd. How that memory got to be there is irrelevant. There are many lengthy discussions on the internet on how this vuln works. You should read them. While there may be many OpenSSL experts on this list, I believe that the BEST source of information on this bug, how it works, what it does, and so forth would be the OpenSSL mailing lists. The official Heartbleed web page has some information on it that is a good beginning for researching this bug, the the lists I mentioned above are probably the best source of information, after you understand the basics from the web page. Chris Walters
[gentoo-user]
Hello, The following page describes kernel, VIDEO_CARDS, and portage settings for nvidia video cards: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVidia/nvidia-drivers Is there a similar page for Matrix MGA G200 video card? In particular, I would like to know: 1. What kernel settings should I use? 2. What VIDEO_CARDS setting should I use? 3. Which packages should be emerged? Thank you, Chris
[gentoo-user] Why is portage insisting that I upgrade media-libs/opencv?
Hello,
Can anyone tell me why portage is insisting on upgrading me from
opencv-2.4.5 to opencv-2.4.8?
I would not expect portage to want to do this because:
1. opencv-2.4.8 is unstable (and I run a stable system)
2. opencv-2.4.5 is masked
Thank you,
Chris
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jane ~ # grep opencv /etc/portage/package.mask
# 2014-03-13: Hold off on opencv upgrade
media-libs/opencv-2.4.5
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jane ~ # emerge -Dauvt world
These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
The following packages are causing rebuilds:
(x11-base/xorg-server-1.15.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
causes rebuilds for:
(x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
(x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
[nomerge ] net-wireless/gnuradio-3.7.3:0/3.7.3 USE=alsa analog
digital examples filter grc qt4 sdl uhd utils wxwidgets -doc -fcd
-jack -oss -pager -performance-counters -portaudio -wavelet
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7 PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7
[nomerge ] dev-python/wxpython-2.8.12.1-r2:2.8 USE=cairo
opengl -doc -examples PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 -python2_6
[nomerge ] dev-python/pycairo-1.10.0-r4 USE=svg xcb -doc
-examples {-test} PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 -python2_6
-python3_2
[ebuild U ]x11-libs/xpyb-1.3.1-r3 [1.3.1-r2] USE=(-selinux)
-static-libs PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 -python2_6 0 kB
[ebuild U #] media-libs/opencv-2.4.8:0/2.4 [2.4.5:0/0] USE=cuda
eigen* gtk jpeg opencl opengl openmp%* png python%* qt4 threads tiff
-doc -examples -ffmpeg -gstreamer -ieee1394 (-ipp) -java -jpeg2k
-openexr -pch -testprograms -v4l -xine
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7%* -python2_6%
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7%* -python2_6% 89,163 kB
[ebuild U ] dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk-5.5.22 [5.0.35-r1] USE=cuda
doc examples -debug -opencl 829,510 kB
[nomerge ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.15.0:0/1.15.0
[1.14.3-r2:0/1.14.3] USE=ipv6 kdrive nptl suid udev xorg -dmx -doc
-minimal (-selinux) -static-libs -tslib -unwind% -xnest -xvfb
[nomerge ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.15 [1.14]
INPUT_DEVICES=evdev synaptics -acecad -aiptek -elographics -fpit
-hyperpen -joystick -keyboard -mouse -mutouch -penmount -tslib
-vmmouse -void -wacom VIDEO_CARDS=fbdev nvidia vesa -apm -ast -chips
-cirrus -dummy -epson -fglrx (-freedreno) (-geode) -glint -i128
(-i740) -intel -mach64 -mga -modesetting -neomagic -nouveau -nv
(-omap) (-omapfb) -qxl -r128 -radeon -radeonsi -rendition -s3virge
-savage -siliconmotion -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3)
(-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng
-v4l -via -virtualbox -vmware (-voodoo)
[ebuild U ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.8.2 [2.8.1] 362 kB
[ebuild U ] x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.7.4 [1.7.1] 442 kB
[ebuild rR] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.3 0 kB
[ebuild rR] x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4 0 kB
[nomerge ] media-video/vlc-2.0.7 USE=X a52 aac alsa avcodec
avformat cdda dbus dts dvbpsi dvd encode ffmpeg flac gcrypt gnome
libnotify mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses ogg opengl png postproc pulseaudio qt4
sdl sse svg swscale theora truetype udev vorbis x264 xcb xml xv -aalib
(-altivec) -atmo (-audioqueue) -avahi -bidi -bluray -cddb -dc1394
-debug -dirac (-direct2d) -directfb (-directx) (-dshow) -dvb (-dxva2)
-egl -fbosd -fluidsynth -fontconfig -gme (-gnutls) -growl -httpd
-ieee1394 (-ios-vout) -jack -kate -kde -libass -libcaca -libproxy
-libsamplerate -libtar -libtiger -linsys -lirc -live -lua (-macosx)
(-macosx-audio) (-macosx-dialog-provider) (-macosx-eyetv)
(-macosx-qtkit) (-macosx-quartztext) (-macosx-vout) -matroska
(-media-library) -modplug -mtp -musepack (-neon) -omxil
-optimisememory (-opus) -oss -portaudio -projectm -pvr -rtsp
-run-as-root -samba -schroedinger -sdl-image -shine -shout -sid -skins
-speex -sqlite -switcher -taglib -twolame -upnp -v4l -vaapi -vcdx -vlm
(-waveout) (-wingdi) -wma-fixed -xosd -zvbi
[nomerge ] x11-libs/xcb-util-0.3.9 USE=-doc -static-libs {-test}
[ebuild U ] x11-libs/xcb-util-wm-0.4.1 [0.3.9] USE=-doc
-static-libs {-test} 315 kB
[nomerge ] media-libs/opencv-2.4.8:0/2.4 [2.4.5:0/0] USE=cuda
eigen* gtk jpeg opencl opengl openmp%* png python%* qt4 threads tiff
-doc -examples -ffmpeg -gstreamer -ieee1394 (-ipp) -java -jpeg2k
-openexr -pch -testprograms -v4l -xine
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7%* -python2_6%
PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7%* -python2_6%
[ebuild U ] virtual/opencl-0-r4 [0-r2] ABI_X86=(64%*) -32%
(-x32) VIDEO_CARDS=nvidia -fglrx 0 kB
[ebuild U ] dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.5.22:0/5.5.22
[5.0.35-r4:0/5.0.35] USE=-debugger -doc -eclipse -profiler 0 kB
[ebuild R] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-334.21 USE=X acpi
multilib tools uvm* -pax_kernel 0 kB
[nomerge ] dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk-5.5.22 [5.0.35-r1] USE=cuda
doc examples -debug -opencl
[ebuild U ] media-libs/freeglut-2.8.1-r1 [2.8.1] USE=-debug
-static-libs ABI_X86=(64%*) (-32
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage insisting that I upgrade media-libs/opencv?
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: You need opencv as it's a dep for something, and portage wants you to have a version that's in the tree. The only stable version is 2.4.5 but you have masked that in package.mask Hi Alan, I attempted to mask only opencv greater than 2.4.5 (i.e. 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8). I wonder if my greater than symbol was interpreted as a reply quote: *** jane ~ # grep opencv /etc/portage/package.mask *** # 2014-03-13: Hold off on opencv upgrade *** media-libs/opencv-2.4.5 Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage insisting that I upgrade media-libs/opencv?
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: You did post emerge output using -t and it shows up at the top level which is a bit odd, it implies portage wants to update opencv anyway, not as a result of it being a dep. I agree it's odd and I agree it appears that portage isn't updating opencv because it's a dep. FWIW, an emerge -pv opencv wants to reinstall opencv-2.4.5 while an emerge -Dauv world wants to upgrade me to 2.4.8. grep -r opencv /etc/portage Yes, I was looking at that too. Nothing interesting there: jane ~ # grep -r opencv /etc/portage/ /etc/portage/package.use:media-libs/opencv cuda opencl /etc/portage/package.mask:# 2014-03-13: Hold off on opencv upgrade /etc/portage/package.mask:media-libs/opencv-2.4.5 equery depends opencv Also uninteresting: jane ~ # equery depends opencv * These packages depend on opencv: jane ~ # Chris
[gentoo-user] Re: Why is portage insisting that I upgrade media-libs/opencv?
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Chris Stankevitz chrisstankev...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone tell me why portage is insisting on upgrading me from opencv-2.4.5 to opencv-2.4.8? This is solved: 1. opencv has USE=cuda. I have opencv-2.4.5 installed. 2. I had these mask rules: # 2013-12-24 Hold off on CUDA update =dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.1 =dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk-5.1 dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.0 dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk-5.0 3. opencv-2.4.5 has RDEPEND cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.5 ) 4. I removed the cuda masks to allow cuda-5.5 5. (4) required an opencv upgrade to 2.4.8 Thank you for your help Alan, Chris
[gentoo-user] Where is /etc/conf.d/net.example?
Where is the proper place to specify the gentoo network configuration nowadays? I do not have a file called /etc/conf.d/net.example on my hard drive. That surprised me. The handbook talks all about eth0, but my machine does not have a eth0. It has eno1. Perhaps the handbook is not up to date? I'm using wicd now but I want to ditch wicd and replace it with the generally accepted correct gentoo way. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Net work cards
- Original Message - From: Stephen Reynolds Sent: 02/03/14 11:15 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Net work cards if I run ifconfig -a this currently what I get. I have completed the installtion, but Kernel Modules I am not sure about. You can get the info on what modules are loaded for the cards with `lspci -k`. For instance, the lines for my network card are:01:01.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2760 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R Subsystem: Edimax Computer Co. Device 7727 Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci It may also be relevant to post the output of `dmesg | grep -i firmware`.
Re: [gentoo-user] cdnpayroll.py
- Original Message - From: Joseph Sent: 01/25/14 10:15 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] cdnpayroll.py I'm using a python script cdnpayroll.py but for some reason or another is giving me an error: File ./cdnpayroll.py, line 160 ''' ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I tried to remove the single quote from several places but I'm still getting an error. File ./cdnpayroll.py, line 1328 ^ SyntaxError: EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal They used to have a web-page but now all I can find is: http://cdnpayroll.gemlog.ca/ I think it was written by Paul Evans -- Joseph It's kind of hard to tell without seeing more. What version of python are you using? If you can attach the script, it'd make it much easier to figure out.
Re: [gentoo-user] llvm compile error
FreeBSD use it and say is stable. FreeBSD maybe not the reference on earth but the BSD's make a good job. When i saw all versions of Clang is masked. Isn't FBSD more similar than, say, Linux, to what OSX is, sort of? I could be way off. But I think of OSX as being FBSD built for people that don't know how to use a computer.
Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 multiple kernels
- Original Message - From: Lee Sent: 01/24/14 12:46 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub2 multiple kernels However, IIRC there is a grub2 command called update-grub that scans all your boot sectors on all your devices. At least that's the way its _sposed_ to work - ymmv. :-/ I think update-grub was the command for legacy grub. On my system the appropriate command is grub2-mkconfig. As a side note to James, if you don't see your secondary kernels on the grub2 screen on boot, look under the advanced options. My grub2 setup seems to put extra kernels under the advanced tab. I don't recall making any changes to Grub2 so it might be the default behaviour.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub2 multiple kernels
- Original Message - From: James Sent: 01/24/14 01:14 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: grub2 multiple kernels Lee ny6p01 at gmail.com writes: I am using grub2 also, but on another distro, with multiple kernels/partitions. I don't have a lot of firsthand knowledge, because not having a lot of patience, I usu just drop to the grub cli. However, IIRC there is a grub2 command called update-grub that scans all your boot sectors on all your devices. At least that's the way its _sposed_ to work - ymmv. Yes, I read about update-grub, but it must be part of an additional packages, as I cannot find it (using whereis as root) ? On gentoo, which packages contains the update-grub command? Or is grub2-mkconfig the same command ? James I could be remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure update-grub was the command for legacy grub. Like Andres* said, the command for grub2 is grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg . * Sorry for ASCII-ing your name; I've yet to set up unicode support.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: grub2 multiple kernels
- Original Message - From: James Sent: 01/24/14 05:27 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: grub2 multiple kernels I had a problem with the doc useflag, so I've been reading across the net. So now all of those docs are installing. I re-emerged with the doc flag. You can find the docs at file:///usr/share/doc/grub-2.00_p5107-r2/html/grub.html/index.html Though it appears the same manual is available here https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html
[gentoo-user] Will ZFS clobber my MBR?
Hello, My / (root) lives on /dev/sdb1. My /dev/sda has no partitions and no data except for what I presume is the mbr written by lilo. [history: sdb is an SSD and I never wanted to use the slow sda] I have been playing with ZFS on a USB drive and I am ready to create a zpool on /dev/sda. ZFS recommends that I give it the entire drive (partitioning discouraged). In this case I hesitate to give ZFS my entire drive as I worry ZFS will clobber my MBR rendering my system unbootable. Are my fears warranted? If so, what should I do about it? If you recommend that I partition sda, what parameters do I used to avoid a clobber? Thank you, Chris
[gentoo-user] Re: Will ZFS clobber my MBR?
On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Michael Hampicke m...@hadt.biz wrote: But why don't you install lilo on /dev/sdb? You change change the boot order in BIOS after that. Michael, Thank you, that worked perfectly. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: That's how it is supposed to work. nfs is a Unix filesystem, it obeys Unix user and permissions (unlike say VFAT or smbfs where it has to fudge these things). NFS will mount the filesystem using whatever is set on the server. You cannot override the permissions the server has set from the client Alan, Thank you for your help. I was trying to use NFS because I always thought it odd that I have to jump through a bunch of samba hoops to share data among gentoo boxes. Is this a fair understanding: When setting up an NFS server to share data with people, first collect a list of UIDs from people around the world who will ever want to connect to this server. Modify the NFS server settings to incorporate these UIDs. If you cannot generate such a list, then an NFS server might not be right for you. You probably want to tweak your squash settings. I never have heard that term before, but I'm hoping to find something like this: Normally NFS requires you go compile a list of UIDs of people around the world who will ever connect to your server. The squash settings help you avoid that. Thanks again, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Most NFS servers in the real world are thus file shares and permit read-only access to all users. Alan, Thank you for explaining this in english for me. I am a bit blown away that it is taking me so long to figure out that NFS might not be for me. However, it is now making sense why everybody, even linux people, seem to use SMB. My problem: I have a handful of users on Mac and Linux who want to share some files whose content is not secret, but to avoid accidents I would like to restrict write access to those with a password. Most users are probably UID 1000 on their respective machines. Normally we use git for this, but we have 1TB of large binary files and do not need versioning. So I thought problem solved... I'll just make an NFS share. From your machines, just open nfs://share/ and when prompted for a username/password, just use one I'll supply. So this little plan of mine has hit several problems: 1. Accessing an NFS share from linux is not as simple as Please open nfs://foo/bar. At least not on XFCE4 (see my post http://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/2014-January/033023.html). It seems I have to get fstab involved. Not sure about from the mac. 2. Opening SMB is as simple as Please open smb://foo/bar. Perhaps this simplicity is due to the efforts of metacity/gvfs/fuse/samba/udev/polkit/consolekit. 3. NFS is UID based and I have no idea what the UIDs are, and worse, most of my users probably have the same UIDs on their system. This sounds like a show stopper to me. === Most NFS servers in the real world are thus file shares and permit read-only access to all users. Are you saying that NFS can be configured to allow ro access to everyone, even those people whose UID was not known when the NFS was setup? If so, can the same be done for rw access? squash was invented - when root access comes over the wire, the server changes it from UID=0 to something else (usually nobody) and then applies Unix permissions to that account. Got'cha. If I go with NFS, I think I would be interested in is more of a global squash. No matter which UID is making the connection, squash it over to the generic local UID which was granted rw access to the share. Thanks again, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. The original use-case for NFS is no longer relevant whereas the design for smb *is* what suits most folk. Alan, What can I say. Thank you for your explanation. You wrote exactly the words I needed to hear. For some reason, it seems most sources stick to these too-general or too-specific talking points: a) NFS is fast replacement for SMB b) edit your fstab and modify your exports to get it working Chris
[gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4
Hi, Is it possible to mount an NFS share from XFCE4? I suspect the answer might have something to do with gvfs or fuse, neither of which I know anything about. Ideally after emerging or USEing I will have a Connect to server entry in my XFCE4 menu. If this is impossible, then I'd be ok with an approach that will allow a regular user to mount any network share with the mount command. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Put the mount in /etc/fstab with the noauto and users or user options. Neil, Thank you. I did this; however, as soon as I mount, the directory becomes owned by root and I cannot write to it. Please consider: jane cstankevitz # grep nfs /etc/fstab adam:/mnt/volume_a/sdn_collections /home/cstankevitz/Desktop/sdn_collections nfs rw,noauto,user 0 0 Desktop $ ls -l /home/cstankevitz/Desktop/ drwxr-xr-x 2 cstankevitz cstankevitz 4096 Jan 19 20:43 sdn_collections Desktop $ mount ./sdn_collections/ Desktop $ ls -l /home/cstankevitz/Desktop/ drwxr-xr-x 2 rootroot 2 Jan 19 20:37 sdn_collections Please note how the ownership changes from cstankevitz to root after I mount. What am I doing wrong? Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Preparing a shared USB stick
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: You don't need chown/chmod at all. FAT has no concept of owner and permissions, so the kernel fudges these. Basically, when mounting the stick it pretends every file on it is owned by the user that mounted it and everything has permissions 777, regardless of who plugged it in. Considering the nature of a USB stick, this is almost always what you want. Alan, Thank you very much this is exactly what I needed to understand. It sounds like trying to manage a shared disk/stick with ext* would be a PITA. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Preparing a shared USB stick
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Stick with FAT, where thereis no ownership so Linux pretend all files are owned by whoever mounted the drive. Neil, Thank you. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Preparing a shared USB stick
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/01/2014 01:31, Chris Stankevitz wrote: On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: It sounds like trying to manage a shared disk/stick with ext* would be a PITA. yes, it is, very much so I wonder what something like the Synology DS212j uses. It allows for ACLs (implying ext* or NTFS under the hood); however, it has a USB cable (implying trouble-free plugging into many different machines). I bet if you use it on the network with the ACLs and subsequently write from a few machines with the USB cable... the thing gets FUBAR-ed. Chris
[gentoo-user] Preparing a shared USB stick
Hello, Please consider a USB stick that is unformatted but is to be used by multiple people/machines. Ideally your instructions will work for all people/os/WM, but if necessary please assume that everyone is running gnome under linux 1. How should I prepare this device so that it can be plugged into any machine and will be writable by anyone? I suspect the answer will involve words like fdisk, mkfs.xxx, mkdir/mount, chmod/chown. I'm most interested in the chmod/chown part. 2. How can I prepare the device so that files/directories added by people in the future will continue to be writable by anyone? 3. How can I ensure that all files will appear to have the same owner; or, if this is not important, can you explain why it should not be a problem. And of course if you can refer me to a document that explains this I'm happy to read it. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminals not closing after exit anymore
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Marc Stürmer m...@marc-stuermer.de wrote: When working under X11 in a terminal and I type exit in the shell, the terminal does not close itself anymore. I had the same problem and fixed it with: echo =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-331.20 /etc/portage/package.mask This downgraded me to: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-325.15 USE=X acpi (multilib) tools -pax_kernel Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminals not closing after exit anymore
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: I'm reading all these messages about Nvidia driver versions causing problems and I'm wondering if for my next box I should just stick with radeon, which has not really given me any trouble for as long as I can remember. Mick, I've been running nvidia-drivers on my Gentoo laptop for three years and have two major problems: 1. Any particular nvidia driver version is only compatible with only certain kernel versions. This condition is due to the way the NVIDIA driver works. Gentoo portage was just not designed to handle such a rule package x requires kernel y so it is left to us users to deal with via masks. For some reason (?) I only had to deal with this rule during the period ~July 2013 - October 2013. 2. The latest stable version of the nvidia drivers do not allow gnome-terminal windows to close. This problem too just started happening after years of trouble-free gnome-terminal closing. It is frustrating... but I'm stuck with NVIDIA-drivers because I use CUDA. If 1) this sort of thing bothers you and 2) radeon doesn't have similar problems, then by all means please switch to radeon and let us know how it goes! PS: Installing the CUDA runtime and SDK is easier on Gentoo than on any other linux distro. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminals not closing after exit anymore
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure CUDA will make a noticeable difference (will it? You will not notice CUDA. The only people who want CUDA are those who have written software specifically to work with CUDA. This is mostly the engineering/research community. CUDA is a PITA because due to the closed-source short-and-curly dependence on NVIDIA corporation. Chris
[gentoo-user] Do I require static nodes?
Hello, Portage recently told me this: * You need to add kmod-static-nodes to the sysinit runlevel for * kernel modules to have required static nodes! * Run this command: * rc-update add kmod-static-nodes sysinit Will you please help me parse this statement? Interpretation A: * You need to add kmod-static-nodes to the sysinit runlevel Interpretation B: * If your kernel modules require static nodes, then you need to add * kmod-static-nodes to the sysinit runlevel Q1: Is it A or B (or C...)? Q2: If it's B, then how do I determine whether or not my kernel modules require static nodes? Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] USE ruby_targets_ruby20
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:33 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: The new ebuild thin-provisioning-tools-0.2.8-r1 reflects this. So if you update to this version and don't use FEATURES=test it should not pull in ruby anymore. I don't have FEATURES=test and it still wants to pull all the ruby crap in... Me too. I do not specify FEATURES=test and thin-provisioning-tools-0.2.8 still wants dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p247-r1: FEATURES=assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync =dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1 ruby_targets_ruby20 # required by dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1[ruby_targets_ruby20] # required by dev-lang/ruby-1.9.3_p448[rdoc] # required by dev-ruby/rubygems-2.0.3[ruby_targets_ruby19] # required by virtual/rubygems-4 # required by dev-ruby/rake-0.9.6[-test,ruby_targets_ruby19] # required by dev-ruby/json-1.8.0[-test,-doc,ruby_targets_ruby18] # required by dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p247-r1 # required by sys-block/thin-provisioning-tools-0.2.8 Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USE ruby_targets_ruby20
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Hans de Graaff gra...@gentoo.org wrote: False. These packages should already have this use flag set by default in a vanilla Gentoo setup. Perhaps you masked something related to ruby already? Hans, You are correct. A year ago I added RUBY_TARGETS=ruby18 ruby19 to my make.conf in order to get my system to build. Today I removed the entry from make.conf and my update continues without error. At the time I believe the problem was: 'the gentoo base system needed the ruby19 USE_EXPAND but it was still awaiting approval. Work around the problem by adding RUBY_TARGETS=ruby18 ruby19 to make.conf' Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] USE ruby_targets_ruby20
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Ok, so... is there or is there not a way to prevent ruby from being installed? Yes I've tried adding -ruby and -test to package.mask for thin-provisioning-tools, and even tried adding them to USE= in make.conf, to no avail... Follow these steps: 0. undo whatever you did 1. emerge --sync 2. echo =sys-block/thin-provisioning-tools-0.2.8-r1 ~amd64 /etc/portage/package.keywords 3. update your system Chris
[gentoo-user] USE ruby_targets_ruby20
Hello, If possible please phrase your response in a way that will make sense to someone who was no idea what is ruby, has no desire to learn what is ruby, and who doesn't [directly] even want ruby on his system. True or false: The correct way to appease portage's error message below is to add a bunch of ruby_targets_ruby20 use flags in /etc/portage/package.use Thank you, Chris === The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: (see package.use in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p247-r1[rdoc] # required by dev-ruby/racc-1.4.9[ruby_targets_ruby20] =dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1 ruby_targets_ruby20 # required by dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1[ruby_targets_ruby20] # required by dev-lang/ruby-1.9.3_p448[rdoc] # required by dev-ruby/rubygems-2.0.3[ruby_targets_ruby19] # required by virtual/rubygems-4 # required by dev-ruby/rake-0.9.6[-test,ruby_targets_ruby19] # required by dev-ruby/json-1.8.0[-test,-doc,ruby_targets_ruby18] # required by dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p247-r1 # required by sys-block/thin-provisioning-tools-0.2.8 # required by sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.103[thin] # required by sys-fs/udisks-1.0.4-r5 # required by x11-libs/libfm-0.1.17-r1[udev] # required by x11-misc/pcmanfm-0.9.10 # required by @selected # required by @world (argument) =dev-ruby/racc-1.4.9 ruby_targets_ruby20 # required by dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1[ruby_targets_ruby20] # required by dev-lang/ruby-1.9.3_p448[rdoc] # required by dev-ruby/racc-1.4.9[ruby_targets_ruby19] =dev-ruby/json-1.8.0 ruby_targets_ruby20 # required by dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p247-r1 # required by dev-ruby/racc-1.4.9[ruby_targets_ruby20] # required by dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1[ruby_targets_ruby18] # required by dev-lang/ruby-1.9.3_p448[rdoc] # required by dev-ruby/rubygems-2.0.3[ruby_targets_ruby19] # required by virtual/rubygems-4 # required by dev-ruby/json-1.8.0[-test,ruby_targets_ruby19] =dev-ruby/rake-0.9.6 ruby_targets_ruby20 # required by dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p247-r1 # required by dev-ruby/racc-1.4.9[ruby_targets_ruby20] # required by dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r1[ruby_targets_ruby18] # required by dev-lang/ruby-1.9.3_p448[rdoc] # required by dev-ruby/json-1.8.0[ruby_targets_ruby19] =dev-ruby/rubygems-2.0.3 ruby_targets_ruby20
[gentoo-user] Is the ebuild for dhcpcd wrong
Hello, when emerging dhcpcd it attempts to retrieve the source from mirrorname/distfiles/... looking at the mirror the file is actually at mirrorname/gentoo/distfiles/... Is this the correct place to bring this to your attention? regards Chris -- _ o , , / | | |_| / \_/ \_| | \__/ \/ \/ |/ \/ \/ \/|/ (|
[gentoo-user] xorg seizes during debugging
Hello, I got no feedback from eclipse, so I thought I would try here: I debug a multithreaded program using Eclipse (which uses gdb underneath). Somtimes (but usually not) xorgs will seizes for 1-3 secconds during a step operation. When I say xorg seizes what I mean is that the display freezes. My CPU graph which is always updating at 10Hz stops updating. However, the mouse cursor moves. Can someone suggest a teach a man to fish approach I can use to figure out what is causing this? Thank you, Chris
[gentoo-user] USB disk automatically mounting: how does it work
Hello, Would you please explain (or refer me to a place that explains) the mechanism by which an USB drive appears on my desktop? I'm looking for a level of detail like this: When you insert a USB device, the kernel sends out a notification A. Userland daemons such as B can catch this signal. A file B.conf describes what to do in response to a certain class of USB devices and in there you will see a section for disk drives that says mount them at location C. Then B sends out a notification D which window managers can catch if they want. GNOME and others catch D and in response put an icon on the desktop. The reason lowly users can mount and write to these devices is E. PS: These topics are a blur in my mind: udev hotplug coldplug session pam. I suspect these words are used to fill in some of the variables in my pseudo-description above. Thank you, Chris
[gentoo-user] How do I downgrade chromium below 29.0.1547.57?
Arg... dev-lang/v8-3.19.18.19 breaks sci-geosciences/osgearth-2.4. Downgrading to dev-lang/v8-3.18.5.14 breaks www-client/chromium-29.0.1547.57 Can't downgrade www-client/chromium below 29.0.1547.57 because there is no older version in chromium. Bonus: I'm afraid to upgrade my kernel since I use nvidia. Chris :(
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I downgrade chromium below 29.0.1547.57?
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Michael Palimaka kensing...@gentoo.org wrote: All old ebuilds are always available in CVS: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/www-client/chromium/?hideattic=0, which you could put in a local overlay. Don't forget to file a bug so the science team knows about the breakage! :-) Works great, thank you. I filed a bug also. Chris
[gentoo-user] The NVIDIA/Kernel fiasco -- is it safe to sync yet?
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447566 This bug describes a problem people are having with nvidia/kernel. My question: Are regular nvidia users who run a completely stable system (with only stable nvidia-drivers and stable gentoo-sources) affected by any of this? I run a stable system but I've been afraid to sync for fear I'll get sucked into having to mask/unmask packages and keep up with the unfolding drama. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The NVIDIA/Kernel fiasco -- is it safe to sync yet?
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:12 PM, »Q« boxc...@gmx.net wrote: It looks like maybe the best way to tell which ebuilds support which kernels is to read the conditional for the ewarn message in each ebuild. If this sort of problem spreads it might be good to build into portage some kind of blocker/keyword mechanism so that users need not deal with this not that I have any appreciation for the work involved. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml The goal of Gentoo is to design tools and systems that allow a user to do that work as pleasantly and efficiently as possible, as they see fit. Our tools should be a joy to use, and should help the user to appreciate the richness of the Linux and free software community, and the flexibility of free software. Kind of funny... Gentoo's mandate is sort of at odds with itself. A joy to use while simultaneously giving full flexibility. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Kerin Millar kerfra...@fastmail.co.uk wrote: Run eselect locale, first with the list parameter and then the set parameter as appropriate. It's easier. Kerin, all, Thank for your help. SVN (and I'm sure other apps) are happy now. Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org wrote: Leaving LC_COLLATE unset will cause strings to be sorted according to the normal rules associated with your locale. Mike (or anyone else), For which applications does setting LC_COLLATE affect sorting: a) Any C++ application that uses bool std::string::operator(const std::string) b) Any C or C++ application that compares char values using the '' operator c) Any application that uses the system call CompareStrings(const char*, const char*) d) [your answer here] I'm sure the answer is not a or b. I'm sure it's not c either since I just made it up. Thank you, Chris
Re: [gentoo-user] Killing Adobe Flash
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Pavel Volkov negai...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone able to run Gnash or Lightspark in Gentoo? I take my 64 bit gentoo laptop everywhere and have never installed flash (or similar) on it. I told youtube that I use HTML5 which gives me access to ~33% of videos. I use virtualbox to run a 32 bit xubuntu that is used only to view webpages that demand flash. I start it up ~once/week. Chris
[gentoo-user] export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Hello, I am using svn to update a repository. Somebody added files to the repository with weird characters in the filename. SVN refuses to update the respository unless I first: export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 I don't know or really care what that mumbo jumbo means, but I would like an answer to this question: Is my gentoo system properly setup? If not, what step did I miss that is causing svn to want me to export LC_CTYPE? I suspect either my gentoo system is messed up or svn is messed up. Thank you, Chris
