Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server without suid still runs as root?
How are you starting X in the first place? Are you using a display manager? Are you running startx? In the former case, this is perfectly normal for many display managers, including SDDM. GDM, if I'm not mistaken, can and does run X as a regular user if possible. Upstream has been talking about adding this functionality to SDDM for a while, but so far it still hasn't been merged.
Re: [gentoo-user] Trackpad nightmare: Elantech ETPS/2
On Tue, 5 May 2020 14:58:32 +0100 Victor Ivanov wrote: > My laptop's trackpad is an ETPS/2 Elantech on a ThinkPad Yoga > 260 (ca. 2016). Every so often it freezes and refuses to respond > to any and all input. The freeze usually lasts for a second or > so, but can sometimes be longer in the range of 10-15 seconds or > even freeze indefinitely until the "psmouse" kernel module is > reloaded. It also experiences "jumping" behaviour, most commonly > encountered when press-holding one of the companion buttons > along with a dragging gesture, but that's not an exclusive > scenario. I experience very similar symptoms on my ThinkPad 13. It doesn't happen often, but it does sometimes happen. > A quick Google search can reveal complaints about this issues > across distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian) that can be traced > back to at least 2012 in various laptop models. There also > appears to be a related upstream kernel bug [1] that has been > left in limbo. I noticed this as well, it's almost certainly a bug in Linux itself which, for some reason, has never been fixed after all these years. I don't think Gentoo can do much about it. Unfortunately I'm not aware of any real solution, but as a workaround, you can unmount and re-mount the psmouse module when the problem occurs (if psmouse is not built compiled as a module, I suggest you do it). At least this is what works for me, YMMV: # modprobe -r psmouse # modprobe psmouse
Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo dead?
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:22:39 +0300 lego12...@yandex.ru wrote: > The core of portage should be in C, imho. But it can be extendable > with hooks written in something simple like a bash. > It mustn't be a solid binary. It can be splitted into separate parts > with strict definitions of interaction and interface. There is no rational reason for the core of Portage to be written in C. > :-D This shouldn't be a problem, because developers of extension > modules/hooks(if they choose C for this) will use a something > like libportage with util and wrapper functions which will hide > all mallocs. And you yourself gave a very good reason why.
Re: [gentoo-user] "Application Menu" missing on Desktop after Plasma update to 5.17.4 : bug reported
> IMO the best thing to do, which is also what I think can be > called "fix" without unethically redefining words in the > English language, is to silently unmerge all KDE's fluff, > and install i3 + dmenu + i3status + i3lock, and call it a > day. LOL I remember going through that phase as well.
