Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : suddenly Python 3 appears

2012-09-19 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:08:38 -0400 schrieb Philip Webb : [...] > The one limitation of the script is that it doesn't allow variables ; > you can easily recall previous lines via Bash & mouseover+drop bits, > but AFAIK there's no way to assign values to variables. > With Python running as interpret

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 19 September 2012 01:23:54 Dale wrote: > 96 watts for standby is excessive for sure. What the heck is that > thing doing with all that power? O_O In a word: wasting it! I think it must be a class-A amplifier, or whatever the modern equivalent is. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2012 01:23:54 Dale wrote: > >> 96 watts for standby is excessive for sure. What the heck is that >> thing doing with all that power? O_O > In a word: wasting it! > > I think it must be a class-A amplifier, or whatever the modern equivalent > is.

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > Newegg just had a sale on a really nice UPS. I got one. Anyway, it has > both serial and USB connections. I have a question about these. I > could use either one but not sure if it matters. Does the USB > connection offer any additional features over the serial connect

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : mail problem : solved

2012-09-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:18:45 -0400 Philip Webb wrote: > RTFM : front + centre it says to try 'fetchmail -vvv --nodetach > --nosyslog'. That immediately told me the very non-obvious but > crucial information : " ~/.fetchmail must have no more permissions > than 700". Whyever ? That's quite norma

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:57:17 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > I have an audio amplifier downstairs that consumes 96W on standby. > Now that _is_ excessive. Keeps that corner of the room warm though. Holy sweet mother of god. 96W??? What you got in that thing? Thermionic tubes (aka valves)? -

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 19 September 2012 10:28:44 Dale wrote: > I bet it is what we used to call a class AB amp. I bet you're right, now that you remind me of what I used to know. > 96 watts on standby. That doesn't sound like standing by as much as > it is ready to make noise. lol Is it old or new? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 19 September 2012 12:45:42 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Holy sweet mother of god. 96W??? > > What you got in that thing? Thermionic tubes (aka valves)? I was surprised too, so I took care to ensure I was only measuring that beast, and not something else in the house as well. -- Rgd

Re: [gentoo-user] MTP auto-mount? (Kindle Fire HD)

2012-09-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:54:44 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >Anyway, it's all usable but a bit clumsy. Is there a sensible way I > > can have the device recognized and mounted via rules in fstab? (Or any > > other fixed file?) > > You could have your udev rule RUN mtpfs to mount the device.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale: > Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > > On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Alan McKinnon wrote: > >>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:53 -0500 > >>> > >>> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > When I moved in with my GF, her electric bill shoot up to the

[gentoo-user] Re: sshfs - cannot unmount as normal user

2012-09-19 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/09/12 14:37, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Since a short time I have a critical problem with sshfs. I cannot unmount it ! I filed a bug now: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435540 Everyone who's affected should feel free to confirm there.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2012 10:28:44 Dale wrote: > >> I bet it is what we used to call a class AB amp. > I bet you're right, now that you remind me of what I used to know. I don't know its power output but I bet it sounds good at low sound levels. On the class AB scale,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sshfs - cannot unmount as normal user

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/09/12 14:37, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> >> Since a short time I have a critical problem with sshfs. >> I cannot unmount it ! > > > I filed a bug now: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435540 > > Everyone who's affected

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : mail problem : solved

2012-09-19 Thread Philip Webb
120919 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:18:45 -0400 > Philip Webb wrote: >> RTFM : front + centre it says to try 'fetchmail -vvv --nodetach >> --nosyslog'. That immediately told me the very non-obvious but >> crucial information : " ~/.fetchmail must have no more permissions >> than 7

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel options and udisk

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 19. September 2012, 01:51:49 schrieb Dale: >> Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >>> On 09/18/2012 11:03 PM, Dale wrote: >>> And every day I hear about them finding more oil and gas that they >>> didn't know was there before. > > I am sure everybody would love to he

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Dale wrote: >> New question about HDMI. I have a pretty nice video card that has a 15 >> pin connector and HDMI. Do I have to do anything special to use the >> HDMI or does it just send the same signal to both connectors? I have my >> monit

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dale wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge >> nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the >> multiple screens and decide how you'd like to treat them. Actually, I believe with the ne

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dale wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: > >>> If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge >>> nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the >>> multiple screens and decide h

[gentoo-user] jabberd2 + muc

2012-09-19 Thread Matt Harrison
Hi list, I know this isn't really in the remit of the list but I'm hoping there is an expert lurking here somewhere. Does anyone have experience setting up Jabber, especially with mu-conference? I'm trying to set it up for some colleagues but I'm running into a lack of documentation, overly compl

Re: [gentoo-user] jabberd2 + muc

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > Hi list, > > I know this isn't really in the remit of the list but I'm hoping there > is an expert lurking here somewhere. Does anyone have experience setting > up Jabber, especially with mu-conference? > > I'm trying to set it up for some co

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS and serial or USB connections

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dale wrote: >>> Paul Hartman wrote: >> If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the m

Re: [gentoo-user] jabberd2 + muc

2012-09-19 Thread Matt Harrison
On 19/09/2012 23:50, Michael Mol wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Matt Harrison > wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I know this isn't really in the remit of the list but I'm hoping there >> is an expert lurking here somewhere. Does anyone have experience setting >> up Jabber, especially with mu-co

[gentoo-user] Libpng warning

2012-09-19 Thread Fernando Antunes
Hi. I've been receiving a linpng warnong on my console saying that something like "Application build with libpng.1.2.8 running with libpng.1.5.4." Somebody knows how to identify which application is that ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Libpng warning

2012-09-19 Thread Dale
Fernando Antunes wrote: > Hi. I've been receiving a linpng warnong on my console saying that > something like "Application build with libpng.1.2.8 running with > libpng.1.5.4." > > Somebody knows how to identify which application is that ? Have you ran revdep-rebuild recently? That should pick u