Re: [gentoo-user] radeon screen resolution

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 02:00:33 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > There is a kernel option DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE. It allows you to > specify an EDID data set instead of probing for it. If your problem > is caused by broken EDID data, this option maybe will help you to run > the monitor at its full reso

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon screen resolution

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 02:02:52 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Monday 28 Dec 2015 21:05:56 john wrote: > > > Hmm, > > > thanks, I have now tried an old monitor and its screen > > > resolution was good (ie 1920x1080) so I think it's the monitor. > > > I have a R9 280 radeon card whi

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon screen resolution

On 29/12/2015 11:01, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 02:00:33 waben...@gmail.com wrote: There is a kernel option DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE. It allows you to specify an EDID data set instead of probing for it. If your problem is caused by broken EDID data, this option maybe will help you to run

[gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

I am thinking of migrating my laptop from Kmail1 to Kmail2. I don't *really* have to do this yet, but I'd rather attempt one more time to move to Kmail2 while not under duress, because bitrot or maintainers decisions may force my hand sooner or later anyway. I have made half a dozen attempts o

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 09:53:24 AM Mick wrote: > Have you been able to use Kmail2 reliably on a *laptop*? What problems have > you experienced? Has intermittent network availability caused loss of > messages? Any gotchas and workarounds? Any suggestions? I have been using Kmail2 for a

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 10:20:23 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 09:53:24 AM Mick wrote: > > Have you been able to use Kmail2 reliably on a *laptop*? What problems > > have you experienced? Has intermittent network availability caused loss > > of messages? Any gotchas and work

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:51:57 AM Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 10:20:23 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 09:53:24 AM Mick wrote: > > > Have you been able to use Kmail2 reliably on a *laptop*? What problems > > > have you experienced? Has intermittent network a

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon screen resolution

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:05:12 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 29/12/2015 11:01, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 02:00:33 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> There is a kernel option DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE. It allows you to > >> specify an EDID data set instead of probing for it. If your prob

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 12:39:18 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:51:57 AM Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 10:20:23 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 09:53:24 AM Mick wrote: > > This is good to know. An earlier akonadi bug would actually delete fi

Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > lee wrote: > >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: >> >> > Hi. I just upgraded from samba 4.1.x to 4.2.7 and in one of my shares, >> > I can not access any subfolders of that share. It usually gives me some >> > kind of windows permission error, or just location not

Re: [gentoo-user] IPTABLES

"siefke_lis...@web.de" writes: > Hello, > > i try to run iptables, block bad ips and close the system. > > I want run firewall which block all INPUT, only ALLOW services i defined. > Ipset want to use to block spam ips, make it sure awesome as ever set rules > manuell. After reading a good ipt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gcc 5.3

Andrew Savchenko writes: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:40:48 -0800 walt wrote: >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:18:27 -0500 >> Alan Grimes wrote: >> >> > Hey, thanks for putting out gcc 5.3... >> > >> > Unfortunately, it fails to bootstrap on my machine. I am getting >> > differences between the stage 2 a

Re: [gentoo-user] Maybe bug? (glibc related?)

Elias Diem writes: > Hi > > I just got the following while running Vim's testsuite. > > > *** buffer overflow detected ***: vim terminated; report to > > Makefile:151: recipe for target 'af.ck' failed > make[2]: *** [af.ck] Killed > > > The compiler gave me the follow

Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

lee wrote: > cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > lee wrote: > > > >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > >> > >> > Hi. I just upgraded from samba 4.1.x to 4.2.7 and in one of my shares, > >> > I can not access any subfolders of that share. It usually gives me some > >> > kind of windows permissi

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 01:16:08 PM Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 12:39:18 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 10:51:57 AM Mick wrote: > > > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 10:20:23 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 09:53:24 AM Mick wrote: > > > This is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gcc 5.3

Hello, On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, lee wrote: >Andrew Savchenko writes: >> There will be no 5.3.1 likely. Numeration scheme is changed from 5.x >> series: what was middle version is now major, what was minor is now >> middle. So 5.3 is a patch version of 5.0 the same as 4.9.3 is a >> patch version of 4.

Re: [gentoo-user] Maybe bug? (glibc related?)

Hi lee On 2015-12-29, lee wrote: > Elias Diem writes: > > > Hi > > > > I just got the following while running Vim's testsuite. > > > > > > *** buffer overflow detected ***: vim terminated; report to > > > > Makefile:151: recipe for target 'af.ck' failed > > make[2]:

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 14:18:20 J. Roeleveld wrote: > sqlite is nice, for single threaded applications. > For anything more advanced, either a wrapper is required or something more > advanced needs to be used. I like sqlite because it is self-contained, embedded in the application that uses it a

[gentoo-user] OT - Midnight Commander and hiding terminal output

Greetings all; I've been googling to no avail on this one. When using Midnight Commander, I'll select a file and hit "enter" thus opening that file with it's associated program. Let's say a mp3 file with VLC as that's one I have set up. It runs, but any error messages from VLC appear in the MC

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon screen resolution

john wrote: > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:05:12 +0200 > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On 29/12/2015 11:01, Mick wrote: > > > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 02:00:33 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > >> There is a kernel option DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE. It allows you to > > >> specify an EDID data set instead o

[gentoo-user] ssh: VisualHostKey is shows up twice

Hi, when I ssh into Gentoo Linux from a FreeBSD host, the random art of the host keys fingerprint shows up twice, once before I enter the password and once after that. Here's a shortened typescript. user@freebsdhost ~ % ssh gentoohost^M Host key fingerprint is 80:4d:29:6f:35:22:ca:77:c7:81:56

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 04:34:33 PM Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 14:18:20 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > sqlite is nice, for single threaded applications. > > For anything more advanced, either a wrapper is required or something more > > advanced needs to be used. > > I like sqlite because

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

Mick writes: > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 14:18:20 J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> sqlite is nice, for single threaded applications. >> For anything more advanced, either a wrapper is required or something more >> advanced needs to be used. > > I like sqlite because it is self-contained, embedded in the app

Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > lee wrote: > >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: >> >> > lee wrote: >> > >> >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: >> >> >> >> > Hi. I just upgraded from samba 4.1.x to 4.2.7 and in one of my shares, >> >> > I can not access any subfolders of that share. It usually giv

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gcc 5.3

David Haller writes: > Hello, > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, lee wrote: >>Andrew Savchenko writes: >>> There will be no 5.3.1 likely. Numeration scheme is changed from 5.x >>> series: what was middle version is now major, what was minor is now >>> middle. So 5.3 is a patch version of 5.0 the same as 4

Re: [gentoo-user] Maybe bug? (glibc related?)

Elias Diem writes: > Hi lee > > On 2015-12-29, lee wrote: > >> Elias Diem writes: >> >> > Hi >> > >> > I just got the following while running Vim's testsuite. >> > >> > >> > *** buffer overflow detected ***: vim terminated; report to >> > >> > Makefile:151: recipe fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 17:51:32 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 04:34:33 PM Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 14:18:20 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > sqlite is nice, for single threaded applications. > > > For anything more advanced, either a wrapper is required or something > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 06:40:58PM +, Mick wrote: > > Thank you very much Joost for holding my hand on this. Last question for the > day: It seems that postgresql wants to install xemacs as a dependency ... o_O > > > # emerge -uaDv emerge dev-db/pos

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On 29 December 2015 19:40:58 CET, Mick wrote: >On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 17:51:32 J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 04:34:33 PM Mick wrote: >> > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 14:18:20 J. Roeleveld wrote: >> > > sqlite is nice, for single threaded applications. >> > > For anything more adv

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 18:49:03 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 29 December 2015 19:40:58 CET, Mick wrote: > >On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 17:51:32 J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 04:34:33 PM Mick wrote: > >> > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 14:18:20 J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> > > sqlite is nice,

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 17:37:25 lee wrote: > Are we at the point where users are accepting to have to install and > maintain a fully fledged RDBMS just for a single application which > doesn't even need a database in the first place? Yes, a sad state of affairs indeed. I was hoping for the last

[gentoo-user] Full system encryption on Gentoo

Hi, Is it possible to fully encrypt a Gentoo system as can be done with Fedora, Suse, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubunto without using a unencrypted USB boot stick or unencrypted /boot partition? If yes, where can I find instructions that really work on a BIOS only box without UEFI, EFI, systemd

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

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Hans wrote: > > Is it possible to fully encrypt a Gentoo system as can be done with Fedora, > Suse, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubunto without using a unencrypted USB boot > stick or unencrypted /boot partition? > I'm pretty sure grub can support LUKS. See for exampl

Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

lee wrote: > cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > lee wrote: > > > >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > >> > >> > lee wrote: > >> > > >> >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > >> >> > >> >> > Hi. I just upgraded from samba 4.1.x to 4.2.7 and in one of my > >> >> > shares, > >> >> > I can not acce

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gcc 5.3

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:21:01 +0100, lee wrote: > > As 4.9.3 is marked stable, I guess that's what'd you get per > > default. > > 4.8.5 > > I'd have to run emerge --sync to know about more recent versions. How > is that supposed to be used, btw? I only run that when I do want to > update ever

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

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 07:34:52 +1000 Hans wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to fully encrypt a Gentoo system as can be done with > Fedora, Suse, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubunto without using a unencrypted > USB boot stick or unencrypted /boot partition? > > If yes, where can I find instructions that

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

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote: > > Though I see little point in whole / encryption. What is the > point to encrypt /usr, /lib, /bin, /sbin? Just do this > to /home, /var and other sensitive pieces. > An obvious advantage is to prevent rootkits, at least while the system

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Midnight Commander and hiding terminal output

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:00:10AM -0700, Skippy wrote > Greetings all; > > I've been googling to no avail on this one. > > When using Midnight Commander, I'll select a file and hit "enter" thus > opening that file with it's associated program. > > Let's say a mp3 file with VLC as that's one I h

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon screen resolution

john wrote: > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:05:12 +0200 > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On 29/12/2015 11:01, Mick wrote: > > > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 02:00:33 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > >> There is a kernel option DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE. It allows you to > > >> specify an EDID data set instead o

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 07:43:07 PM Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 18:49:03 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 29 December 2015 19:40:58 CET, Mick wrote: > > No. You are trying to emerge 'emerge'. > > (Check the commandline :) ) > > > > -- > > Joost > > Oops! Apologies for the noise. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 08:03:25 PM Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 17:37:25 lee wrote: > > Are we at the point where users are accepting to have to install and > > maintain a fully fledged RDBMS just for a single application which > > doesn't even need a database in the first place? >

Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 05:11:08 PM cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > lee wrote: > > cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > lee wrote: > > >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > >> > lee wrote: > > >> >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > >> >> > Hi. I just upgraded from samba 4.1.x to 4.2.7 and i

Re: [gentoo-user] major problem after samba update

J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 05:11:08 PM cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > lee wrote: > > > cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > > lee wrote: > > > >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > >> > lee wrote: > > > >> >> cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > >> >> > Hi. I just up