Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-21 Thread Roman Dobosz
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:55:01 +0200 pk wrote: > Xmms, I believe it's called. And it's been working fine for quite a > while (I've actually have never encountered a bug with Audacious), for > me. Now, when I upgraded to 2.4.x dbus was forced on me (well, that and > Xfce4)... I'm used to Audacious b

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Mol writes: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Alex Schuster > wrote: > > And, as an Amarok user... searching my collection, finding song texts, > > rating songs, wikipedia information for artist, album or a specfic > > song, tagging, easy sorting of playlists, bookmarks, saving streams

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: >> Volker Armin Hemmann writes: >> >>> Am Montag 19 September 2011, 20:20:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: >>> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote >>> > >>> > > a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Dienstag 20 September 2011, 20:19:44 schrieb Thanasis: > on 09/20/2011 07:50 PM Volker Armin Hemmann wrote the following: > > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 20:20:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: > >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > >> > >>> alsaplayer. Can't even ge

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > >> Am Montag 19 September 2011, 20:20:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: >> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote >> > >> > > alsaplayer. Can't even get more simplistic. You don't even have

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Thanasis
on 09/20/2011 07:50 PM Volker Armin Hemmann wrote the following: > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 20:20:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote >> >>> alsaplayer. Can't even get more simplistic. You don't even have to run a >>> daemon or server.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Alex Schuster
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 20:20:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > > > > > alsaplayer. Can't even get more simplistic. You don't even have to > > > run a daemon or server. Just playing music. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Montag 19 September 2011, 20:20:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > > > alsaplayer. Can't even get more simplistic. You don't even have to run a > > daemon or server. Just playing music. > > Or mpg321 or mpg123, both of which are c

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:48:10PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > alsaplayer. Can't even get more simplistic. You don't even have to run a > daemon or server. Just playing music. Or mpg321 or mpg123, both of which are commandline programs. -- Walter Dnes

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:02:39 -0400, Michael Mol wrote: > > you don't set it up. It just works. If your sound card does not do > > hardware mixing (onboard sound doesn't) you are using dmix. > > Ah. As I said, I hadn't poked or researched dmix since I read about it > in LinuxJournal. Pretty sure

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Montag 19 September 2011, 21:20:30 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:02:39 -0400 > > Michael Mol wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > wrote: > > > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 12:37:16 schrieb Michael Mol: > > >> I recall reading about dmix i

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:02:39 -0400 > Michael Mol wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann >> wrote: >> > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 12:37:16 schrieb Michael Mol: >> > >> >> I recall reading about dmix in LinuxJourna

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:06:18 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > FWIW, PulseAudio predates Windows Vista, Windows 7, even MacOS X. I > > ran it on a 200MHz machine back when it was called Enlightenment > > Sound Daemon. > > Pulseaudio was meant to be a drop in replacement for ESD but AFAIK >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:02:39 -0400 Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > wrote: > > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 12:37:16 schrieb Michael Mol: > > > >> I recall reading about dmix in LinuxJournal years ago, but I don't > >> think I ever got around to settin

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Montag 19 September 2011, 12:37:16 schrieb Michael Mol: > >> I recall reading about dmix in LinuxJournal years ago, but I don't >> think I ever got around to setting it up; > > you don't set it up. It just works. If your sound card

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Montag 19 September 2011, 12:37:16 schrieb Michael Mol: > I recall reading about dmix in LinuxJournal years ago, but I don't > think I ever got around to setting it up; you don't set it up. It just works. If your sound card does not do hardware mixing (onboard sound doesn't) you are using dm

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 09:58:10 schrieb Michael Mol: >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann >> >> wrote: >> > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:19:29 schrieb pk: >> > again, if it you say 'it must be bad becaus

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Montag 19 September 2011, 16:21:08 schrieb Paul Colquhoun: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:31:56 AM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > Just don't expect everybody to run our systems without the modern > > parts of the stack just because a Commodore 64 cannot run it. > > > > Many of us actually like the mo

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:52:16 schrieb Michael Mol: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, pk wrote: > > I think you need to take a closer look; it does support a lot of > > "modern" parts of the "stack" (as you call it); it's just focused on the > > things that matters (for an embedded system

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 09:58:10 schrieb Michael Mol: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > wrote: > > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:19:29 schrieb pk: > > again, if it you say 'it must be bad because there is a bug in it' you > > can disregard all software ever writ

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 18:55:01 schrieb pk: > On 2011-09-18 14:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > And he's using Audacious - a fork of a gigantic bug nest (mms) . > > According to his earlier post, it forces dbus to run. > > Xmms, I believe it's called. And it's been working fine for quite a > wh

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM, pk wrote: > On 2011-09-18 21:52, Michael Mol wrote: > >> The kernel configuration process is actually very nice and very easy. >> You an remove any features you don't want or need. (I'm referring to, >> e.g. menuconfig. I haven't really used genkernel) > > I've ne

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-19 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 21:52, Michael Mol wrote: > The kernel configuration process is actually very nice and very easy. > You an remove any features you don't want or need. (I'm referring to, > e.g. menuconfig. I haven't really used genkernel) I've never used genkernel and always compile my own kernels..

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Paul Colquhoun
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:31:56 AM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > Just don't expect everybody to run our systems without the modern > parts of the stack just because a Commodore 64 cannot run it. > > Many of us actually like the modern features of the kernel, glibc, > udev, dbus, systemd, pulseaudio,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, pk wrote: > I think you need to take a closer look; it does support a lot of > "modern" parts of the "stack" (as you call it); it's just focused on the > things that matters (for an embedded system). It is the mindset that I'm > after; it seems even kernel develope

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:55:01 +0200 pk wrote: > > And he's using Audacious - a fork of a gigantic bug nest (mms) . > > According to his earlier post, it forces dbus to run. > > Xmms, I believe it's called. And it's been working fine for quite a > while (I've actually have never encountered a bu

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 19:41, Indi wrote: > Install mpd, mpc, and ncmpc. Read the man pages, live happily ever > after. Ok, I'll look into it. Thanks! Best regards Peter K

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 15:31, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > Hey, that's really cool. I agree. > Just don't expect everybody to run our systems without the modern > parts of the stack just because a Commodore 64 cannot run it. I think you need to take a closer look; it does support a lot of "modern" parts

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Indi
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:55:01 +0200 pk wrote: > Xmms, I believe it's called. And it's been working fine for quite a > while (I've actually have never encountered a bug with Audacious), for > me. Now, when I upgraded to 2.4.x dbus was forced on me (well, that > and Xfce4)... I'm used to Audacious

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 14:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: > And he's using Audacious - a fork of a gigantic bug nest (mms) . > According to his earlier post, it forces dbus to run. Xmms, I believe it's called. And it's been working fine for quite a while (I've actually have never encountered a bug with Audacious

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:19:29 schrieb pk: > again, if it you say 'it must be bad because there is a bug in it' you can > disregard all software ever written. This is why, when designing systems, you want as little complexity

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:19:29 schrieb pk: > On 2011-09-18 14:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > So you are going from a single bug to 'it must be evil'. If you do that > > all the time there isn't much software left. > > You said: "I bet you can't even measure a > difference between dbus

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 09:15:25 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > wrote: > > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 11:23:43 schrieb pk: > >> On 2011-09-18 09:37, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> > Other systems may start to use it if it proves itself

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:19 AM, pk wrote: > On 2011-09-18 14:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> So you are going from a single bug to 'it must be evil'. If you do that all >> the time there isn't much software left. > > You said: "I bet you can't even measure a > difference between dbus running

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 14:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > So you are going from a single bug to 'it must be evil'. If you do that all > the time there isn't much software left. You said: "I bet you can't even measure a difference between dbus running and dbus not running in speed or responsiveness of y

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 11:23:43 schrieb pk: >> On 2011-09-18 09:37, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > Other systems may start to use it if it proves itself useful. Lucky for >> > us, it doesn't obsolete anything else, just adds function

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:32:11 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 12:44:04 schrieb pk: > > On 2011-09-18 12:03, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > And what is your problem with dbus anyway? I bet you can't even > > > measure a > > > difference between dbus running and

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 12:44:04 schrieb pk: > On 2011-09-18 12:03, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > And what is your problem with dbus anyway? I bet you can't even measure > > a > > difference between dbus running and dbus not running in speed or > > responsiveness of your gui. > > Not my sp

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 12:03, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > And what is your problem with dbus anyway? I bet you can't even measure a > difference between dbus running and dbus not running in speed or > responsiveness of your gui. Not my specific case(s) but a quick google gave this: https://bugs.launch

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 11:23:43 schrieb pk: > On 2011-09-18 09:37, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Other systems may start to use it if it proves itself useful. Lucky for > > us, it doesn't obsolete anything else, just adds functionality to what > > is already there. > > Although, one thing which

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr

2011-09-18 Thread pk
On 2011-09-18 09:37, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Other systems may start to use it if it proves itself useful. Lucky for > us, it doesn't obsolete anything else, just adds functionality to what > is already there. Although, one thing which I find very annoying is that the things that depend on it sta