Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-26 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:38:35 BST Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:14:32 BST Philip Webb wrote: > > 180723 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:04:26 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > >> Linux Mint 19 leads you along to a point where you've told it > > >> where to install, you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:14:32 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > For future reference, start the Mint installer with "ubiquity -b", > > then it doesn't install a boot loader at all > > and you can add it to your Gentoo bootloader after rebooting. > > I started the Mint installer by clicking on its de

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-24 Thread Philip Webb
180723 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:04:26 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> Linux Mint 19 leads you along to a point where you've told it >> where to install, you click 'proceed' & it chugs along nicely, >> then it says it's trying to install a bootloader >> without asking whether you w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:04:26 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > However, I've just escaped fr another beast, ie Linux Mint 19 : > DON'T try to install it alongside Gentoo !! > > This beast leads you along to a point where you've told it where to > install -- a partition on my HDD (sdb5) -- , > you click

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-20 Thread Mick
On Friday, 20 July 2018 14:04:26 BST Philip Webb wrote: > 180719 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2018-07-19 05:29, Philip Webb wrote: > >> The Mint version seems to find a file in /usr/share/iscan-data , > >> which the others don't find, but that file is present in my Gentoo > >> system. > > > > I hav

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-20 Thread Philip Webb
180719 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2018-07-19 05:29, Philip Webb wrote: >> The Mint version seems to find a file in /usr/share/iscan-data , >> which the others don't find, but that file is present in my Gentoo system. > I have not looked at the strace log, but this smacks of permissions > and possibl

[gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

2018-07-19 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2018-07-19 05:29, Philip Webb wrote: > The Mint version seems to find a file in /usr/share/iscan-data , which > the others don't find, but that file is present in my Gentoo system. I have not looked at the strace log, but this smacks of permissions, and possibly selinux, if you've let that bea