Re: [gentoo-user] urxvt on i3wm as wallpaper

2014-12-07 Thread behrouz khosravi
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:46 AM, lee wrote: > behrouz khosravi writes: > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:44 AM, lee wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Omit the window decorations? > >> > > > > I liked the picture, but actually I am not sure if that's what I want. > > I want a terminal that is on the backgro

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is depclean trying to remove python-3.4.1?

2014-12-07 Thread Adam Carter
> afaik eselect means nothing to portage's dependency solver. > Which is a bit dumb. I raised a bug for it; https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367611

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: automated code validation

2014-12-07 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 5:42 PM, James wrote: > Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: >> > liveUSB, where folks can download "Gentoo Fever" onto a usb stick and stick >> > into their current hardware and boot up a killer code development system. >> >> Building a liveUSB version of Gentoo is almost comp

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-07 Thread Marc Stürmer
Am 06.12.2014 um 00:16 schrieb Mick: Same opinoin here. The in-kernel driver is only good for reading files and directories. If anything else is needed use ntfs3g. This is right, ntfs-3g is a safe way of accessing NTFS from Linux. Actually, while there is a NTFS-kernel driver, this driver is

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-07 Thread lee
"J. Roeleveld" writes: > On Thursday, December 04, 2014 07:11:12 PM lee wrote: >> > Why is the networking complicated? Do you use bridging? >> >> Yes --- and it was terrible to begin with and still is very complicated. >> One of the VMs has a network card passed through to do pppoe for the >> in

Re: [gentoo-user] urxvt on i3wm as wallpaper

2014-12-07 Thread lee
behrouz khosravi writes: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:44 AM, lee wrote: > >> >> >> Omit the window decorations? >> > > I liked the picture, but actually I am not sure if that's what I want. > I want a terminal that is on the background (wallpaper) of the screen, not > in the floating mode or somet

[gentoo-user] Re: automated code validation

2014-12-07 Thread James
Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > > liveUSB, where folks can download "Gentoo Fever" onto a usb stick and stick > > into their current hardware and boot up a killer code development system. > > Building a liveUSB version of Gentoo is almost completely orthagonal > to building an automatic ebui

Re: [gentoo-user] [half OT] WLAN totally beginners question

2014-12-07 Thread thegeezer
On 07/12/14 19:10, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. > The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I > dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. > > Since my use case is very limited I want t

Re: [gentoo-user] [half OT] WLAN totally beginners question

2014-12-07 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Sunday, December 07, 2014 8:10:46 PM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. > The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I > dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. > > Since my use case i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: automated code validation

2014-12-07 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 2:16 PM, James wrote: > Sam Bishop cygnus.email> writes: > >> In my mind. Gentoo has the kind of hook you speak of. We just havent >> refined it or done a good job showing it off to the world. >> The ebuild format is one of the most powerful packaging standards. > >> An aut

[gentoo-user] Re: automated code validation

2014-12-07 Thread James
Sam Bishop cygnus.email> writes: > In my mind. Gentoo has the kind of hook you speak of. We just havent > refined it or done a good job showing it off to the world. > The ebuild format is one of the most powerful packaging standards. > An automatic test battery for Gentoo could possibly catapul

[gentoo-user] [half OT] WLAN totally beginners question

2014-12-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. Since my use case is very limited I want to configure "just that" without being urged to achieve my

Re: [gentoo-user] Print PDF or PS files

2014-12-07 Thread Joseph
On 12/07/14 14:49, J. Roeleveld wrote: On 7 December 2014 04:00:36 CET, Joseph wrote: In: XFCE4 home folder menu: Edit -> Configure Custom Action I have entered: Print PDF or PS files command: lpr %N However, the above command: lpr %N is only good if the PDF or PS files have standard Letter s

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-07 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Fri, 5 Dec 2014 23:16:37 + schrieb Mick : > On Friday 05 Dec 2014 16:11:26 Matti Nykyri wrote: > > > On Dec 4, 2014, at 22:21, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:15:07 +, thegeezer wrote: > > >>> In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kerne

Re: [gentoo-user] Print PDF or PS files

2014-12-07 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 7 December 2014 04:00:36 CET, Joseph wrote: >In: XFCE4 home folder menu: Edit -> Configure Custom Action >I have entered: Print PDF or PS files >command: lpr %N > >However, the above command: lpr %N is only good if the PDF or PS files >have standard Letter size format. >If a PDF/PS file contain

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-07 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 04, 2014 11:55:50 PM lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, lee wrote: > >> Rich Freeman writes: > >>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:11 PM, lee wrote: > Tomas Mozes writes: > > The kernel is not in stage3, you have to compile it yourself

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-07 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, December 04, 2014 07:11:12 PM lee wrote: > Tomas Mozes writes: > > On 2014-12-04 11:08, lee wrote: > >> Tomas Mozes writes: > >>> On 2014-12-04 02:14, lee wrote: > > name = "gentoobox" > > kernel = "/xen/_kernel/kernel-3.14.23-gentoo-xen" > > extra = "root=/dev/xvda1 net.ifnames=0

Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

2014-12-07 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [14-12-07 11:36]: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts. > > > > And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound > > an d video. > > That sounds like the result of a poor qua

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-07 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:05 PM, wrote: > James [14-12-06 21:16]: >> >> Prong (1) includes all issues related to systemd. Probably embedded >> experience with systemd is rare, just guessing. Certainly I have none >> of that experience. So post to those iotop responses and remind >> folks you are

Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

2014-12-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts. > > And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound > an d video. That sounds like the result of a poor quality signal. Have you tried using different softw

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: automated code validation

2014-12-07 Thread Sam Bishop
In order to catch up a bit since I wasn't subscribed to the mailing list with this email at the time I found this thread. If anything sounds odd, read through to the end. I'm trying to top reply so I'm leaving my 'backstory' till the end. > Rich Freeman gentoo.org> writes: > > > James tampabay.r

[gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

2014-12-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts. And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound an d video. I googled a lot, but what I found partly dated back to 2008. It was said one should switch the vodeo driver from xshm to xv deinterlacing from standard to