Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?

2015-01-12 Thread Meino . Cramer
Alan McKinnon [15-01-13 07:28]: > On 13/01/2015 07:53, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: > > The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start > > and a reinstallations ends with this error message > > (popup): > > > > "Ghostery cann

Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?

2015-01-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 13/01/2015 07:53, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: > The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start > and a reinstallations ends with this error message > (popup): > > "Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot > modify the

[gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?

2015-01-12 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): "Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file." Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permission

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox emerge fails running autoconf

2015-01-12 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-01-13, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> I'm just finishing up a fresh AMD64 install, and am unable to build >> firefox-31.3.0. The emerge fails when it runs autoconf: >> >> # cat /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-31.3.0/temp/autoconf.out >> * autoconf * >> **

[gentoo-user] Re: Firefox emerge fails running autoconf

2015-01-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-01-13, Grant Edwards wrote: > I'm just finishing up a fresh AMD64 install, and am unable to build > firefox-31.3.0. The emerge fails when it runs autoconf: > > # cat /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-31.3.0/temp/autoconf.out > * autoconf * > * PWD: /var/tmp/portage/www-

[gentoo-user] Firefox emerge fails running autoconf

2015-01-12 Thread Grant Edwards
I'm just finishing up a fresh AMD64 install, and am unable to build firefox-31.3.0. The emerge fails when it runs autoconf: # cat /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-31.3.0/temp/autoconf.out * autoconf * * PWD: /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-31.3.0/work/mozilla-esr31 *

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Motorola KDS IDE using deb or rpm?

2015-01-12 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 01/12/2015 08:30 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > I need to install a particular IDE (Freescale KDS) for a 1-day > training session. They have a .deb and a .rpm available. Any guesses > on which one is going to be easier to get going? > > -- > Grant > > > > Based on very little personal experience

[gentoo-user] Install Motorola KDS IDE using deb or rpm?

2015-01-12 Thread Grant Edwards
I need to install a particular IDE (Freescale KDS) for a 1-day training session. They have a .deb and a .rpm available. Any guesses on which one is going to be easier to get going? -- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] restoring master boot record

2015-01-12 Thread Philip Webb
150112 Adam Carter wrote: >> I may need to rewrite the master boot record onto the new SSD. >> I use Lilo, which has a line 'boot=': >> would it be enough to simply run Lilo, perhaps from System-Rescue ? >> Should I have a back-up copy of the present MBR to use & if so, >> what is the correct comma

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 12/01/2015 17:10, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > On 11.01.2015 17:36, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> The trick is to use a system that guarantees you a unique "label" or >> identifier for each host. >> >> Perhaps {{ customer_name }}/{{ hostname }} works? >> >> This would fail if you have two customer

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-12 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 11.01.2015 17:36, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The trick is to use a system that guarantees you a unique "label" or > identifier for each host. > > Perhaps {{ customer_name }}/{{ hostname }} works? > > This would fail if you have two customers with the same company name > (rare, but not impossible)

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-12 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 12.01.2015 08:46, Tomas Mozes wrote: > On 2015-01-11 22:06, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> Out of curiosity, "ansible-controlled files, sysadmin-controlled files" >>> means that something is managed via ansible and something is done >>> manually? >> >> >> Yes > > Then it's clear why /etc is in git. I

Re: [gentoo-user] restoring master boot record

2015-01-12 Thread Adam Carter
> One question, if anyone can help : in order to have a working system, > I think I'ld need to rewrite the master boot record onto the new SSD. > I use Lilo, which has a line 'boot=': > would it be enough to simply run Lilo, perhaps from System-Rescue ? > Should I have a back-up copy of the present