Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error

2014-04-15 Thread Stroller
On Tue, 15 April 2014, at 2:06 am, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > … The error message I'm getting at the make install > command is: > > "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! > Install foomatic packages for your OS > make [install test] Error 1" > > … > To stay out of TL;DR territory, a short list

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were > intended to be used. > > The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, > the Linux and Windows drivers share the bulk of the internal code and

Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error

2014-04-15 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On 04/15/2014 07:42 AM, Stroller wrote: > > On Tue, 15 April 2014, at 2:06 am, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > >> … The error message I'm getting at the make install >> command is: >> >> "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! >> Install foomatic packages for your OS >> make [install test] Error 1" >>

Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error

2014-04-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:06:12 -0400, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > I'm having a problem installing a print driver, foo2zjs, downloaded and > compiled from source. There is an ebuild for foo2zjs. > This is a driver for a HP P1505n printer. (hplip > is not an option as this printer needs further firmware

[gentoo-user] What's happening with grub-install on GPT?

2014-04-15 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
As an old fart with MBR hardwired into my brain, I'm not sure I understand how booting from a GPT partitioned disk works now. So, I had to (note: "had to", not "wanted to") install Windows 8.1 on my machine. I had a dual boot Gentoo/Windows7 before that. So I did a backup, wiped the Windows7 p

[gentoo-user] Akonadi gets MySQL errors after upgrade

2014-04-15 Thread Robin Atwood
After the latest KDE upgrade to 4.12.4 I logged on and Akonadi won't start. It is still at 4.4.11.1 and normally runs faultlessly. Now I get $ akonadictl start Starting Akonadi Server... done. Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QStrin

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd-networkd: simpler config for my network

2014-04-15 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 15.04.2014 00:02, schrieb Pavel Volkov: > On Monday, 31 March 2014 16:14:44 MSK, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Aside from all the discussions around systemd, I simply gave the new >> systemd-networkd a try. >> >> It helped me to simplify my config for my main machine where I run KVM >> for virt

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: > On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were >> intended to be used. >> >> The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, >> the Linux and Windows driver

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about CPU settings in kernel and USE

2014-04-15 Thread David W Noon
On 15/04/14 03:11, Walter Dnes wrote: [snip] > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) II P320 Dual-Core Processor This indicates a 64-bit processor. [snip] > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were > >> intended to be used. > >> > >> The way they were intended to be used is the same way Win

Re: [gentoo-user] NVidia 3D setup

2014-04-15 Thread Matti Nykyri
On Apr 15, 2014, at 18:59, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: >> On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: >>> On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were intended to be used. >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > Would you be better off with a Toyota or a Nissan? Same answer: I > don't see much difference. Both work, both have free and blob drivers, > both are better at some things and worse at others. I really don't see > any clear cut reason to choose one over the other for the gene

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd-networkd: simpler config for my network

2014-04-15 Thread Pavel Volkov
On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:04:54 MSK, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Did you test it? I think it just works ... Not yet, but it seems weird to have DHCP= for DHCPv4 and not to have any options (DHCPv6/SLAAC/unconfigured) for IPv6. Only Address= for static address. Here is another problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] What's happening with grub-install on GPT?

2014-04-15 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > As an old fart with MBR hardwired into my brain, I'm not sure I understand > how booting from a GPT partitioned disk works now. > > So, I had to (note: "had to", not "wanted to") install Windows 8.1 on my > machine. I had a dual boot Gent

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!" > > "...I have some heard of Linux...bad things...use windows instead!" > > So: Due to the already mentioned reasons I ca

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Tom Wijsman [14-04-15 19:36]: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!" > > > > "...I have some heard of Linux...bad things...use windows instead!" >

Re: [gentoo-user] Akonadi gets MySQL errors after upgrade

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 15 Apr 2014 15:01:51 Robin Atwood wrote: > After the latest KDE upgrade to 4.12.4 I logged on and Akonadi won't > start. It is still at 4.4.11.1 and normally runs faultlessly. Now I get > > $ akonadictl start > Starting Akonadi Server... >done. > Connecting to deprecated signal > QD

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:39:09 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Tom Wijsman [14-04-15 19:36]: > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > > > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > > > > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!"

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 15 Apr 2014 18:39:09 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Tom Wijsman [14-04-15 19:36]: > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 > > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > > > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > > > > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!" > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about CPU settings in kernel and USE

2014-04-15 Thread Walter Dnes
Thanks for the info. On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 03:42:31PM +0100, David W Noon wrote > If you specify -march=k8 in your CFLAGS, you should get pretty decent > object code from GCC. I've used "-march=native" since it became available, because it's one less thing to worry about. That's why I did

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd-networkd: simpler config for my network

2014-04-15 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 15.04.2014 19:25, schrieb Pavel Volkov: > On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:04:54 MSK, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Did you test it? >> >> I think it just works ... >> > > Not yet, but it seems weird to have DHCP= for DHCPv4 and not to have any > options (DHCPv6/SLAAC/unconfigured) for IPv6. Only

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about CPU settings in kernel and USE

2014-04-15 Thread David W Noon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:33:47 -0400, Walter Dnes (waltd...@waltdnes.org) wrote about "Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about CPU settings in kernel and USE" (in <20140415183347.ga16...@waltdnes.org>): > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 0

Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error

2014-04-15 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On 04/15/2014 08:12 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:06:12 -0400, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > >> I'm having a problem installing a print driver, foo2zjs, downloaded and >> compiled from source. > > There is an ebuild for foo2zjs. > >> This is a driver for a HP P1505n printer. (hplip

[gentoo-user] HP printing query

2014-04-15 Thread Philip Webb
I ran into a problem trying to print yesterday -- solved for now -- , but would like to simplify things for the next occasion. What appears to have happened is that when I updated Hplip + Cups, one of them created a new printer, so that the list now appears as : Deskjet_2510 Automatically setu

Re: [gentoo-user] Akonadi gets MySQL errors after upgrade

2014-04-15 Thread Robin Atwood
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:17:01 +0100 Mick wrote: > > When I update mysql I run: > > mysqlcheck --all-databases --check-upgrade -u root -p > > Not sure if it will help your case, but I'm throwing it out there > just in case. You may need to point it to wherever your akonadi db > may stored. Than

Re: [gentoo-user] What's happening with grub-install on GPT?

2014-04-15 Thread Lin Xiao
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 03:38:27 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > So what the hell does grub-install do? How is my system able to boot > into grub at all? And, most importantly, how do I boot Windows 8 from > grub now? Since your computer has EFI support, you can use EFI boot for both windows and