Re: [gentoo-user] qt USE flags conflict

2015-05-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 16/05/2015 10:49, Mick wrote: >> Look carefully at the first message again, it says you need to do one of >> > those actions (effectively making one package match the other). A quick >> > glance can seem like it wants you to make the USE settings different, >> > that is not the case. > Yes! I r

Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Paul Klos
Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: > Hi all, > I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a > bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or > search boxes, the existing contents are highlighted and if I begin > typing, the existi

[gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hello Gentoo World, TL;DR warning I've tested Gentoo and liked it, tried to tune it a bit and borked it. :) I want to use mdadm to create a RAID1 with 2 SATA disks. From what i gather, i'll need (bootable) 0xFD partitions, i'll use full disk for them and no separate /boot (unless required). Is

Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 17.05.2015 um 11:39 schrieb Paul Klos: > Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: >> Hi all, >> I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a >> bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or >> search boxes, the existing contents are

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 17 May 2015 12:48:58 Nuno Magalhães wrote: > I want to use mdadm to create a RAID1 with 2 SATA disks. From what i > gather, i'll need (bootable) 0xFD partitions, i'll use full disk for > them and no separate /boot (unless required). Is GPT required or can i > stick to MBR? Is fdisk safe

Re: [gentoo-user] Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Bruce Hill
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 11:39:29AM +0200, Paul Klos wrote: > Op zondag 17 mei 2015 13:52:21 schreef Andrew Lowe: > > Hi all, > > I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a > > bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or > > search boxes, the ex

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Rich Freeman
Just a few clarifications below. One thing this discussion is missing is any mention of BIOS / EFI. Most of the discussion below seems most relevant to a legacy BIOS installation. Many specialized Gentoo install docs, like mdadm+lvm, don't really make mention of EFI, or other more recent developm

Re: [gentoo-user] libav and ffmpeg on the same computer issue once again

2015-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 16 May 2015 08:57:15 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > > Does that include the several lines of comments, often repeated, that > > portage includes in the auto-unmask output? I just checked two systems > > for abi_x86_32 and got around 130 lines in one and 220 in the other. > > Yes, it does.

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread covici
Rich Freeman wrote: > Just a few clarifications below. > > One thing this discussion is missing is any mention of BIOS / EFI. > Most of the discussion below seems most relevant to a legacy BIOS > installation. Many specialized Gentoo install docs, like mdadm+lvm, > don't really make mention of

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 10:35 AM, wrote: > > Rich Freeman wrote: > > > Just a few clarifications below. > > > > One thing this discussion is missing is any mention of BIOS / EFI. > > Most of the discussion below seems most relevant to a legacy BIOS > > installation. Many specialized Gentoo insta

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 17 May 2015 10:09:11 Rich Freeman wrote: --->8 > Most people using openrc are also using systemd-udev (and there is a > good chance you do too). The latter was previously named udev and > long predates what most people call systemd. Eudev is a fork of udev, > which comes from after it c

[gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-05-17, Andrew Lowe wrote: > I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as > a bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or > search boxes, the existing contents are highlighted Yeat, I _hate_ that. > and if I begin typing, the existing text

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 17 May 2015 18:16:16 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > and if I begin typing, the existing text is deleted and what I'm > > typing becomes the contents. On the Linux version, under KDE, it > > doesn't. I have to click into the appropriate edit box, highlight > > the contents and start

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2015-05-17 um 18:05 schrieb Peter Humphrey: > Maybe I will. I suspect dodgy disks and I have a pair of new SSDs on the way. > Perhaps it's time for a rethink. perhaps one more thought to be thought right now: skip mdadm and lvm ... and try btrfs as you have the chance on shiny new hardware

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > tl;dr ... maybe you listed some reason to stick with mdadm/lvm2/xfs etc > ... sorry in that case I didn't. 2 disks with RAID1/LVM, 2 disks (maybe) with ZFS. Pairs because by board has 2 SATA channels, otherwise i'd go RAID5 and gain a

[gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread walt
On 05/16/2015 10:52 PM, Andrew Lowe wrote: > I've been using Firefox for ages and something struck me recently as a > bit odd. In the Windows version, if I click up into the address or > search boxes, the existing contents are highlighted and if I begin > typing, the existing text is deleted and wh

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Mick
On Sunday 17 May 2015 19:49:30 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 17 May 2015 18:16:16 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > > and if I begin typing, the existing text is deleted and what I'm > > > typing becomes the contents. On the Linux version, under KDE, it > > > doesn't. I have to click into the

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 17.05.2015 22:48, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> tl;dr ... maybe you listed some reason to stick with mdadm/lvm2/xfs etc >> ... sorry in that case > > I didn't. 2 disks with RAID1/LVM, 2 disks (maybe) with ZFS. Pairs > because by board h

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Nuno Magalhães
btrfs... ZFS... dunno... we'll see ;) On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > As you ordered 2 ssds right now this seems a perfect opportunity to > start over and test something "new" (btrfs is in the linux kernel since > 2009). SSDs? Nope... not yet, maybe when i use t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 17 May 2015 22:54:19 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Chromium now selects the whole URL when you click in the address bar. > > I'm not sure when it started doing this but it was quite recently. > > This is not a problem at all, because this address bar > auto-highlighting in Chromium does not ta

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 17 May 2015 12:48:58 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > I want to use mdadm to create a RAID1 with 2 SATA disks. From what i > gather, i'll need (bootable) 0xFD partitions, i'll use full disk for > them and no separate /boot (unless required). Is GPT required or can i > stick to MBR? Is fdisk

Re: [gentoo-user] Tips for fresh install with GRUB2+RAID1+LVM2

2015-05-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > There were problems with btrfs and the kernel a few months ago (Rich > Freeman was hit by that, maybe he chimes in here), but in general for me > it is still a very positive experience. > It is nowhere near the stability of ext4. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Daniel Frey
On 05/17/2015 02:54 PM, Mick wrote: >> Chromium now selects the whole URL when you click in the address bar. I'm >> not sure when it started doing this but it was quite recently. > > This is not a problem at all, because this address bar auto-highlighting in > Chromium does not take over the sys

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Mick
On Monday 18 May 2015 02:56:43 Daniel Frey wrote: > On 05/17/2015 02:54 PM, Mick wrote: > >> Chromium now selects the whole URL when you click in the address bar. > >> I'm not sure when it started doing this but it was quite recently. > > > > This is not a problem at all, because this address bar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: udev hanging

2015-05-17 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
walt wrote: > On 05/14/2015 10:56 PM, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >> I have an amd64 system with an old 3.3.x kernel. Recently (I think after >> last udev update to 217) the boot process became very slow due to "udev >> waiting for uevents to populate /dev". After a minute or so udev prints >> somethin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question for users of the Firefox browser

2015-05-17 Thread Gevisz
On Mon, 18 May 2015 06:26:31 +0100 Mick wrote: > On Monday 18 May 2015 02:56:43 Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 05/17/2015 02:54 PM, Mick wrote: > > >> Chromium now selects the whole URL when you click in the address bar. > > >> I'm not sure when it started doing this but it was quite recently. > > >