Re: [gentoo-user] What's with KDE?

2018-11-04 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 3 November 2018 22:44:32 GMT Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 3 November 2018 16:28:58 GMT wabe wrote: > >> I would like to try Trinity Desktop (based on KDE3) but unfortunately > >> there is no Gentoo package. I don't know if there is an Gentoo overlay > >> contain

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 03:11:45 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > The developers, in this instance, failed to raise the ebuild's version > > number from 1.20.3 when making this change, and also didn't notify > > users by a NEWS item, that I can see. > > Emerge will catch this, no need for revbump

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread Daniel Frey
On 11/04/18 02:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 03:11:45 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >>> The developers, in this instance, failed to raise the ebuild's version >>> number from 1.20.3 when making this change, and also didn't notify >>> users by a NEWS item, that I can see. >> >

[gentoo-user] Python forced upgrade

2018-11-04 Thread Daniel Frey
Hi all, I had an older machine "appliance" (mythtv-frontend) that hadn't had an update in a while (migrated to 29.1 yesterday/today.) I searched around on the mailing list as portage advised updating itself but it got itself in a circular dependency with python and wanted to install an unstable v

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread tuxic
On 11/03 11:20, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo. > > > > HEADS UP!!! > > > > If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you > > now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag for the xorg-server package. > > > > This flag ca

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread Alarig Le Lay
Hi, On sam. 3 nov. 23:17:24 2018, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 14:01:51 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > So - if you get a permissions error whilst trying to start X, setting > > the suid USE flag may well be the solution. > > Alternatively, create /etc/X11/X11/Xwrapper.config co

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 19:33:18 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Is it safe to run X.org suid set? Why take a chance when it is unnecessary? -- Neil Bothwick I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Sir Winston Churchill (187

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread Daniel Frey
On 11/04/18 10:33, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > On 11/03 11:20, Daniel Frey wrote: >> On 11/03/18 07:01, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> Hello, Gentoo. >>> >>> HEADS UP!!! >>> >>> If you start your X server from the command line with, e.g. startx, you >>> now need to set the new(?) suid USE flag

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions error on starting X.

2018-11-04 Thread tuxic
On 11/04 07:18, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 19:33:18 +0100, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > Is it safe to run X.org suid set? > > Why take a chance when it is unnecessary? > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great > ordeal