drobbins

Yes, sorry for the inconvenience of this change -- dropbox is supposed to be set up under each user's home directory rather than installed centrally. While this fixes quite a few other complications it does make things more complicated for you. Fortunately there is a pretty good way to get dropbox working the way you want -- using /etc/local.d. See if this works for your needs. Try creating an /etc/local.d/dropbox.start script that will start dropbox as the user of your choice when the system boots:
#!/bin/bash su username -c "/usr/bin/dropbox start" Then...
# chmod +x /etc/local.d/dropbox.start This will run dropbox as user "username" when the system starts.

Hi All, 
I've just massively reworked the net-misc/dropbox ebuild to provide a much better experience in Funtoo and you should see this showing up in the next few hours. I couldn't get the Gentoo dropbox working reliably. Here is a list of all the changes:
Updated to dropbox-39.4.49.ebuild No longer has an initscript It now sets up ~/.dropbox-dist for each user who sets up dropbox (rather than having a system dropbox install) You don't need to be in the "dropbox" group to use the dropbox nautilus (gnome file browser) extension gnome support is built-in (as long as "gnome" is set in USE, which it is if you are using the GNOME mix-in.) Reworked the python 'dropbox' script to provide a better user experience and be optimal for Funtoo: if you start "dropbox" for the first time from GNOME, it will start a GTK+ installer to set up dropbox for you. if you don't have a GUI, you can still install dropbox The above two features are existing features of dropbox that were somewhat borked in Gentoo. At the end of the setup process, you are given instructions on how to enable dropbox on startup. dropbox command-line tool is also included. Please note that if you have nautilus-dropbox installed, you will need to remove it.
This should result in a really nice experience for dropbox users.
Use as follows:
# emerge dropbox (make sure it's 39.4.49 -- this is the new version.) (as regular user:) $ dropbox start -i This will initialize the ~/.dropbox-dist directory for the user via a command-line or GTK+ interface. Once this is done, dropbox start should be added to your .bash_login and/or .xprofile and can be run immediately to start dropbox in your current session.
Since the ebuild is completely new, the possibility of bugs exist. Please report bugs at https://bugs.funtoo.org . Thanks.
-Daniel

Hi All,
Coming in the next regen of meta-repo are ebuilds and supporting tools for configuration of Razer (https://www.razerzone.com/) keyboards and mice. This allows you to create neat glowy and color effects, as well as do other useful things.
To configure your Razer devices, first perform the following:
# emerge polychromatic # reboot Then, you will need to add your desktop user to the plugdev group, and then start openrazer-daemon in your personal .bash-login or .xprofile:
openrazer-daemon At this point, you should be able to run polychromatic controller in your desktop environment to configure your Razer devices.

Hi All, 
I've just massively reworked the net-misc/dropbox ebuild to provide a much better experience in Funtoo and you should see this showing up in the next few hours. I couldn't get the Gentoo dropbox working reliably. Here is a list of all the changes:
Updated to dropbox-39.4.49.ebuild No longer has an initscript It now sets up ~/.dropbox-dist for each user who sets up dropbox (rather than having a system dropbox install) You don't need to be in the "dropbox" group to use the dropbox nautilus (gnome file browser) extension gnome support is built-in (as long as "gnome" is set in USE, which it is if you are using the GNOME mix-in.) Reworked the python 'dropbox' script to provide a better user experience and be optimal for Funtoo: if you start "dropbox" for the first time from GNOME, it will start a GTK+ installer to set up dropbox for you. if you don't have a GUI, you can still install dropbox The above two features are existing features of dropbox that were somewhat borked in Gentoo. At the end of the setup process, you are given instructions on how to enable dropbox on startup. dropbox command-line tool is also included. Please note that if you have nautilus-dropbox installed, you will need to remove it.
This should result in a really nice experience for dropbox users.
Use as follows:
# emerge dropbox (make sure it's 39.4.49 -- this is the new version.) (as regular user:) $ dropbox start -i This will initialize the ~/.dropbox-dist directory for the user via a command-line or GTK+ interface. Once this is done, dropbox start should be added to your .bash_login and/or .xprofile and can be run immediately to start dropbox in your current session.
Since the ebuild is completely new, the possibility of bugs exist. Please report bugs at https://bugs.funtoo.org . Thanks.
-Daniel

Yes, I am working with robbat2 on a genkernel rewrite and a modular system to integrate initramfs like dracut, etc. We are just getting started and the holidays are keeping me from diving in right now. The project is/will be hosted here: https://github.com/funtoo/xkernel . You can see that robbat2 has contributed a host of issues/todos that I will be whittling away on soon.

I want to play with plymouth and so I installed genkernel-next. It works perfectly fine but during `genkernel all` it prints out some errors/warnings. Even with those everythign is fine, but just curious if there are any plans on brinking plymouth to genkernel or adopting genkernel-next to better match funtoo expectations/layout. Probably we need funkernel :D

Follow directions here to install/use meta-repo.
Funtoo eliminated stable.
Funtoo users running stable have to upgrade to current.
I had one system running stable that I upgraded to current while still running ports-2012 before switching to meta-repo.
Funtoo in many cases upgrades package versions at a slower rate than gentoo.
On synced meta-repo dev-db/postgresql-10.0-r1
funtoo rj # emerge -av postgresql These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] app-eselect/eselect-postgresql-2.0-r1::core-kit 0 KiB [ebuild N ] dev-db/postgresql-10.0-r1:10::dev-kit USE="nls pam python readline server ssl xml zlib -doc -kerberos -ldap -libressl -perl (-selinux) -static-libs -systemd -tcl -threads -uuid" LINGUAS="en -af -cs -de -es -fa -fr -hr -hu -it -ko -nb -pl -pt_BR -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -tr -zh_CN -zh_TW" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_4 -python2_7 -python3_5 -python3_6" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -python3_5 -python3_6" 19,179 KiB Total: 2 packages (2 new), Size of downloads: 19,179 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]  

Hi All, 
I have just committed net-misc/turbovnc to the Funtoo tree. Turbo VNC is a very good VNC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing) client and server. As a client, it will allow you to connect to remote systems and is very fast and feature-rich, with a ton of security options. As a server, it integrates with X and supports VirtualGL. VirtualGL is functionality that overcomes some inherent limitations of VNC, which traditionally does not support OpenGL or forces applications to use non-hardware rendering. With VirtualGL, you can remotely access a Funtoo system with hardware-accelerated OpenGL and benefit from its GPU (graphics will render on the remote system using hardware acceleration and then the rendered images will be transmitted to your client.) Learn more about VirtualGL here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualGL
As a client, I've found turbovnc to be significantly faster than tigervnc, and the client has a lot of very useful configuration options -- see screenshots below.
Please give the ebuild a try and let me know how it works for you.

I got this error:
ERROR: net-misc/dropbox-39.4.49::net-kit failed (prepare phase): * eapply_user (or default) must be called in src_prepare()! * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 776: Called __ebuild_main 'prepare' * phase-functions.sh, line 1053: Called __dyn_prepare * phase-functions.sh, line 383: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "eapply_user (or default) must be called in src_prepare()!" It is xfce4 desktop.

I'm in the same situation. What should be do in order to get Dropbox sync without login in into the server?

Hi,
Included in drobbins' recent Dropbox announcement was, "No longer has an initscript."  I use the initscript on one system so that Dropbox contents would always sync immediately, even if I was not logged in.  This is a server that runs 24x7 and is the primary backup source (as in pushed to backup locations, which means I need the source to be current) for my Dropbox contents.  What is an alternate way to achieve this?

Everything has been updated, and we have a new release out.

A picture of the area I am using to work on Funtoo, and all of the instruction sets that are now suspect because of firefox reader view and stupid users. Someone say a prayer for the trees!
 

Hey all, welcome to the new forums! Our old forum software has been upgraded to the latest version and I'm going to be working hard to help make this a really great resource for everyone.
Our "Funtoo Universe" section is set up in a traditional forum style, and "Help Central" is now in a Q&A-style mode. Let me know how you like the Q&A style mode. Both sets of forums allow you to tag posts as being answered and we have the ability to flag the best answer.

Hi All,
xorg-kit 1.19-prime will be the default after the next tree update. It includes xorg-server-1.19.3 but with backports of all security fixes through (and including) xorg-server 1.19.5.

Hey everyone,
I've just added a new kit called lang-kit, which is a kit for all programming languages that do not have their own kit. This includes mono, fsharp, node.js, tcl-tk, lua, go, erlang and associated categories, plus all of dev-lang that doesn't end up in its own kit. Lang-kit should be appearing within the next hour after your next ego sync. This kit was created to address a nodejs upgrade issue that is causing some issues in the tree and will allow us to lock-in node.js which is getting frequently updated by gentoo upstream.
Regards,
Daniel

Also, in addition, I'm no longer updating master on the following kits: core-kit, security-kit, xorg-kit, gnome-kit, kde-kit, media-kit, perl-kit, python-kit. I made this change to reduce the clock time required to update our kits.

Hi all,
A multitude of new kits are coming your way. I'll give you a list of what they are and share other kit-related updates with you.
The new kits you'll be seeing soon are: ruby-kit, haskell-kit, ml-lang-kit, lisp-scheme-kit, and xfce-kit. With the exception of xfce-kit, these kits are all essentially sub-kits of dev-kit (and now have their own kit, just to try to pare down dev-kit a bit.) xfce-kit is for the XFCE 4.12 desktop environment.
In addition, we have snapshotted/frozen the following kits: *java-kit*, ruby-kit, haskell-kit, ml-lang-kit, lisp-scheme-kit, *dev-kit*, xfce-kit and *desktop-kit*. Note that the kits in red are ones that previously following gentoo-current, and are now snapshotted as of today (Oct 22). The other kits listed are the new kits.
With this wave of new kits, I am pushing forward the kit paradigm. With additional snapshotting of previously 'current' kits, I am putting funtoo's developer focus on getting the new 1.1-prime core-kit, media-kit and friends truly ready for production. The goal is to shift major updates to that they come via kit upgrades rather than a trickle of new package updates.
What should you expect over the rest of the year? Expect further stabilization of our now-snapshotted kits. Also, when PHP 7.2.0 is released, expect a php-kit that will be snapshotted at 7.2-prime rather than following current as it does now. You should also expect to see a new generation of kits made available so you can select more recent packages. Also on the radar are automated features to help switch kits cleanly -- think of these as things like perl-cleaner and friends but that get automatically triggered when you switch kits to ensure a smooth transition. And yes, you will likely see a few more kits added to the mix, along with new ego features.
With these new kits, the kit paradigm has been further advanced and will continue to advance. Along the way, you may feel that Funtoo Linux updates are getting 'stuck' or not going as quickly as you like, due to kits being frozen. If this impacts you, please provide us with feedback so we are aware of what things you need updated and why -- and understand that the pause in version bumps is more of a temporary phenomenon rather than a permanent reality. The updates will come -- in the form of kit bumps! The adjustment of our dev process will happen, and soon will reap rewards by offering stability as well as the latest ebuilds for you to choose from.
Please feel free to share your questions and concerns on this thread.
Best Regards,
Daniel

Hey All,
If you have a Funtoo container and would like to upgrade to kits, please contact me. I can reload your container so you can start with a 'fresh' system that is set up to work with kits from the beginning. The actual re-image process takes about 5 minutes to complete. It does require that you back up your important data, and once reloaded, your container will need your favorite apps emerged again.
Regards,
Daniel

Oops, I forgot I need to tweak the ebuild to reflect the new python module layout -- for now, this ebuild doesn't work, but will soon :)

ego-2.3.0 has been released and will be appearing in the tree in the next few hours. It is currently keyword masked but is available for testing and evaluation. It should be considered beta software for end-users -- our developers will be testing it but you are free to do so as well. Several bugs have been fixed (meta-repo sync robustness, avoiding a failure when run in a root-only-readable current working directory), and in addition several unit tests have been added, the entire code base has been heavily refactored, including a completely rewritten internal API for ego profile management.
Best Regards,
Daniel

OK, ebuild has been updated so it can now be tested.

Hey all, welcome to the new forums! Our old forum software has been upgraded to the latest version and I'm going to be working hard to help make this a really great resource for everyone.
Our "Funtoo Universe" section is set up in a traditional forum style, and "Help Central" is now in a Q&A-style mode. Let me know how you like the Q&A style mode. Both sets of forums allow you to tag posts as being answered and we have the ability to flag the best answer.

I just fixed login-related issues. Funtoo users who had not used the forums before were unable to log in.
I've also fixed the password reset link to go to our official password reset page, as well as the create account link. So logins should be working well.
One note is that if you were are user of the old forums, and you changed your 'displayname' to show something other than your username, then your forums account username will be your displayname. You can alternatively try logging in with your email as your username instead.
Everyone else should be good to go using their funtoo username (and password, of course) to log in here.

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