[gentoo-user] Thunderbugs

[gentoo-user] Thunderbugs

[john]

Help.

I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc
behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server! 

rm -r thunderbugs
srm -r thunderbugs
emerge -C thunderbugs
emerge --depclean
revdep-rebuild

= no use

There is no mention of thunderbugs package in world, and python-updater
seems to be of no use. Clamav cannot recognise them. There are no
references to this in BUGzilla.  

Any suggestions will be appreciated apart from calling in ACME.


Pesky critters

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[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
>
> Help.
>
> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc
> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
>
> rm -r thunderbugs
> srm -r thunderbugs
> emerge -C thunderbugs
> emerge --depclean
> revdep-rebuild
>
> = no use
>
> There is no mention of thunderbugs package in world, and python-updater
> seems to be of no use. Clamav cannot recognise them. There are no
> references to this in BUGzilla.
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated apart from calling in ACME.

I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is.  I assume you're not 
talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your monitor.  That what 
exactly are you talking about?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[Dale]

Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
>>
>> Help.
>>
>> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc
>> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
>>
>> rm -r thunderbugs
>> srm -r thunderbugs
>> emerge -C thunderbugs
>> emerge --depclean
>> revdep-rebuild
>>
>> = no use
>>
>> There is no mention of thunderbugs package in world, and python-updater
>> seems to be of no use. Clamav cannot recognise them. There are no
>> references to this in BUGzilla.
>>
>> Any suggestions will be appreciated apart from calling in ACME.
>
> I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is.  I assume you're 
> not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your monitor.  
> That what exactly are you talking about?
>
>

I was wondering the same thing.  I was to chicken to ask because I 
thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard about 
yet.  Could it be thunderbird?  That's the only thing I could find in 
the portage tree.

At least I wasn't the only one confused.  Sort of had that a lot here 
lately.  :/

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[Joshua Murphy]

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>
>> On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
>>>
>>> Help.
>>>
>>> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc
>>> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
>>>
>>> rm -r thunderbugs
>>> srm -r thunderbugs
>>> emerge -C thunderbugs
>>> emerge --depclean
>>> revdep-rebuild
>>>
>>> = no use
>>>
>>> There is no mention of thunderbugs package in world, and python-updater
>>> seems to be of no use. Clamav cannot recognise them. There are no
>>> references to this in BUGzilla.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions will be appreciated apart from calling in ACME.
>>
>> I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is.  I assume you're not
>> talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your monitor.  That what
>> exactly are you talking about?
>>
>>
>
> I was wondering the same thing.  I was to chicken to ask because I thought
> it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard about yet.  Could
> it be thunderbird?  That's the only thing I could find in the portage tree.
>
> At least I wasn't the only one confused.  Sort of had that a lot here
> lately.  :/
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

I thought about asking myself, but... the mention of "ACME" just makes
me think it's a joke I missed somewhere along the way, and I didn't
want to be the first to admit to missing it...

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
>>>
>>> Help.
>>>
>>> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing havoc
>>> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
>>>
>>> rm -r thunderbugs
>>
>> I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume you're
>> not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your monitor. That
>> what exactly are you talking about?
>
> I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I
> thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard about
> yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could find in the
> portage tree.
>
> At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot here
> lately. :/

Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P  Sometimes very small 
insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk on the TFT 
panel.  They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a bunch of dead 
pixels.  It's virtually impossible to get them out again.

This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits on 
it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies.  No insects 
can get in that way.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[meino.cramer]

Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> [11-07-10 08:12]:
> On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
> >Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Help.
> >>>
> >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing 
> >>>havoc
> >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
> >>>
> >>>rm -r thunderbugs
> >>
> >>I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume you're
> >>not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your monitor. 
> >>That
> >>what exactly are you talking about?
> >
> >I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I
> >thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard about
> >yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could find in 
> >the
> >portage tree.
> >
> >At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot here
> >lately. :/
> 
> Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P  Sometimes very small 
> insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk on the TFT 
> panel.  They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a bunch of dead 
> pixels.  It's virtually impossible to get them out again.
> 
> This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits on 
> it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies.  No insects 
> can get in that way.
> 
> 

There are sealed ones, too.

Best regards,
mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[john]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200
meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:

> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> [11-07-10 08:12]:
> > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
> > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>Help.
> > >>>
> > >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing 
> > >>>havoc
> > >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
> > >>>
> > >>>rm -r thunderbugs
> > >>
> > >>I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume
> > >>you're not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your
> > >>monitor. That
> > >>what exactly are you talking about?
> > >
> > >I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I
> > >thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard
> > >about yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could
> > >find in the
> > >portage tree.
> > >
> > >At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot
> > >here lately. :/
> > 
> > Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P  Sometimes very
> > small insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk
> > on the TFT panel.  They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a
> > bunch of dead pixels.  It's virtually impossible to get them out
> > again.
> > 
> > This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits
> > on it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies.  No
> > insects can get in that way.
> > 
> > 
> 
> There are sealed ones, too.
> 
> Best regards,
> mcc
> 
> 

Yes ,

Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[meino.cramer]

john <jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk> [11-07-10 12:08]:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> 
> > Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> [11-07-10 08:12]:
> > > On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
> > > >Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > > >>On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Help.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing 
> > > >>>havoc
> > > >>>behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
> > > >>>
> > > >>>rm -r thunderbugs
> > > >>
> > > >>I'm having trouble understanding what the issue is. I assume
> > > >>you're not talking about insects stuck on the TFT panel of your
> > > >>monitor. That
> > > >>what exactly are you talking about?
> > > >
> > > >I was wondering the same thing. I was to chicken to ask because I
> > > >thought it might be some fancy new software that I haven't heard
> > > >about yet. Could it be thunderbird? That's the only thing I could
> > > >find in the
> > > >portage tree.
> > > >
> > > >At least I wasn't the only one confused. Sort of had that a lot
> > > >here lately. :/
> > > 
> > > Well, I guess it's really thunderbugs then :-P  Sometimes very
> > > small insects get inside the monitor, and get fried when they walk
> > > on the TFT panel.  They're visible and pretty much equivalent to a
> > > bunch of dead pixels.  It's virtually impossible to get them out
> > > again.
> > > 
> > > This is the reason I never bought a TFT monitor with cooling slits
> > > on it; only tightly closed ones with external power supplies.  No
> > > insects can get in that way.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > There are sealed ones, too.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> > 
> > 
> 
> Yes ,
> 
> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
> I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
> pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> --------------
> John D Maunder
> jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk
> 

Only a shot in the very very dark:

May be it is possible to open the case of the TFT and move a piece of
paper between "glas" (most kinda transparent plastic) front and tft
and this way to push all those litte beasts out of the way...????

Be warned! Exclusively theorectical thoughts! 

;)

Best regards,
mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 10.07.2011 12:22, schrieb meino.cramer@gmx.de:
> john <jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk> [11-07-10 12:08]:
>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200
>> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>>
>>> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> [11-07-10 08:12]:
>>>> On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
>>>>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are causing 
>>>>>>> havoc
>>>>>>> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over xorg-server!
>>>>>>>
[...]
>> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
>> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
>> I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
>> pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.
>>
> 
> Only a shot in the very very dark:
> 
> May be it is possible to open the case of the TFT and move a piece of
> paper between "glas" (most kinda transparent plastic) front and tft
> and this way to push all those litte beasts out of the way...????
> 
> Be warned! Exclusively theorectical thoughts! 
> 

I second that recommendation. If you are going to buy a new one, you can
just as well try to open the old one. Either it works and you save some
money or it doesn't and you learn something from the experience. :)

It's not like you are risking to blow up your house. Worst case: a small
fire ;)

Regards,
Florian Philipp


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[john]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:54:10 +0200
Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net> wrote:

> Am 10.07.2011 12:22, schrieb meino.cramer@gmx.de:
> > john <jdm@jdm.myzen.co.uk> [11-07-10 12:08]:
> >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:25:42 +0200
> >> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> >>
> >>> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> [11-07-10 08:12]:
> >>>> On 07/10/2011 03:23 AM, Dale wrote:
> >>>>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >>>>>> On 07/10/2011 12:59 AM, john wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Help.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have tried everything to remove thunderbugs which are
> >>>>>>> causing havoc
> >>>>>>> behind my screen. Small black mites have taken over
> >>>>>>> xorg-server!
> >>>>>>>
> [...]
> >> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which
> >> a lot have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next
> >> time. I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft
> >> was 350 pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.
> >>
> > 
> > Only a shot in the very very dark:
> > 
> > May be it is possible to open the case of the TFT and move a piece
> > of paper between "glas" (most kinda transparent plastic) front and
> > tft and this way to push all those litte beasts out of the
> > way...????
> > 
> > Be warned! Exclusively theorectical thoughts! 
> > 
> 
> I second that recommendation. If you are going to buy a new one, you
> can just as well try to open the old one. Either it works and you
> save some money or it doesn't and you learn something from the
> experience. :)
> 
> It's not like you are risking to blow up your house. Worst case: a
> small fire ;)
> 
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp
> 

I'll give it a go when I'm feeling brave enough. Just need to psyche
myself up first. Just wonder where I put the CRT :)



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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs

[Mike Edenfield]

On 7/10/2011 5:20 AM, john wrote:

> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
> I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
> pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.

Thank god. I was starting to wonder at your fixation for 
British girl groups:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbugs

[gentoo-user] RE: Thunderbugs

[Pandu Poluan]

-original message-
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs
From: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>
Date: 2011-07-11 06:26

>On 7/10/2011 5:20 AM, john wrote:
>
>> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
>> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
>> I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
>> pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.
>
>Thank god. I was starting to wonder at your fixation for 
>British girl groups:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbugs
>

He lives in the UK*! What do you expect?

* wild guess based on the currency used.

Anyways, this is a post worthy of LOL+LMAO+ROFL at the same time.

What a nice way to start my Monday :)

Rgds,
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~ IT Optimizer ~

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Re: [gentoo-user] RE: Thunderbugs

[jdm]

There real name is thripids. And are a darn nuissance. They seemingly have stopped moving after being fried by watching youtube clips of the real Thunderbugs.

Flashplayer actually has got some use after all. 
------Original Message------
From: Pandu Poluan
Sender: Pandu Poluan
To: Gentoo
ReplyTo: Gentoo
Subject: [gentoo-user] RE: Thunderbugs
Sent: 11 Jul 2011 04:09

-original message-
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs
From: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>
Date: 2011-07-11 06:26

>On 7/10/2011 5:20 AM, john wrote:
>
>> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot
>> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time.
>> I'll try sucking them out with a hoover. Damn things, tft was 350
>> pounds, you think it should have anti critters device.
>
>Thank god. I was starting to wonder at your fixation for 
>British girl groups:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbugs
>

He lives in the UK*! What do you expect?

* wild guess based on the currency used.

Anyways, this is a post worthy of LOL+LMAO+ROFL at the same time.

What a nice way to start my Monday :)

Rgds,
--
FdS Pandu E Poluan
~ IT Optimizer ~

Sent from Nokia E72-1




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