On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:39:59 -0500 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > > On 18/03/2012 11:52, Dale wrote: > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> On Saturday 17 March 2012 12:54:53 Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > >>> > >>>> genkernel is pretty simple to use if you ask me. > >>>> just > >>>> > >>>> emerege genkernel > >>>> > >>>> and then use > >>>> > >>>> genkerenl --menuconfig all > >>>> > >>>> it will do everything for you the same as in a regular kernel > >>>> compiling. > >>>> > >>>> you have instructions on how to use genkernel on the handbook. > >>> > >>> What's more, you don't have to keep going through menuconfig if > >>> you already have a running self-compiled kernel. Just copy > >>> the .config file to > >>> somewhere safe (I use, e.g. /boot/config-3.2) and call genkernel > >>> with the > >>> option to specify the config file it's to use. Sorry but I can't > >>> tell you > >>> exactly what the parameter is as I don't have genkernel on this > >>> box. Someone will be along in a moment though. > >>> > >> > >> > >> I used genkernel when I was first installing Gentoo. I let that > >> thing build half a dozen kernels, chroot in between too. You know > >> what, not one of them worked. That was a long time ago but let me > >> check something here.< spit spit spit> I had to get the bad > >> taste out of my mouth. lol > >> > >> I might also add, I started using a init thingy a few weeks ago, > >> dracut tool. For some crazy reason, when I boot with the init > >> thingy, my system doesn't work right. When I boot without the > >> init thingy, it works fine. Still trying to figure out that one. > >> It's in another thread. > >> > >> I don't see myself using genkernel any time soon. Right now, I'm > >> having flashbacks to hal with regard to dracut and the whole init > >> thingy /usr mess. > > i have used genkernel for a long time and all of my genkernel > > compilation works really good. > > i have (counting, 1 very very big production server, 2 small > > production server, 3 home server, 4 +5 +6 + 7 +8 of vms runing > > genkernel with several services such as mail mail filtering web > > server and monitoring) so what can i say? all these machines will > > say other then you. > > > > Regards, > > Eliezer > > > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > >> > > Odd, it can work on all those yet fail on a relatively simple system. > Makes one wonder. Maybe it is to complicated? Sort of starting to > sound like udev isn't it? lol > > I didn't say it would fail for the OP. I just said it never worked > for me. Compiling my own has worked for me. I have only had one > failure with that. I might also add, I have read where others have > nightmares about genkernel. I'm not the only one. And using genkernel is pretty fucking pointless while it doesn't support suspend/resume right. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I don;t use genkernel so don;t know the truth from experience. I only read what others say, claiming that genkernel doesn't support suspend/resume. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
