On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:27:39 +0000 Mick wrote: > On a resource challenged machine like this ol' box of mine aterm runs like a > dream. Konsole is a bit heavier and it loads all sort of KDE components > with it. I mean, if you're already running KDE then they are already > running by default, but if you're running a lighter WM then konsole may not > be the slickiest solution.
That was my intuitive thoughts too. I do not want to load the kde libraries, this machne is an epia M9000 running mythtv. I don't want any part of kde. Heres what i would need to install to run konsole (and note that all of konsole's use flags are off) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ USE=-java emerge -pv konsole These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libpcre-6.3 -doc 552 kB [ebuild N ] net-dns/libidn-0.5.15 -doc -emacs -java +nls 1,925 kB [ebuild N ] media-libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.17 -debug 282 kB [ebuild N ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.4.3-r1 +alsa -arts +cups -debug -doc -jpeg2k -kdeenablefinal -kerberos -openexr +spell +ssl +tiff -xinerama -zeroconf 16,482 kB [ebuild N ] kde-base/konsole-3.4.3 -arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -kdexdeltas -xinerama 21,900 kB Total size of downloads: 41,143 kB But anyway, thanks for all those who posted tips about the font thing, i think I will be able to get the hang of it now :-) -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
