[gentoo-user] Re: Further probs/phenomena
Meino Christian Cramer Meino.Cramer at gmx.de writes: As I am right at the beginning with my understanding and knowledge about the gentoo system, I would like to know, what this ~86 in /etc/portage/package.keywords does. Well, I'm not the quintessential gentoo user, but, I'll give you some simple advise. ~x86 means for the package listed you are willing to install the testing version of the software. The 3 flavors of linux software are stable, testing, and unstable (or under active development). Is it advebtureous to do so, or is it just a good working tuning thing for x86 systems ? Ah here you leave the ground of objective answers into the realm of the subjective, as such, I can only give you my opinion. YES. I mostly rund stable on my sytems and use the files in /etc/portage, when I choose to venture out. You could have your entire gentoo system as ~x86 (testing) as some folks to, and fix the problems. If this is your first or only gentoo system, having ~x86 for everything is suicide and will result in your looking for another linux distro. Using ~x86 to gain access to those key software packages, when necessary or desired, is warranted. Anbother question: Is there a documentation of the _installed_ gentoo system -- not the installing process as such? on google use searches such as these: subject +gentoo +wiki +howto (etc) and you'll find a multitude of documentation. After you have read, and given a reasonable attempt to figure things out, and fail, then you post to this list. There are numerous folks with various skill levels that read this list, and most try to help, particularly those that have attemmpted self-help first. Here are a few bookmarks: http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_USE_Flags http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3 http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Dealing_with_masked_packages http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2chap=2 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2chap=1 http://gentoo-wiki.com/Category:Tips http://clug.net.nz/index.php/GentooTips http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33534 http://gentoo.linuxhowtos.org/browseportage/browseportage.htm?portagecat=www-apps/trac http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Further probs/phenomena
Uwe Thiem uwix at iway.na writes: another thing I am currently not able to understand: In search of a dvb-t tv watching applikation I found kaffeine (as far as I know not supoorted by Gentoo). Pardon? Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-video/kaffeine-0.7.1-r1 USE=arts gstreamer -debug -dvb -xinerama 0 kB I put this entry in my /etc/portage/package.keywords: media-video/kaffeine~x86 and got this version of kaffeine working: media-video/kaffeine-0.8-r1 +arts -debug -dvb +encode +gstreamer +vorbis -xinerama If you use dvb, make sure you enable it in the kernel hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Further probs/phenomena
From: james [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Further probs/phenomena Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:10:01 + (UTC) Hi, thank you for your help. My previous system was an LFS one, from which I took the complete configuration of the linux kernel. That's why I took a vanilla kernel for gentoo (by the way: Why is it named vanilla for such kind of things an not -- say -- straciatella, schoco, walnut or even tutti frutti :O) As I am right at the beginning with my understanding and knowledge about the gentoo system, I would like to know, what this ~86 in /etc/portage/package.keywords does. Is it advebtureous to do so, or is it just a good working tuning thing for x86 systems ? Anbother question: Is there a documentation of the _installed_ gentoo system -- not the installing process as such? Have a nice week! Keep hacking! mcc Uwe Thiem uwix at iway.na writes: another thing I am currently not able to understand: In search of a dvb-t tv watching applikation I found kaffeine (as far as I know not supoorted by Gentoo). Pardon? Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-video/kaffeine-0.7.1-r1 USE=arts gstreamer -debug -dvb -xinerama 0 kB I put this entry in my /etc/portage/package.keywords: media-video/kaffeine~x86 and got this version of kaffeine working: media-video/kaffeine-0.8-r1 +arts -debug -dvb +encode +gstreamer +vorbis -xinerama If you use dvb, make sure you enable it in the kernel hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Further probs/phenomena
On Monday 27 March 2006 11:18, Meino Christian Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Further probs/phenomena': My previous system was an LFS one, from which I took the complete configuration of the linux kernel. That's why I took a vanilla kernel for gentoo (by the way: Why is it named vanilla for such kind of things an not -- say -- straciatella, schoco, walnut or even tutti frutti :O) In U.S. English, vanilla has connotation of plain, despite being just as much of an added flavor as strawberry or chocolate. I'm not sure exactly where that connotation came from, but when Americans talk about different flavors of an item (anything from software to cars to ice cream) the one with the fewest features/modifications -- the least flavorful -- is referred to as vanilla. I'm not sure if this connotation extends beyond the U.S. border. Heck I don't even know if it's universal across the U.S., but everyone understands it where I live. -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgpRDIojfQV1p.pgp Description: PGP signature
