Re: [gentoo-user] A new gentoo ... how to check before delete the old one?

2017-02-10 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 05.02.2017 08:34, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On February 5, 2017 6:26:27 AM GMT+01:00, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> Hi, >> >> since my old Gentoo installation seems to be screwed up (regarding >> the update process) beyond repair I decided to install a new one >> instead of waiting for help. >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Different build options for specific packages

2017-02-10 Thread Dale
wabe wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> Dale wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I read where someone did this but I can't find it now. I looked at >>> the wiki and did some startpage searches, no luck. Here goes: >>> >>> I generally let emerge build packages in parallel. This works >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Different build options for specific packages

2017-02-10 Thread wabe
Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I read where someone did this but I can't find it now. I looked at > > the wiki and did some startpage searches, no luck. Here goes: > > > > I generally let emerge build packages in parallel. This works > > because a lot of

Re: [gentoo-user] Different build options for specific packages

2017-02-10 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I read where someone did this but I can't find it now. I looked at the > wiki and did some startpage searches, no luck. Here goes: > > I generally let emerge build packages in parallel. This works because a > lot of packages are small and don't take long to build or much

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Working on fresh install, question about handbook statement

2017-02-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Don't think I've had occassion to use emerge --config before. > Not many packages use it. I know mysql uses it to initialize the database, which is something you obviously don't want to do every time you update the

Re: [gentoo-user] nmap - device name.

2017-02-10 Thread thelma
On 02/10/2017 06:34 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > When I scan my local network: > nmap -sn 10.10.0.0/24 > > It prints all the devices connected to it but sometimes it prints the > device "name" and sometimes it doesn't eg: > > Nmap scan report for iaxy (10.0.0.108) > Host is up (-0.095s

[gentoo-user] Re: Working on fresh install, question about handbook statement

2017-02-10 Thread Harry Putnam
John Covici writes: [...] >>root #ls /usr/share/zoneinfo >> >>root #echo "Europe/Brussels" > /etc/timezone >> >> And there is a little part following that says: >> >>Next, reconfigure the sys-libs/timezone-data package, which will >>update the

[gentoo-user] Different build options for specific packages

2017-02-10 Thread Dale
Howdy, I read where someone did this but I can't find it now. I looked at the wiki and did some startpage searches, no luck. Here goes: I generally let emerge build packages in parallel. This works because a lot of packages are small and don't take long to build or much room either. However,

[gentoo-user] nmap - device name.

2017-02-10 Thread thelma
When I scan my local network: nmap -sn 10.10.0.0/24 It prints all the devices connected to it but sometimes it prints the device "name" and sometimes it doesn't eg: Nmap scan report for iaxy (10.0.0.108) Host is up (-0.095s latency). MAC Address: 00:0F:D3:00:30:DD (Digium) Nmap scan report for

Re: [gentoo-user] Working on fresh install, question about handbook statement

2017-02-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > What is really puzzling is the the words `reconfigure' that package. > But then there is nothing said about what this `reconfiguring' > consists of. > > It used to be we just either copied the appropriate zimezone

Re: [gentoo-user] Working on fresh install, question about handbook statement

2017-02-10 Thread John Covici
On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:52:41 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > > I'm part way thru a fresh gentoo install and ran up on something in > the handbook guide to installing that is puzzling. > > This URL: > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Distribution_files > > From the

[gentoo-user] Working on fresh install, question about handbook statement

2017-02-10 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm part way thru a fresh gentoo install and ran up on something in the handbook guide to installing that is puzzling. This URL: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Distribution_files >From the section of install during the chroot and start of putting together the OS.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] KDE config problem

2017-02-10 Thread Mick
On Friday 10 Feb 2017 09:43:03 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday 08 Feb 2017 09:49:51 I wrote: > > Having reverted from ~amd64 to amd64 and created a new user for myself, > > I now can't right-click on the background to change its properties. Does > > anyone here know what might be causing

Re: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound

2017-02-10 Thread thelma
On 02/10/2017 02:47 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:33:31 +, Mick wrote: > >>> Doesn't matter which card I select via "alsamixer" I get: >>> >>> " This sound device does not have any controls." >> >> You could use Google to find out which kernel module is required for >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:58 AM, marco restelli wrote: > Hi all, >I am trying to understand a bit initramfs and genkernel and I have > few (basic) questions. > > I understand that one must have in the initramfs those modules which > are required to boot the system, for

[gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-10 Thread marco restelli
Hi all, I am trying to understand a bit initramfs and genkernel and I have few (basic) questions. I understand that one must have in the initramfs those modules which are required to boot the system, for instance to access /dev . Now: - can a module be present both in the initramfs and as

Re: [gentoo-user] Bad luck with new installation: Compilation issues (eudev)

2017-02-10 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170207-01:11+0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > it was documente in a bugreport by someone else. > I did exactle the same. Great, no everybody interested use the search engine, or maybe browse all the thousands of bugs if you want to know which bug Meino reported it in...

Re: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound

2017-02-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, February 10, 2017 06:33:31 AM Mick wrote: > On Thursday 09 Feb 2017 22:19:24 the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > On my new box I seem to have two sound cards but no sound. > > > > cat /proc/asound/cards > > > > 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound

2017-02-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:33:31 +, Mick wrote: > > Doesn't matter which card I select via "alsamixer" I get: > > > > " This sound device does not have any controls." > > You could use Google to find out which kernel module is required for > your hardware; or, quicker and potentially more

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] KDE config problem

2017-02-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 08 Feb 2017 09:49:51 I wrote: > Having reverted from ~amd64 to amd64 and created a new user for myself, > I now can't right-click on the background to change its properties. Does > anyone here know what might be causing this, or what config files I can > edit instead? An emerge -e