[gentoo-user] installing virtual machine under gentoo

2021-12-31 Thread John Covici
Hi. I am looking for some guidance on installing virtual machines under gentoo. I have a 5.10.82 kernel and I would like to use kvm if possible to do this. I have seen lots of instructions for installing vms using virtualbox but not much else. I have a gentoo system with enough memory to run

Re: [gentoo-user] installing virtual machine under gentoo

2021-12-31 Thread Yixun Lan
On 07:33 Fri 31 Dec , John Covici wrote: > Hi. I am looking for some guidance on installing virtual machines > under gentoo. I have a 5.10.82 kernel and I would like to use kvm if > possible to do this. I have seen lots of instructions for installing > vms using virtualbox but not much

Re: [gentoo-user] installing virtual machine under gentoo

2021-12-31 Thread Petric Frank
Am Freitag, 31. Dezember 2021, 15:31:43 CET schrieb Yixun Lan: > On 07:33 Fri 31 Dec , John Covici wrote: > > Hi. I am looking for some guidance on installing virtual machines > > under gentoo. I have a 5.10.82 kernel and I would like to use kvm if > > possible to do this. I have seen lots

Re: [gentoo-user] installing virtual machine under gentoo

2021-12-31 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:40 AM Petric Frank wrote: > > Am Freitag, 31. Dezember 2021, 15:31:43 CET schrieb Yixun Lan: > > On 07:33 Fri 31 Dec , John Covici wrote: > > > Hi. I am looking for some guidance on installing virtual machines > > > under gentoo. I have a 5.10.82 kernel and I would

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel's new configs not used?

2021-12-31 Thread thelma
On 12/31/21 21:43, caveman رَجُلُ الْكَهْفِ 穴居人 wrote: On Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 6:52 PM, Jack wrote: You would still need to run genkernel again for that new version. so, no auto-migration for configs? i thought configs used to migrate automatically. basically i'm trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel's new configs not used?

2021-12-31 Thread Jack
On 12/31/21 11:28, caveman رَجُلُ الْكَهْفِ 穴居人 wrote: i thought to re-compile my kernel with some new options. so i did: sudo genkernel --menuconfig all new kernel came, and was used normally as one would expect across reboots. I suspect you omit certain details, such as running

Re: [gentoo-user] installing virtual machine under gentoo

2021-12-31 Thread John Covici
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 10:12:05 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:40 AM Petric Frank wrote: > > > > Am Freitag, 31. Dezember 2021, 15:31:43 CET schrieb Yixun Lan: > > > On 07:33 Fri 31 Dec , John Covici wrote: > > > > Hi. I am looking for some guidance on installing

[gentoo-user] Thunderbird setup local mail disappeared

2021-12-31 Thread thelma
After recent upgrade my "localmail" in Thunderbird disappeared. This is mail from apache, root etc, it goes to "/var/mail/username" In the past Thunderbird had a setting to add local mail, but I can not find it in new version. -- Thelma

[gentoo-user] configure "net-mail/mailutils"

2021-12-31 Thread thelma
Just installed: net-mail/mailutils typing "mail" (without mail address) should read local /var/mail/[user] but instead it goes in to a "send" mode. I'm trying to find a solution to read and delete local mail in: /var/mail/[user] as Thunderbird discontinued support for reading local mail

[gentoo-user] Re: configure "net-mail/mailutils" - non-answer / drive by comment

2021-12-31 Thread Grant Taylor
I don't have an answer for you, but I do have a drive by comment. On 12/31/21 3:09 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I'm trying to find a solution to read and delete local mail in: /var/mail/[user]  as Thunderbird discontinued support for reading local mail directory (movemail). This type of

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird setup local mail disappeared

2021-12-31 Thread thelma
On 12/31/21 10:18, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: After recent upgrade my "localmail" in Thunderbird disappeared. This is mail from apache, root etc, it goes to "/var/mail/username" In the past Thunderbird had a setting to add local mail, but I can not find it in new version. I think in the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: configure "net-mail/mailutils" - non-answer / drive by comment

2021-12-31 Thread Grant Taylor
On 12/31/21 4:50 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: Thanks for the hint.  Yes, it works. I think it is the best solution for now. You're welcome. A simple .forward works in most cases. Though it may run into typical forwarding problems (SPF, DKIM, etc.). But you're probably fine with what

Re: [gentoo-user] installing virtual machine under gentoo

2021-12-31 Thread Grant Taylor
On 12/31/21 8:12 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: ++ +++ to KVM / libvirt / VirtManager (GUI) This is just a front-end to libvirt and kvm, so you're building entirely on solid technologies, and anything you set up with the GUI can be edited or run or otherwise managed from the command line, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: configure "net-mail/mailutils" - non-answer / drive by comment

2021-12-31 Thread Grant Taylor
On 12/31/21 3:58 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: How do you configure "~/.forward"? echo "u...@example.net" > ~/.forward That will cause most MTAs to forward message for your local user to the u...@example.net email address. -- Grant. . . . unix || die

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: configure "net-mail/mailutils" - non-answer / drive by comment

2021-12-31 Thread thelma
On 12/31/21 16:17, Grant Taylor wrote: On 12/31/21 3:58 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: How do you configure "~/.forward"? echo "u...@example.net" > ~/.forward That will cause most MTAs to forward message for your local user to the u...@example.net email address. Thanks for the hint.