Re: [gentoo-user] SANE

2012-10-23 Thread Redcap
You might want to have a look at kde-misc/skanlite. On Monday 22 October 2012 16:45:35 James wrote: Advise as to which (graphical) front end to use with sane (including any relevant info on flags) would be appreciated. It's an stand-alone HP scanjet ADF with a usb port. James

[gentoo-user] Re: Where does sudo get the PATH ?

2012-10-23 Thread Nicolas Richard
Nicolas Richard theonewiththeevill...@yahoo.fr writes: I don't understand where sudo finds the value for the PATH env variable. Finally, I found where the problem lied. Recall that my problem was the following : I had a path in `sudo env | grep ^PATH' which did not seem to originate from any

[gentoo-user] Re: SANE

2012-10-23 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: I run KDE but could not find any apps under I have an Acquire Images item in my KDE menu, it calls /usr/bin/scangui which is provided by media-plugins/kipi-plugins. Yes, right there under the KDE Graphics menu option. easy as pie. thx

[gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread João Matos
Hi list. I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to try compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a smaller kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :). I'm still reading the oficial documentation, but I don't think it

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:02 PM, João Matos jaon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list. I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to try compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a smaller kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread Redcap
Hi there, I'd definitely advise to you use one of Pappy's Kernel seed. Those are config files that provide you with a good starting point to configure your own kernel. You'll find the Kernel seeds at http://kernel-seeds.org/ The website also has instructions on how to find out which Kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread Gregory Shearman
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to try compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a smaller kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :). Good for you. I've rolled my own kernels

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread Dale
João Matos wrote: Hi list. I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to try compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a smaller kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :). I'm still reading the oficial

[gentoo-user] Re: genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread João Matos
Well, It is being easy than I thought. I've compilled it and the boot is faster since initramfs is not needed anymore :). I'll now remove the hundreds of unneeded drivers. 2012/10/23 João Matos jaon...@gmail.com Hi list. I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to

[gentoo-user] Konsole, XTerm, UXTerm have all died!!!!!

2012-10-23 Thread Andrew Lowe
Hi all, I did an emerge -NuD world, it nearly finished, 2 or 3 big files to go, when I decided it was bed time. I killed the build and went to bed. This morning I can't now fire up Konsole, which I use as my terminal, XTerm or UXTerm. In more detail, I get the Konsole window, the menu is

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual

2012-10-23 Thread Bruce Hill
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:02:52PM -0200, João Matos wrote: Hi list. I'm still reading the oficial documentation, but I don't think it will be enough, so, if anyone of you know some documentation more detailed, I'd appreciate reading it. emerge -av app-doc/linux-kernel-in-a-nutshell --