Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Monday, August 15, 2016 08:41:31 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:06 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Monday, August 15, 2016 04:32:29 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > >> It is also somewhat dependent on a correct fstab. Don't take that for > >> granted: the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Sweet Sweet Portage

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 06:02:27PM -0400, james wrote What response do you get with... emerge --backtrack=30 -pvuDt @world Note that I've included "pv" to turn it into a "dummy run" with verbose output. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run

Re: [gentoo-user] Sweet Sweet Portage

Please post the output of layman -l alunduil java pentoo science sunrise torbrower ultrabug xmw It works on the portage tree James

Re: [gentoo-user] Sweet Sweet Portage

On 16/08/2016 00:02, james wrote: > Well, > > I brought this up before. No need for argument, just test it out > for yourself. > > Multiple times (over the last few weeks) I have run 'emerge -uDNvp > @world' and there are issues to deal with manually. > > For example 'One or more

[gentoo-user] Sweet Sweet Portage

Well, I brought this up before. No need for argument, just test it out for yourself. Multiple times (over the last few weeks) I have run 'emerge -uDNvp @world' and there are issues to deal with manually. For example 'One or more updates/rebuilds have been skipped due to a dependency

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 07:57:02 -0400, james wrote: > > I suggest to read https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Genkernel for final > > enlightenment. > > As well as:: > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/Guide If you want to look at rolling your own, see

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Choice of MUA

It mostly depends on your preference and what you use most. If you have a DE focussed on CLI(awesomewm,i3) then stick to mail clients like mutt, otherwise use something like geary,evolution,thunderbird On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, 17:54 Peter Humphrey, wrote: > On Saturday 13 Aug

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Choice of MUA

On Saturday 13 Aug 2016 09:21:14 I wrote: > Thanks all for your contributions. I meant to add that I'd found this page[0], which lists more MUAs than you could shake a stick at, but sadly only a few extant. [0] http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/muas.html -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] EAPI packages

On 08/15/2016 09:12 AM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On 08/13/2016 09:40 AM, hw wrote: >> Fernando Rodriguez schrieb: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> On 08/12/2016 08:44 AM, Jeroen Mathon wrote: Is it perhaps an idea to mask the gentoolkit package when updating

Re: [gentoo-user] EAPI packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/13/2016 09:40 AM, hw wrote: > Fernando Rodriguez schrieb: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 08/12/2016 08:44 AM, Jeroen Mathon wrote: >>> Is it perhaps an idea to mask the gentoolkit package when updating portage?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:06 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday, August 15, 2016 04:32:29 AM Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> It is also somewhat dependent on a correct fstab. Don't take that for >> granted: the kernel doesn't look at fstab at all when mounting root, >> and neither

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On 08/15/2016 03:27 AM, Azamat Hackimov wrote: I suggest to read https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Genkernel for final enlightenment. From Siberia with Love! As well as:: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/Guide hth, James

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-15 13:43 GMT+05:00 Neil Bothwick : > On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:27:43 +0500, Azamat Hackimov wrote: > > > Definitely you should build own kernel configuration, and genkernel can > > significantly ease this task. > > genkernel supports --menuconfig and --oldconfig (which

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Monday, August 15, 2016 04:32:29 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:10 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations > > before > > they work semi-reliably and are not flexible enough. > > I have 2 disks in

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:27:43 +0500, Azamat Hackimov wrote: > Definitely you should build own kernel configuration, and genkernel can > significantly ease this task. > genkernel supports --menuconfig and --oldconfig (which placed into > /etc/kernels by default) options, so you can customize and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:10:22 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > A homegrown initramfs created by a novice is going to be more reliable > > than one created by dracut or genkernel? Seems unlikely. > > The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations > before they work

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:10 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > The ones created by genkernel or dracut always need a few iterations before > they work semi-reliably and are not flexible enough. > I have 2 disks in my laptop. Both are encrypted using LUKS and the same > passphrase.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Monday, August 15, 2016 09:48:14 AM Jeroen Mathon wrote: > I have used genkernel for my initramfs. > > The dracut one seems to hang on a kernel panic(Implying that it did not > load the correct modules for luks and lvm). In my experience, normal for both... > Besides the size of your

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

On Sunday, August 14, 2016 08:38:42 PM Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 4:29 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On August 14, 2016 8:55:32 PM GMT+02:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:48:08 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >>> Don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config

2016-08-14 16:45 GMT+05:00 Raymond Jennings : > Hey, just curious about something: > > How is genkernel's "default" kernel config maintained? Is it fixed, or is > it maintained as a diff against upstream, or what? > > I'm curious because I'm considering if I should just go