Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : on-going frustration

2022-09-15 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 04:13:19PM -0400 schrieb Philip Webb: > Since then, it hasn't worked out very well > & I'm still relying on my 7-year-old machine (ANB5). What hasn’t worked out specifically? > I would like to have PCIe 4.0 , which is much faster than 3.0 , > to improve Gentoo compile

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : on-going frustration

2022-09-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 1:45 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 1:13 PM Philip Webb wrote: > > > > Look for an AMD X570 chipset MB. I think you can find what you're looking for. > > HTH, > Mark > BTW - I don't think PCIe 4.0 would, in this sort of machine, have much to do

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : on-going frustration

2022-09-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 1:13 PM Philip Webb wrote: > > Back in April 2022, I asked for advice here re parts for a new machine (ANB6) > & got some very helpful info (thanks to everyone). > Since then, it hasn't worked out very well > & I'm still relying on my 7-year-old machine (ANB5). > > I want

[gentoo-user] new machine : on-going frustration

2022-09-15 Thread Philip Webb
Back in April 2022, I asked for advice here re parts for a new machine (ANB6) & got some very helpful info (thanks to everyone). Since then, it hasn't worked out very well & I'm still relying on my 7-year-old machine (ANB5). I want an AMD CPU, based on past experience ; I prefer a Gigabyte mobo

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:15:38 +, Laurence Perkins wrote: > Note also that the "init thingy" is nothing more than a little > filesystem which contains everything you'd need to make sure was on > your root partition if you were attempting to boot without one. > > Building one yourself is

RE: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Laurence Perkins
>-Original Message- >From: Neil Bothwick >Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 10:35 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition > >On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:00:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> As I said, I do all mine by hand. I don't use make

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Full battery laptop only 1 hour

2022-09-15 Thread Laurence Perkins
>-Original Message- >From: Michael >Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 11:01 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full battery laptop only 1 hour > >On Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:10:39 BST Laurence Perkins wrote: >> Note that most batteries these

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Full battery laptop only 1 hour

2022-09-15 Thread Michael
On Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:10:39 BST Laurence Perkins wrote: > Note that most batteries these days in anything more complex than a watch > have "smart" charge controllers and so upower or similar can read what > their design watt-hours and current maximum capacity are. Also, often the >

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:00:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > As I said, I do all mine by hand.  I don't use make install etc.  After > I build my kernel, I copy it and name it something like this, from > /boot. [snip] > Once I get that done, I then build the init thingy.  This is Neil's > command that he

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:15:07 -0500, Dale wrote: > I switched to grub2 a while back.  I've thought of using something else > but I don't have efi and most of the others are targeted at efi.  If I > build a new rig, I'll likely use something else.  I'll likely poke Neil > until he reveals what he

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Full battery laptop only 1 hour

2022-09-15 Thread Laurence Perkins
Note that most batteries these days in anything more complex than a watch have "smart" charge controllers and so upower or similar can read what their design watt-hours and current maximum capacity are. Also, often the total charge or discharge rate. That plus a little math should tell you if

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 15 September 2022 11:00:25 BST Dale wrote: > >> ... I then build the init thingy. This is Neil's command that he posted. >> From my understanding, the kernel symlink needs to point to the correct >> kernel version. >> >> dracut --kver=$(cat

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody know how to disable CSD for meld?

2022-09-15 Thread Meik Frischke
Am 2022-09-14 23:14, schrieb Grant Edwards: On 2022-09-14, Grant Edwards wrote: OTOH, gtk3-classic is a set of source patches that get added to the "normal" gtk portage directory. I didn't state that very well -- the patches are installed into the /etc/portage/patches directory for gtk+,

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 15 September 2022 11:00:25 BST Dale wrote: > ... I then build the init thingy. This is Neil's command that he posted. > From my understanding, the kernel symlink needs to point to the correct > kernel version. > > dracut --kver=$(cat include/config/kernel.release) That's the bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:09:59 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can >>> have it mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to

[gentoo-user] systemd-boot on an openrc system

2022-09-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, I've had no success with that monster grub-2, so I use bootctl from systemd- boot to maintain a boot-time menu of kernels to boot. In recent versions of systemd-boot, when I command 'bootctl update' I get this request: 'Read $KERNEL_INSTALL_LAYOUT from /etc/machine-info. Please

Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr partition

2022-09-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 23:09:59 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I'm thinking of separating /usr onto its own partition so that I can > > have it mounted read-only except while updating it. I'd prefer not to > > have to make an init