Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-16 Thread Wol
On 16/01/2022 18:41, Dale wrote: Wols Lists wrote: On 16/01/2022 06:06, Dale wrote: I got nconfig to work.  The others didn't because of missing packages. It's interesting how many different ways there is to config a kernel.  I went to a link that was posted, still reading it.  May learn

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-16 Thread Dale
Wols Lists wrote: > On 16/01/2022 06:06, Dale wrote: >> I got nconfig to work.  The others didn't because of missing packages. >> It's interesting how many different ways there is to config a kernel.  I >> went to a link that was posted, still reading it.  May learn something >> else, if I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-16 Thread Wols Lists
On 16/01/2022 09:43, Dale wrote: Wols Lists wrote: On 16/01/2022 06:06, Dale wrote: I got nconfig to work.  The others didn't because of missing packages. It's interesting how many different ways there is to config a kernel.  I went to a link that was posted, still reading it.  May learn

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-16 Thread Dale
Wols Lists wrote: > On 16/01/2022 06:06, Dale wrote: >> I got nconfig to work.  The others didn't because of missing packages. >> It's interesting how many different ways there is to config a kernel.  I >> went to a link that was posted, still reading it.  May learn something >> else, if I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-16 Thread Wols Lists
On 16/01/2022 06:06, Dale wrote: I got nconfig to work.  The others didn't because of missing packages. It's interesting how many different ways there is to config a kernel.  I went to a link that was posted, still reading it.  May learn something else, if I can remember it when I need it.  lol

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > tastytea wrote: >> On 2022-01-15 23:13-0600 Dale wrote: >> >>> tastytea wrote: On 2022-01-15 21:04-0600 Dale wrote: > Grant Taylor wrote: >> On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: >>> Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Dale
tastytea wrote: > On 2022-01-15 23:13-0600 Dale wrote: > >> tastytea wrote: >>> On 2022-01-15 21:04-0600 Dale wrote: >>> Grant Taylor wrote: > On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: >> Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results >> with the number keys?

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread tastytea
On 2022-01-15 23:13-0600 Dale wrote: > tastytea wrote: > > On 2022-01-15 21:04-0600 Dale wrote: > > > >> Grant Taylor wrote: > >>> On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: > Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results > with the number keys? > >>> I've been

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Dale
tastytea wrote: > On 2022-01-15 21:04-0600 Dale wrote: > >> Grant Taylor wrote: >>> On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results with the number keys? >>> I've been using the search for decades*.  But I didn't know about >>> the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread tastytea
On 2022-01-15 21:04-0600 Dale wrote: > Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: > >> Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results > >> with the number keys? > > > > I've been using the search for decades*.  But I didn't know about > > the number keys to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread William Kenworthy
On 16/1/22 00:06, Dale wrote: tastytea wrote: On 2022-01-15 22:38+0800 Andrew Lowe wrote: Dear all, I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my kernel. This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Dale
Grant Taylor wrote: > On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: >> Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results with >> the number keys? > > I've been using the search for decades*.  But I didn't know about the > number keys to jump until reading this message and trying it.  #TIL > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Alarig Le Lay
On Sat 15 Jan 2022 23:38:18 GMT, Neil Bothwick wrote: > make oldconfig feeds you the new items, one at a time, complete with > access to the help information. Speaking of oldconfig, is there a way to only be asked when the default is to enable the option? If the default is “No” I never want to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:27:26 -0500, ny6p01 wrote: > I actually set aside an hour or two to go through the whole tree, paying > particular attention to everything marked NEW. I actually enjoy seeing > what new functionality has been added with each upgrade even if it is > irrelevant to my

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread ny6p01
Lee  On Jan 15, 2022 at 3:01 PM, Fabulous Zhang Zheng wrote: Andrew Lowe 于2022年1月15日 周六下午10:39写道: > Dear all, > I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my > kernel. > This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" > builds. It is very frustrating.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Fabulous Zhang Zheng
Andrew Lowe 于2022年1月15日 周六下午10:39写道: > Dear all, > I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my > kernel. > This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" > builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why stuff is not in > alphabetical order? It's a

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Grant Taylor
On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results with the number keys? I've been using the search for decades*. But I didn't know about the number keys to jump until reading this message and trying it. #TIL *Yes, I've been using Linux for

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Dale
tastytea wrote: > On 2022-01-15 22:38+0800 Andrew Lowe wrote: > >> Dear all, >> I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my >> kernel. This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make >> menuconfig" builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why >> stuff is not in

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Bhaskar Chowdhury
On 22:38 Sat 15 Jan 2022, Andrew Lowe wrote: Dear all, I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my kernel. This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why stuff is not in alphabetical order? It's a pain

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 15/1/22 10:47 pm, tastytea wrote: On 2022-01-15 22:38+0800 Andrew Lowe wrote: Dear all, I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my kernel. This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why stuff is

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread tastytea
On 2022-01-15 22:38+0800 Andrew Lowe wrote: > Dear all, > I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my > kernel. This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make > menuconfig" builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why > stuff is not in alphabetical order? It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On Sat, 2022-01-15 at 22:38 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Dear all, > I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my kernel. > This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" > builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why stuff is not in > alphabetical

[gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

2022-01-15 Thread Andrew Lowe
Dear all, I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my kernel. This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" builds. It is very frustrating. Does anyone know why stuff is not in alphabetical order? It's a pain in the clacka trying to find some of the