Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-06-02 Thread Dale
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Tuesday 17 May 2011 20:48:54 Dale wrote: The emerge -e world finished. It still doesn't work like it did a few weeks ago. So, I tried the nonetwork option. That starts about every service except the GUI, my UPS thingy and a couple others. Get this, it even

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-06-02 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: I'm going to create a runlevel myself and let it mirror the boot runlevel. Let's see what that does. I'll post results here shortly. Dale :-) :-) Same thing as nonetwork. Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Tuesday 17 May 2011 20:48:54 Dale wrote: The emerge -e world finished. It still doesn't work like it did a few weeks ago. So, I tried the nonetwork option. That starts about every service except the GUI, my UPS thingy and a couple others. Get this, it even starts the freaking network.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 02:48:54 Dale wrote: The emerge -e world finished. It still doesn't work like it did a few weeks ago. So, I tried the nonetwork option. That starts about every service except the GUI, my UPS thingy and a couple others. Get this, it even starts the freaking

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 18 May 2011 02:48:54 Dale wrote: The emerge -e world finished. It still doesn't work like it did a few weeks ago. So, I tried the nonetwork option. That starts about every service except the GUI, my UPS thingy and a couple others. Get this, it even

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 14:56:59 Dale wrote: The Mississippi river is flooding on the other side of the state and I'm dry here on this side. I actually live less than a mile from a different river. Weather is so weird sometimes. I don't want to think about the folks North and South of me.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: My setup works just fine with run-levels that I set up years ago. I have one for no-x, which as well as not starting X also omits services that are only useful in X. I also use the nonetwork run-level for major emerges such as wholesale upgrades of KDE. The only thing I

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org wrote: SNIP everything else just works (well, apart from Flash in web browsers, but that hardly counts). -- Rgds Peter What about Flash in web browsers is not working for you since updating to OpenRC? Granted, I run

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Indi
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 06:40:02PM +0200, Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Peter Humphrey pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org wrote: SNIP everything else just works (well, apart from Flash in web browsers, but that hardly counts). What about Flash in web browsers is not

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 17:52:22 Indi wrote: Actually the latest flash update appears to have restored functional fullscreen video on my old thinkpad T-42. Several versions ago there was an update that had made it unwatchable in fullscreen. I've just installed version 10.2.159.1_p201011173.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Thanasis
on 05/18/2011 08:05 PM Peter Humphrey wrote the following: On Wednesday 18 May 2011 17:52:22 Indi wrote: Actually the latest flash update appears to have restored functional fullscreen video on my old thinkpad T-42. Several versions ago there was an update that had made it unwatchable in

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 May 2011 14:28:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Put rc_hotplug=!net.* into /etc/rc.conf. The system is getting too clever by half; nowadays it starts whatever it can, and only then does it look to see what you've set via rc-update. Openrc defaults to having hotplug disabled #

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 20:59:59 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 18 May 2011 14:28:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: Put rc_hotplug=!net.* into /etc/rc.conf. The system is getting too clever by half; nowadays it starts whatever it can, and only then does it look to see what you've set via

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Indi
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 07:10:02PM +0200, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 18 May 2011 17:52:22 Indi wrote: Actually the latest flash update appears to have restored functional fullscreen video on my old thinkpad T-42. Several versions ago there was an update that had made it

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-18 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 18:22:10 Thanasis wrote: If it doesn't work, try it with www-client/chromium. I've already tried chomium, konqueror and opera. No improvement. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 17 May 2011 06:58:20 +0100, Mick wrote: I'm beginning to think that openrc goes back to the old Linux way. In other words, it uses the init levels instead of softlevels. Yes, this seems to be the case, although not in a clear way (otherwise why is softlevel=nonetwork working?)

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-17 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011 06:58:20 +0100, Mick wrote: I'm beginning to think that openrc goes back to the old Linux way. In other words, it uses the init levels instead of softlevels. Yes, this seems to be the case, although not in a clear way (otherwise why is

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-17 Thread William Hubbs
Hi Dale, On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 09:20:52AM -0500, Dale wrote: So do I need to create a runlevel called dalesboot and then just put the same stuff in it as is in the normal boot level? I have to say, that is weird. A runlevel should be used by both the system and available to the user

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-17 Thread Dale
William Hubbs wrote: Hi Dale, On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 09:20:52AM -0500, Dale wrote: So do I need to create a runlevel called dalesboot and then just put the same stuff in it as is in the normal boot level? I have to say, that is weird. A runlevel should be used by both the system and

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-17 Thread Dale
William Hubbs wrote: Hi Dale, On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 09:20:52AM -0500, Dale wrote: So do I need to create a runlevel called dalesboot and then just put the same stuff in it as is in the normal boot level? I have to say, that is weird. A runlevel should be used by both the system and

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 May 2011 02:47:31 Dale wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 20:12, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I simply append

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-16 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Monday 16 May 2011 02:47:31 Dale wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 20:12, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 May 2011 13:10:52 Dale wrote: Mick wrote: Did you try creating a new runlevel (dale_special) and then booting into it by appending softlevel=dale_special ? That will prove if the Gentoo softlevel mechanism is no longer available. I tried some of the other runlevels,

[gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Dale
Hi, I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Since I have this in my grub list, I just select single user and it boots to single user mode. Well, not any more. This is my current settings: title Gentoo kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 15 May 2011 05:34:07 -0500, Dale wrote: I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Why not rebuild them before you reboot? It's far more convenient. -- Neil Bothwick Where do you think you're going today?

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 15 May 2011 05:34:07 -0500, Dale wrote: I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Why not rebuild them before you reboot? It's far more convenient. But that doesn't fix the problem I

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2011 11:34:07 Dale wrote: Hi, I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Since I have this in my grub list, I just select single user and it boots to single user mode. Well, not any more. This is my current

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Graham Murray
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes: On Sun, 15 May 2011 05:34:07 -0500, Dale wrote: I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Why not rebuild them before you reboot? It's far more convenient. I do not know about the

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Sunday 15 May 2011 11:34:07 Dale wrote: Hi, I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Since I have this in my grub list, I just select single user and it boots to single user mode. Well, not any more. This is

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 May 2011 16:39:19 Dale wrote: Mick wrote: On Sunday 15 May 2011 11:34:07 Dale wrote: Hi, I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Since I have this in my grub list, I just select single user and it boots to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Daniel da Veiga
I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I simply append single at the end of the kernel call and it boots in single user (root password or ctrl+d to continue). On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 07:34, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I updated my kernel and had to reboot.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 15:14 on Sunday 15 May 2011, Dale did opine thusly: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 15 May 2011 05:34:07 -0500, Dale wrote: I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Why not rebuild them

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 15 May 2011 16:36:10 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user mode and rebuild my video drivers. Why not rebuild them before you reboot? It's far more convenient. I do not know about the particular video drivers, but

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Dale
Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I simply append single at the end of the kernel call and it boots in single user (root password or ctrl+d to continue). May try that next. I don't need this right now but I do want to figure this out

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Dale
Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I simply append single at the end of the kernel call and it boots in single user (root password or ctrl+d to continue). I did get this to work: title Gentoo single user kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 20:12, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I simply append single at the end of the kernel call and it boots in single user (root password or ctrl+d to continue). I did get this to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc

2011-05-15 Thread Dale
Daniel da Veiga wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 20:12, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel da Veiga wrote: I have a similar entry, but have never used the softlevel= flag, I simply append single at the end of the kernel call and it