Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts

2014-12-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On 20 December 2014 02:03:41 GMT+00:00, Sid S r03...@gmail.com wrote: I still use GRUB to boot ISO images, and have a sysrescd image in /boot for this. With UEFI, you can have more than one bootloader installed. I hadn't considered the possibility of UEFI booting to an ISO directly, I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 19 December 2014 19:23:36 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: backup done! now... gcc-4.8.3 is installed, gcc-config points to the new compiler, the environment is updated (I logged out and in again) and I checked /etc/env.d/04gcc-armv7a-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi for using the new

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 19 December 2014 17:20:17 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: I will keep you informed, what happens to my little embedded system... Ah. I have a couple of chroots on my workstation for compiling packages for small boxes. I suggest you do the same. As long as you know all the right USE

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread Mick
On Saturday 20 Dec 2014 05:28:49 Tomas Mozes wrote: On 2014-12-20 00:57, German wrote: Just a follow up to my original question. I've installed grub on /dev/SDA literally following the quide. And I just realized why I made /dev/sda1 partition obviously designed for grub? Should I have been

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-20 02:47]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-19 17:08]: Mick wrote: Meino, to avoid misunderstandings: 1. Emerge the new gcc package. 2. Use gcc-config to change to the new gcc version. 3. Run 'env-update source /etc/profile'.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread German
That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is uefi. Too bad that gen too officially doesn't support it. I just wish gentoo developers take a closer look at the issue and come out with uefi capable minimal installation CD and clear uefi installation documentation Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts

2014-12-20 Thread Daniel Frey
On 12/19/2014 07:22 AM, Mick wrote: I'll be taking my time to google, read and make appropriate selections, so please bear with me while I start relevant threads as necessary to complement my sparse knowledge in these topics. Starting from the top, with this thread I am trying to find out

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread Poison BL.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is uefi. Too bad that gen too officially doesn't support it. I just wish gentoo developers take a closer look at the issue and come out with uefi capable minimal

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread Dale
German wrote: That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is uefi. Too bad that gen too officially doesn't support it. I just wish gentoo developers take a closer look at the issue and come out with uefi capable minimal installation CD and clear uefi installation documentation

Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts

2014-12-20 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Old dogs and new tricks springs to mind. I am building a new PC and what with UEFI, APUs and SSDs, it feels like that the world has moved a long way since the last time I had to install gentoo. I'll be taking my time to

Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts

2014-12-20 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:46:43 Todd Goodman wrote: * Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [141219 10:22]: I am trying to find out what is considered good practice as far as UEFI/MBR and boot management goes. FWIW, I've built

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is uefi. Too bad that gen too officially doesn't support it. I just wish gentoo developers take a closer look at the issue and come out with uefi capable minimal

[gentoo-user] Re: Making DVD high resolution

2014-12-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)
On 2014-12-18, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/18/14 19:10, J. Roeleveld wrote: On 18 December 2014 18:50:09 CET, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I've used Imagination to make VOB and set in preferences resolution 1920 x 1080 HD made VOB. How do I check the VOB frame size settings?

[gentoo-user] ssh -X problem [no help sofar on ssh group]

2014-12-20 Thread Harry Putnam
This properly belongs on the ssh group, but posting there has not gotten any responses... and the list is quite slow to boot. I like using ssh -X to other lan remotes but with new versions of openssh or perhaps the configs, it only works 1 way. I can `ssh -X' to the gentoo host from a debian

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread German
Thanks Poison. SystemRescueCD is capable of booting in uefi so I can install gen too from it? I have heard good things about it Poison BL. poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread Mick
On Saturday 20 Dec 2014 17:07:47 German wrote: Thanks Poison. SystemRescueCD is capable of booting in uefi so I can install gen too from it? I have heard good things about it Yes, this is what I am going to use to attempt to install Gentoo in UEFI. I have used it for years now to install

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread German
Sorry Mick. I am on android tablet and have no clue how to modify message body Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday 20 Dec 2014 17:07:47 German wrote: Thanks Poison. SystemRescueCD is capable of booting in uefi so I can install gen too from it? I have heard good things about it

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread Matti Nykyri
On Dec 20, 2014, at 17:56, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-20 02:47]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-19 17:08]: Mick wrote: Meino, to avoid misunderstandings: 1. Emerge the new gcc package. 2. Use gcc-config to change to the new gcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-12-20 19:48]: On Dec 20, 2014, at 17:56, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-20 02:47]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-19 17:08]: Mick wrote: Meino, to avoid misunderstandings: 1. Emerge the

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh -X problem [no help sofar on ssh group]

2014-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 20 December 2014 18:17:57 CET, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: This properly belongs on the ssh group, but posting there has not gotten any responses... and the list is quite slow to boot. I like using ssh -X to other lan remotes but with new versions of openssh or perhaps the configs,

Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts

2014-12-20 Thread behrouz khosravi
The advantage of efi over bios is that the boot loader doesn't have to embed anything in the mbr, the post mbr gap, or the bios boot partition. I just wanted to say that there is another advantage too! MS WIndows7 support booting from GPT partition tables, only if you are using the UEFI. (I

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh -X problem [no help sofar on ssh group]

2014-12-20 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:05 PM, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: Try ssh -Y . It's what I have been using for a long time now. Correct - ssh -X hasn't worked on Gentoo for ages. It has been a while since I looked up the details but I seem to recall it being an upstream issue and that

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread Matti Nykyri
On Dec 20, 2014, at 21:04, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Matti, not exactly... The sequence you show looks like this in my case: gcc-config to set the new version env-update reboot logina attempt: impossible...system does not respond anymore Did I miss something or why do you reboot

[gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
Could register at systemrescuecd forums for now, so I thought to ask here. Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on USB stick. There is shell script on to accomplish just that. When I try to run it, it identifies my thumb drive, however reports that it is 0 mb. When disk is mounted, the volume in

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of gcc-4.7.3...how?

2014-12-20 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 21/12/14 03:04, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-12-20 19:48]: On Dec 20, 2014, at 17:56, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-20 02:47]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-12-19 17:08]: Mick wrote: Meino, to

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb German: Could register at systemrescuecd forums for now, so I thought to ask here. Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on USB stick. There is shell script on to accomplish just that. When I try to run it, it identifies my thumb drive, however reports that it is 0

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fresh gen too install - unsuccesful

2014-12-20 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 09:40:26PM +0400, German wrote: Sorry Mick. I am on android tablet and have no clue how to modify message body By using a proper e-mail client¹. *SCNR* Though I’d like to believe that even the standard Android client should be able to not break message threads. PS.: Our

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb German: Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on USB stick. There is shell script on to accomplish just that. When I try to run it, it identifies my thumb drive, however reports that it is 0 mb.

Re: [gentoo-user] Size usb stick with fdisk

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb German: Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on USB stick. There is shell script on to accomplish just that. When I

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb German: Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on USB stick. There is shell script on to accomplish just that. When I

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 21 December 2014 06:27:41 CET, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb German: Trying to get systemrescuecd iso on

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:20:16 + J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: On 21 December 2014 06:27:41 CET, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:20:16 + J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: On 21 December 2014 06:27:41 CET, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: