Alan Mackenzie writes:
> I'd recommend you then just to reinstall. Remembering my fights with
> stupid error messages from emerge, and so on, I wish I'd just
> reinstalled months earlier than I did.
Thanks for the frank suggestions and noted lack unix hero
talk... hehe.
Alan McKinnon writes:
Working thru all the guff with all you posters patient help would
probably have been the best but between posting and seeing answers
(suring the morning in the wee hours). I jumped stupid and starting
uninstalling some of the blockers.
So, I've made the mess considerably w
Alan McKinnon writes:
> Either way, you should be back up and running come Thursday latest :-)
> Hey, this is Gentoo, here we like watching gcc outpt scroll by for
> hours/days at a time.
Hehe ... It did take a while but partly because of some trouble
vbox itself... but mainly due to serious
Rich Freeman writes:
> I'd suggest not doing stuff like this in the future.
I got a bigger laugh out of this than anything I've seen for a while.
Such a mild statement... covering seriously demented mistakes.
Rich Freeman writes:
> Uh, not to drag you through the mud, but what gave you the idea to try
> that? I'm mainly interested so that we can go fix it if there is some
> document that is leading people astray.
I seriously doubt there is any such document ... My troubles stemmed
from the exact opp
Not doing too well with google on this...
Can anyong direct me to a database for gentoo where one can find
out which tools/files go with which pkg.
Jeremi Piotrowski writes:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> The only thing I can say on my own behalf is that there was once a
>> time when it wasn't so far fetched to start emerge -vC 'ing stuff.
>
> Many thing's can be removed with
Can anyone offer an informed opinion as to whether the wiki pages at:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upgrading_GCC
Are current and apply as well to the newest gcc versions?
I am not having any problem so far (only just compiling as I wrrite)
but I have a hunch those pages may be getting a bit lo
wraeth writes:
> On 27/08/15 17:53, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Can anyone offer an informed opinion as to whether the wiki pages
>> at: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upgrading_GCC
>>
>> Are current and apply as well to the newest gcc versions?
>
> You may not have
Setup: running gentoo inside vbox on Solaris (x86)
Very new install
Running `emerge -v dev-vcs/git' when it comes to installing several dev-perl
pkgs begining with dev-perl/Digest-HMAC-1.30.0-r1::gentooi, it fails with a
brief explanation:
>>> Configuring source in
/var/tmp/portage/dev-perl/Di
I see there have been a change in how we list our specific use flags.
I'm seeing /etc/portage/package.use/ pkg1 pkg2 ... etc rather than
package.use as a file that contains the specific pkgs and use flags.
I wonder if there is some advantage to leaving things as my
installation has created them o
Stroller writes:
> On Sun, 30 August 2015, at 7:37 am, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> ...
>> I've been building cpan packages and have them installed at the locations
>> mentioned above. Then, to get perl to include them in `@INC', I've utilized
>> the PE
Alan McKinnon writes:
[...]
>> I tried the later like so:
>>/etc/portage/package.use/app-editors/emacs-vcs
>> where emacs-vcs contains:
>>
>>emacs-vcs Xaw3d athena gnutls imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars
>>
>> and this way:
>>
>>>=app-editors/emacs-vcs-25.0.50_pre20150731 Xaw3d ath
I've got to liking this font:
-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
But, after checking with xlsfonts... I don't see it available
Can anyone tell me which font package would have -dec-termainal [...]
fonts?
the...@sys-concept.com writes:
> On 09/09/2015 03:04 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I've got to liking this font:
>> -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
>>
>> But, after checking with xlsfonts... I don't see it available
>>
>
"Walter Dnes" writes:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 05:04:30PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote
>> I've got to liking this font:
>> -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
>>
>> But, after checking with xlsfonts... I don't see it availab
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 07/12/2016 17:34, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Setup:
>>
>>gentoo 32bit vbox guest on win 10 64bit host
>>Installed xorg-server, lxde Meta pkgs and deps
>>(along with many other pkgs ... to many to list
>>here b
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 08/12/2016 02:26, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Alan McKinnon writes:
>>
[...]
>>>> Theoretically the install should be ready now to run X and lxde.
>>>> However, when I run `startlxde' nothing whatsoever happens. At least
>
Harry Putnam writes:
[...]
>> The only thing I can think of left to check is
>> emerge @x11-module-rebuild
>> and see what it will install
>
>
> [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc
> glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -lib
Harry Putnam writes:
> [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc
> glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux)
> -static-libs -systemd -tslib -unwind -wayland -xephyr -xnest -xvfb" 0
> KiB
> [ebuild R] x11-drive
Since I've found no way to make the machine run X and grown tired of
the chase... I'm going to keep this vm as console only and it has
functioning sendmail install working on it.
How to return to a console only setup? Although, I may have already
screwed things up.
I took a bright notion to unin
Andrej Rode writes:
> Hi Harry,
>
> On 09/12/16 18:23, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> # required by x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.31-r1::gentoo
>> # required by x11-libs/gtksourceview-2.10.5-r3::gentoo
>> # required by dev-python/pygtksourceview-2.10.1-r1::gentoo
>> # required by
Andrej Rode writes:
> Hi,
>
>> (dependency required by "gnome-extra/polkit-gnome-0.105-r1::gentoo"
>> [installed])
>> (dependency required by "sys-auth/polkit-0.113-r1::gentoo[gtk]" [installed])
>> (dependency required by "sys-auth/consolekit-1.1.0-r1::gentoo[policykit]"
>> [installed])
>> (dep
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:17:13 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> > Instead of setting USE=-gtk in your `/etc/portage/make.conf` try
>> > setting `sys-auth/consolekit-1.1.0-r1 -gtk` in
>> > `/etc/portage/package.use/polkit`
>>
&
I'm having an issue when retreiving mail with fetchmail. It fails at
the handoff to local sendmail.
It happens with the default sendmail config sendmail.mc that is
shipped with sendmail when emerged.
It is a very abbreviated config that is desinged only for local mail I
think.
divert(-1)
di
I've never used autofs and am trying to get it setup.
Following the debian wiki and an Ubuntu howto.
I've installed the pkg:
aptitude search ^autofs|grep ^i
i autofs - kernel-based automounter for Linux
created mount point: mkdir /projects-nfs
I've edited /et
Harry Putnam writes:
> I've never used autofs and am trying to get it setup.
>
> Following the debian wiki and an Ubuntu howto.
>
> I've installed the pkg:
>
> aptitude search ^autofs|grep ^i
> i autofs - kernel-based automoun
I'm part way thru a fresh gentoo install and ran up on something in
the handbook guide to installing that is puzzling.
This URL:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Distribution_files
>From the section of install during the chroot and start of putting
together the OS.
U
John Covici writes:
[...]
>>root #ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
>>
>>root #echo "Europe/Brussels" > /etc/timezone
>>
>> And there is a little part following that says:
>>
>>Next, reconfigure the sys-libs/timezone-data package, which will
>>update the /etc/localtime file for us, based
I didn't want any typos in this kernel output so took a small screen
shot.
I'm working on a new vm (vbox) install of gentoo but having trouble
getting a kernel that boots.
Architecture=amd64 (not strict)
I started out by copying a .config from a running gentoo vm and using
it to do `make oldconf
Johannes Rosenberger writes:
> On 11.02.2017 20:47, Rich Freeman wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> Again I get a kernel panic but this time its different. It seems to
>>> mount the disks ok but then fails to find a working `init'
Johannes Rosenberger writes:
> I found something interesting:
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>> Short answer: If you are getting this error right after linux kernel
>> initialization, you are likely booting a 32-bit kernel with a 64-bit OS.
>>
>> Long answer: If you boot a
Johannes Rosenberger writes:
> I found something interesting:
>> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>> Short answer: If you are getting this error right after linux kernel
>> initialization, you are likely booting a 32-bit kernel with a 64-bit OS.
>>
>> Long answer: If you boot a
Setup:
gentoo (no-X) installed into vbox vm on win 10 (64bit) host.
I've gotten a solid base going but now want to setup LXDE. Gentoo LXDE
wiki starts after you've already setup the X server so I went to Gentoo
Xorg wiki
Following the gentoo Xorg setup pages. I'm having some confusion
regard
Willie Mattthews writes:
> If I am not mistaken you would need to install,
>
> * app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions
> Available versions: 4.3.38 ~4.3.40 ~5.0.16 ~5.0.30 5.0.32 ~5.1.12
> ~5.1.14 {X KERNEL="linux"}
> Homepage:http://www.virtualbox.org/
> Descriptio
Setup:
Installing X on Vbox vm runnning gentoo (amd64 not strict). Host
is win10 (64bit)
Installing the xorg-server is calling for the installation of
app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.0.32
However, my version of vbox is for a windows host (5.1.14). And
actually has the guest ad
Johannes Rosenberger writes:
>> Can anyone offer suggestions about this... is it even the right way to
>> proceed?
>>
>>
>
> Hello!
>
> I have portage-2.3.3 installed and in my portage manpage it is mentioned:
>
> The file shall reside in etc/(make.profile|portage/(make.)?profile) and
> the synta
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
Harry Putnam writes:
[...]
> Sorry to post the raw pile of output but last time a used a http link
> to a long log someone here told me that many of you wou
Can any say if pentoo is still under developement?
Setup:INSTALLING gentoo(amd64) in VBox vm guest - win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
Installing grub:0 was my first attempt, since I kind of know my way
around that and have never used grub:2. But, ran into several problems
concerning ncurses and gpm
Neil Bothwick writes:
>> But no update-grub
>
> update-grub is an Ubuntuism, not part of standard GRUB. It's only a one
> line shell script that runs
>
> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> Even a large proportion of Ubuntu users would be able to manage without
> it.
yeah, I saw once I look
Neil Bothwick writes:
> You're supposed to use a video= parameter but I find the old school
> vga=794 works for me. The thing you have to learn with using GRUB, or at
> least when using grub-mkconfig, is that you don't edit grub.cfg
> but /etc/default/grub when you want to add kernel parameters.
In make menuconfig, under:
Device Drivers → Graphics support → Console display driver support
(700) Scrollback Buffer Size (in KB)
I think the default was 64 but I like a big scrollback buffer.
As you see I set 700 but really didn't have much of an idea what that
would be in lines.
Can a
Are the virtualbox-guest-additions on portage for folks who are
running VirtualBox vms on there gentoo OS?
Or are they for a Vbox vm where gentoo is being installed, and the
host is something else.
I ask, because I'm installing gentoo into a vm on a windows host.
I've done this quite a few times.
Alan McKinnon writes:
> On 18/02/2017 00:08, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Are the virtualbox-guest-additions on portage for folks who are
>> running VirtualBox vms on there gentoo OS?
>>
>> Or are they for a Vbox vm where gentoo is being installed, and the
>> host
I've had so much trouble installing gentoo into a vbox vm and then
setting up X that I got really sick of it and found a premade vm
(vmware) and installed... unfortunately I really do not like kde
plazma or really just about anything about kde. Plus the version is
old enough that its giving plenty
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
On first attempt at emerging sys-apps/man-db (in came up in a world
update (including -N [--newuse])
emerge's output indicated that one could not have both berkdb an
"Walter Dnes" writes:
[...]
> 1) "eselect profile list" and switch to a basic non-KDE profile of your
> choice.
Moved from:
default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop *
to
default/linux/amd64/13.0 *
>
> 2) "emerge gentoolkit" if not already present.
>
> 3) "cat /var/lib/portage/world" and see w
One of my vbox gentoo vms, on boot, comes up on the grub screen
in a nice hi-res console. Very early in the boot procedure that
hi-res console collapses into a standard console resoltion and stays
there from then on.
It is possible to set things so that one maintains a hi-res console
all the time
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
Having a problem getting a network up... I know the rudimentaries of
ifconfig and route enough to use them to create one.
However the error I get with trying that se
Stroller writes:
>> On 25 Feb 2017, at 14:19, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>> I've attached a hefty log of some 4000 lines and hope someone will be
>> patient enough to try to identify what is causing the problem.
>
> I took a look at this, but the broken colour
Miroslav Rovis writes:
> On 170225-09:19-0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
>> Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
>>
> [ some cca. 80k text cut here ]
>
> Go for the guide
Dale writes:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>> Just so you know... I did try that. [--color n] The resulting log
>> looked exactly the same. I posted that fact in an earlier request for
>> help a week or so ago in which I remarked how using the no-color
>> emerge op
Stroller writes:
>> On 25 Feb 2017, at 14:19, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>> I've attached a hefty log of some 4000 lines and hope someone will be
>> patient enough to try to identify what is causing the problem.
>
> I took a look at this, but the broken colo
Stroller writes:
[...]
> I would be looking primarily at the next point the word "error" comes up
> properly, which is here:
>
> from
> /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.14/work/VirtualBox-5.1.14/src/VBox/Runtime/common/alloc/alloc.cpp:34:
> /lib/modules/4.
Miroslav Rovis writes:
> On 170226-09:42-0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Stroller writes:
> ...
>>
>> > Example at the beginning: [32;01m *
>> > Example from the end: *
>> >
>> > Output to the terminal these would show the text in diff
Peter Humphrey writes:
> On Monday 27 Feb 2017 10:09:34 Harry Putnam wrote:
Harry wrote:
>> I guess I'll try this once more... Its still a big log but I cleaned
>> up the escapes ... it is a fresh try at building
>> xf86-video-virtualbox-5.1.14
[...]
Peter repl
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
I've seen a few other mentions of the phenomena I'm about to describe.
It is not clear to me why something like this would happen. Or what is
to be done to prevent it
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
I'm having a situation where way too many packages are coming up
needing rebuilt during emerge world.
Decided to see what `emerge @preserved-rebuild would bring me.
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences
Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog
box... just an error messages that says:
D
Neil Bothwick writes:
> On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:27:47 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences
>> Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog
>> box... just an error messages that says:
>>
>
Neil Bothwick writes:
>> Also ran into a wall trying to use the regular tools like qlist to
>> determine what is in there. I found the list after search a while on
>> google but I'm curious why `qlist' doesn't list off
>> what is in there, like it does in all other cases.
>
> Meta packages don't
Some time back a standard part of an X install were fonts with names
like:
-dec-terminal-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-dec-dectech
The list is about 10 lines longer.
I have them on a debian install but not sure where they came from.
I do b
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
I've been trying to get fonts to load into xterm most of the day.
I'm not getting anywhere.
for example:
/usr/share/fonts shows all these:
100dpi corefonts encod
Corbin Bird writes:
[...]
> Please clarify ...
> ... if this is a console only boot ( in vm ),
> ... if this is a GUI Desktop ( in vm ),
> and/or specific xterm ( i.e "x11-terms/xterm" ).
This is a full X host running lxde for desktop
The xterm I speak of is the real McCoy .. the one Thomas Dic
ome of the googling mentioned that xterm has to have that ability
>> compiled in, so I wondered if our xterm is compiled for that option?
A very feeble light almost came on above...
[...]
Harry Putnam writes:
> Corbin Bird writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> Please clarify ...
&
Corbin Bird writes:
>
> Have you tried : xterm -fa "9x15B-ISO8859-1"?
I mentioned that the -fa switch was not working at all.
I've since discovered that the xterms I had were compiled with useflag
truetype disabled .. so `-truetype' Which meant xterm was compiled
without support for -fa
> Note
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
I've added some fonts from outside portage this way:
(Sorry that what follows is a bit of a confusing mess)
mkdir /usr/share/fonts/terminus
loaded the fonts into t
Just curious is anyone else running the mate desktop has this same
shortfall.
Usually in the Applications menu top right the last item on the menu
is a `run' command item where you can type in a command to be run.
My fairly recently installed mate dt does not have that. Wondered if
others have t
Mick writes:
> On Sunday 26 Mar 2017 02:51:50 Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Just curious is anyone else running the mate desktop has this same
>> shortfall.
>>
>> Usually in the Applications menu top right the last item on the menu
>> is a `run' command item whe
Stroller, just a note on my experience this evening. I liked what I
saw about linode in this thread.. Decided to try them out.
Got started with them... I was working from the command line in my new
gentoo vm provided by linode. Getting things setup the way I like
them.
In the course of about 2
Mick writes:
> On Sunday 26 Mar 2017 11:46:52 Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Mick writes:
>> > On Sunday 26 Mar 2017 02:51:50 Harry Putnam wrote:
>> >> Just curious is anyone else running the mate desktop has this same
>> >> shortfall.
>> >>
>
John Runyon writes:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:08:41PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> In the course of about 2 hrs my connections were dropped at least 15
>> times and I think probably more. At some points I have more than one
>> login going, and I noticed if I left one i
I probably should know this, but off the top of my head I don't
remember ever running into anything like this.
I'd like to do what ever is done to set a used disk back to the
state it was in when new... Not sure what that state is, but at least
no evidence of boot manager or fs having been instal
Mike Gilbert writes:
[...]
> If you are not worried about securely removing all data and simply
> want to fool fdisk into thinking your drive is empty, use the wipefs
> utility. This will zero-out key bytes like the MBR, partition table,
> filesystem magic numbers, etc.
>
> You'll want to run it
I imagine automating updates has come up a few times here... I
personally never have noticed it.. but haven't followed the group as
close as I once did, and never really considered automating updates.
Is that something better left to experts? Or are there some tried and
true tools available tha
Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host
I have what seems like an unusual problem with root login on this
host.
I've done the normal things one does to allow root login; that is, add
PermitRootLogin yes
to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Restart ssh, and in fact this host has been rebooted
Harry Putnam writes:
> Running debian jesse in a vbox vm on a Solaris host
>
Sorry folks, my question was sent to the wrong group... intended for
debian.users
I skimmed thru some of the documentation about using binary pkgs
online, but it kind of indicated it might not be possible to get
everything in that format.
Wondering if using mostly binary pkgs is a biggish hassle or if it can
be done... and done without the time-sink always involved in `emerge
w
Rich Freeman writes:
[...] snipped informative input
> For a single system there isn't much benefit in general, though for
> reinstalls you can certainly save binary packages of everything you do
> build. I do this for everything I build. I also have Gentoo
> pre-build binary packages where it
Rich Freeman writes:
> I would tell you to search the list archives, but I really struggle to
> get Google to find anything there.
Well said. Thank you for the script. They are giving me some ideas.
Googling to find out if it is necessary to reinstall the bootloader
and update grub.cfg afer update world installed grub2 update.
I was buried in directions to install grub2, or move from old grub to
grub2. But not what I wanted to know short of reading all hits word
for word.
So, (sniveling ove
Mike Gilbert writes:
[...]
> If you want to use the new version to boot your system, you should
> re-run grub-install, which will copy the modules to /boot/grub and
> will install the core image to your MBR or EFI system partition.
Thanks for the info.
I don't know what the update was but sinc
Mike Gilbert writes:
[...]
Mick wrote:
>> As has already stated you could stay put with your old version, provided you
>> have no specific reason to stop using it. GRUB2 can be installed and left
>> unused. I guess from a usability perspective as long as you have no need to
>> employ GRUB2's
Setup: Running gentoo updated as vbox vm on a
Solaris x86 host
Having a problem installing vbox guest additions.
Hard for me to tell if the problem is with vbox-guestadditions or if
the newest kernel (4.12.0) really has shortcomings.
Like always with guest-additions... I ran:
`bash /med
"J. Roeleveld" writes:
[...]
> Do you have module support enabled?
Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would
determine if it were enabled or not.
I guess I'm not sure what you mean... it sounds as if you expect there
to be a conf file that says `enable modules = yes
Peter Humphrey writes:
>> Yes, or at least I have been using modules.. not sure where I would
>> determine if it were enabled or not.
>
> Make menuconfig; it's on the first page:
> [*] Enable loadable module support --->
>
Ahh, at the kernel level... then yes I do.
Setup: OS: Openindian/hipster (A branch of Solaris 11)
Hardware: HP xw8600 workstation:
2x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5470 @ 3.33GHz - 32 GB Ram
--- --- ---=--- --- ---
I notice in attempts to re-install vbox guest-additions that the
process shows `!
Installing from install-amd64-minimal-20170706.iso into vbox vm
I've done this many times and never saw this grub error:
Attempting to run grub-install /dev/sda I get:
grub-install /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check
you
Arve Barsnes writes:
> On 10 July 2017 at 22:06, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> grub-install /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform.
>> grub-install: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check
>> your device.map.
>>
>> Where might I find `device.map&#
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen writes:
>> Has something changed regarding using that kind of technique?
>>
>> I can't figure out why grub would be looking for a GRUB drive on
>> /dev/sda1 as the error says:
>>
>> grub-install: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1
>
>
> Did you mount /boot fr
I'm starting a new vbox install of gentoo using the minimal ISO from
07/13
When it gets to the kernel setup... I cannot figure out what to set
to make my console terminal high resolution. Something along the line
of 1600x1200.
I understand this can all be done in the kernel now. But cannot
real
R0b0t1 writes:
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I'm starting a new vbox install of gentoo using the minimal ISO from
>> 07/13
>>
>> When it gets to the kernel setup... I cannot figure out what to set
>> to make my console terminal
I was pretty sure that grub2 installed /boot/grub... but I see no such
directory after installing grub.
qlist grub shows no directory /boot/grub
In other installs I seem to recall seeing /boot/grub in place after
installing grub.
Googling for pkg containing /boot/grub seemd pretty useless as m
Rasmus Thomsen writes:
> Hello,
>
> grub creates /boot/grub when you run "grub-install"
>
> Regards,
> Rasmus
>
> Original Message ----
> On 23 Jul 2017, 20:46, Harry Putnam wrote:
[...]
I guess I should know that... but in other installs I cou
Mick writes:
> On Sunday 23 Jul 2017 14:55:29 Harry Putnam wrote:
>> Rasmus Thomsen writes:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > grub creates /boot/grub when you run "grub-install"
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Rasmus
>> >
>>
I want to install gentoo as guest with VirtualBox. Host is windows 7.
In the past I've lost lots of time doing this: Getting the right
drivers into the kernel build.
My equipment is nothing weird... a Sager NP8760 Laptop with an older
i7 and 8GB ram.
I wondered if anyone can offer a `.config'
During a fresh install when on selects their profile the choices are:
(Taken from quickinstall pages:
www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml)
Available profile symlink targets:
[1]default/linux/x86/13.0 *
[2]default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop
[3]default/linux/x86/13.0/d
Harry Putnam writes:
[...]
> If this is to be a `personal use' HOST and I eventually want an LXDE
> desktop, , which is the smart profile to chose? 2?
Thanks for the input posters.
NOTE: I am installing from SystemRescueCD-5-BETA
Following along with the `quick install' docu
cov...@ccs.covici.com writes:
> I would not use that profile -- its gentoo development they are talking
> about if memory serves, so I would pick 13.0/default/linux/desktop (3).
Thanks for the pointer... changed now.
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