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 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 > > be in

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 flags

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

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

2014-12-20 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [14-12-20 02:47]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Dale [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'. 4. Run fix_libtool_fi

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 wrote: >On Sat

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 o

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 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 cle

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 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 google, read and mak

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

2014-12-20 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Mick wrote: > On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:46:43 Todd Goodman wrote: >> * Mick [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 recent machines with UEFI/GPT but I

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 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 > c

[gentoo-user] Re: Making DVD high resolution

2014-12-20 Thread Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)
On 2014-12-18, Joseph wrote: > On 12/18/14 19:10, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>On 18 December 2014 18:50:09 CET, Joseph 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? >>> >>>When I tried to made

[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 hos

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." wrote: >On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:34 AM, German wrote: >> That's where I think the problem lies Mick. My system is uefi. Too bad that >> gen too offici

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 Gent

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 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 > >Yes, this is what I

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 [14-12-20 02:47]: >> meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Dale [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 'e

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

2014-12-20 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri [14-12-20 19:48]: > > On Dec 20, 2014, at 17:56, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Dale [14-12-20 02:47]: > >> meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>> Dale [14-12-19 17:08]: > Mick wrote: > > Meino, to avoid misunderstandings: 1. Emerge the new gcc package. 2. > > Use gcc-co

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 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, it only work

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 UE

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 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 it is actually

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

[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 meg

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 [14-12-20 19:48]: >>> On Dec 20, 2014, at 17:56, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> >>> Dale [14-12-20 02:47]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Dale [14-12-19 17:08]: >> Mick wrote: >>> Meino, to avoid misunderstandings: 1. Em

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 i

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

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

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger 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 try t

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 Frank Steinmetzger 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 try t

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 21 December 2014 06:27:41 CET, German wrote: >On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 >Frank Steinmetzger 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 shel

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:20:16 + "J. Roeleveld" wrote: > On 21 December 2014 06:27:41 CET, German wrote: > >On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 > >Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> > Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb Ger

Re: [gentoo-user]

2014-12-20 Thread German
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:20:16 + "J. Roeleveld" wrote: > On 21 December 2014 06:27:41 CET, German wrote: > >On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 03:37:29 +0100 > >Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> > Am 20.12.2014 um 23:08 schrieb Ger