Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-15 Thread marco restelli
2017-02-13 12:34 GMT+01:00, Rich Freeman : > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli > wrote: >> >> Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making >> it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this >> functionality overlap with what grub can do, or is s

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-15 Thread marco restelli
2017-02-13 12:47 GMT+01:00, Johannes Rosenberger : > On 13.02.2017 12:34, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, marco restelli >> wrote: >>> Could you suggest any reference about how an initramfs can help making >>> it easier to identify the correct root filesystem? Does this >>>

[gentoo-user] After KDE5 install massive depclean list

2017-02-15 Thread Robin Atwood
Having finally got a stable KDE5 system I did an emerge depclean and got 288 candidates! I am not sure which packages I need to keep and which can go. I assume any package like kde-apps/kxxx-4.14* can go unless you actually want it, but I am unclear about packages like kde-apps/plasma-apps-15.12

Re: [gentoo-user] After KDE5 install massive depclean list

2017-02-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 15/02/2017 15:14, Robin Atwood wrote: > Having finally got a stable KDE5 system I did an emerge depclean and got > 288 candidates! I am not sure which packages I need to keep and which > can go. I assume any package like kde-apps/kxxx-4.14* can go unless you > actually want it, but I am unclear

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel modules: initramfs vs. /lib/modules

2017-02-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:58 AM, marco restelli wrote: > >> The short version is that the kernel is very limited in what it can >> take in the root= option on the command line, and grub and other >> bootloaders don't do anything to ID the root filesystem other than >> passing whatever root= parame

Re: [gentoo-user] Perhaps add "gentoo-" in beginning of file name for iso files

2017-02-15 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Johannes Rosenberger wrote: > > On 15.02.2017 00:00, scootergrisen wrote: >> When i download Gentoo Linux the file name might be called something >> like: >> livedvd-amd64-multilib-20160704.iso >> >> This might be fine if you just want that file and want to use it

[gentoo-user] How to force a rebuild?

2017-02-15 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, I did not find this by Google. Maybe I asked the wrong terms. The package "virtualbox-modules" contains some kernel modules. When I built the package they landed in the directory # equery f app-emulation/virtualbox-modules

Re: [gentoo-user] advice on a new laptop

2017-02-15 Thread Stefano Crocco
On Saturday, 4 February 2017 12:20:06 CET Stefano Crocco wrote: > On Thursday, 2 February 2017 09:28:05 CET Stefano Crocco wrote: > > Hello to everyone, > > I need to buy a new laptop and I'd like some advice. Currently, I'm > > thinking of buying an ASUS UX310UA-GL547T. Has anyone tried running >

Re: [gentoo-user] Perhaps add "gentoo-" in beginning of file name for iso files

2017-02-15 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 15.02.2017 18:48, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Johannes Rosenberger wrote: >> On 15.02.2017 00:00, scootergrisen wrote: >>> When i download Gentoo Linux the file name might be called something >>> like: >>> livedvd-amd64-multilib-20160704.iso >>> >>> This might be fine

Re: [gentoo-user] How to force a rebuild?

2017-02-15 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > I did not find this by Google. Maybe I asked the wrong > terms. > > The package "virtualbox-modules" contains some kernel > modules. When I built the package they landed in the > directory > > # equery f app-emulation/virtualbox-m

Re: [gentoo-user] How to force a rebuild?

2017-02-15 Thread Dale
Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > I did not find this by Google. Maybe I asked the wrong > terms. > > The package "virtualbox-modules" contains some kernel > modules. When I built the package they landed in the > directory > > # equery f app-emulation/virtualbox-modules

Re: [gentoo-user] How to force a rebuild?

2017-02-15 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 15.02.2017 19:10, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > I did not find this by Google. Maybe I asked the wrong > terms. > > The package "virtualbox-modules" contains some kernel > modules. When I built the package they landed in the > directory > > # equery f app-emulation/virtualbox-modules

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] How to force a rebuild?

2017-02-15 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Wednesday, 15. Feb 2017, 19:27:26 +0100, Johannes Rosenberger wrote: > On 15.02.2017 19:10, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > I did not find this by Google. Maybe I asked the wrong > > terms. > > > > The package "virtualbox-modules" contains some kernel > > modules. When I built the package they landed

[gentoo-user] Streaming Live TV News channels

2017-02-15 Thread thelma
I was thinking of cutting the TV cord but I think Internet TV is not yet ready. Even my Shaw FreeRange TV will not play any Live TV News Channels on my Android TV box due to some kind of licensing issues. They will stream it to cell phone but not to a box connected to internet. I hardly watch any

Re: [gentoo-user] After KDE5 install massive depclean list

2017-02-15 Thread Robin Atwood
On Wednesday 15 February 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 15/02/2017 15:14, Robin Atwood wrote: > > Having finally got a stable KDE5 system I did an emerge depclean and got > > 288 candidates! I am not sure which packages I need to keep and which > > can go. I assume any package like kde-apps/kxxx-4