Re: [gentoo-user] Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?
2009/1/21 Volker Armin Hemmann > On Dienstag 20 Januar 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > wrote: > > > On Dienstag 20 Januar 2009, Alejandro wrote: > > >> 2009/1/20 Volker Armin Hemmann > > >> > > >> > On Dienstag 20 Januar 2009, Grant Edwards wrote: > > >> > > I'm in the process of installing Gentoo on a rather old > > >> > > machine. It's an old HP Pavilion with a 450MHz Celeron > > >> > > Mendocino and 256MB of PC133 SDRAM. I'm using an nVidia PCI > > >> > > FX6200 video board instead of the i810 on-board chip, and it's > > >> > > got a decent hard drive (160GB). > > >> > > > > >> > > I was wondering if there were any particular tips/tricks for > > >> > > getting the best performance out of such a machine. It's to be > > >> > > used for basic word processing and a few games. Hopefully the > > >> > > nVidia 6200 will allow OpenGL to run fast enough for something > > >> > > like TuxRacer. > > >> > > > > >> > > I chose XFCE for the desktop along with both Abiword and > > >> > > OpenOffice. I probably should have installed OOo from a binary > > >> > > package, but I decided to build it just to see how long it > > >> > > would take (so far it's at about 26 hours and counting). > > >> > > > >> > if you don't need any special features, kde+koffice needs less ram > > >> > than xfce+openoffice. > > >> > > > >> > And installing ooo from source is unsupport. The build breaks all > the > > >> > time and > > >> > you don't get anything from it. All it does is starting a second > > >> > faster. It does not need less ram nor does it run faster. > > >> > > >> "installing ooo from source is unsupport" How is this? Maybe you > > >> missundertand i think he run emerge openoffice and not openoffice-bin > > > > > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123104511608102&w=2 > > > > I think that (old) mask quoted in that person's message is because > > OpenOffice before 2.0.4 did not support 64-bit compiling at all. > > openoffice 3 isn't better.. yeah, it compiles in 64bit - sometimes. > > > You should consider using LXDE as DE, which is designed for low memory and CPU usage... I'm currently using it on a Celeron Coppermine @ 600Mhz with 256 of PC133 RAM and it goes fine, among with abiword, gnumeric and claws-mail for the office work, consonance for music playing, and pidgin and conspire for Instant Messaging... Regards... -- En el pasado creímos que se nos acababa el petróleo, pero en realidad lo que se nos acababan eran las IDEAS. http://www.lacomunidadpetrolera.com Gentoo/* (Linux #455615) www.gentoove.org 53:04:4e:b5:f9:7e:4a:fb:66:a2:19:12:da:d5:97:f8 8A3A C955 715D D88A 87CD E21F F827 ADD7 F589 B4A4 Sebastian Magrí (sebasmagri)
Re: [gentoo-user] How to unmerge kde 4.1?
2008/9/23 Paul Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > Trying to switch from kde-portage to kde-testing overlays did not > > progress well. What I'd like to do to recover is unmerge all the kde > > 4.1 stuff and start over. Does anyone know a simple way (maybe a > > script) to do this? As far as I'm concerned, I'd really like to unmerge > > everything installed from the overlay. > > Unmerge the packages you specifically merged (kde-meta:4.1 perhaps; > whichever packages are in your world file) then run depclean. That's > how I do it. > > Paul > > cd to the kdesvn overlay in every category and emerge --unmerge *, then cleanup your portage configuration files.. You can always make sure all is fine by running depclean and then revdep-rebuild... -- En el pasado creímos que se nos acababa el petróleo, pero en realidad lo que se nos acababan eran las IDEAS. http://www.lacomunidadpetrolera.com Gentoo/* (Linux #455615) www.gentoove.org 53:04:4e:b5:f9:7e:4a:fb:66:a2:19:12:da:d5:97:f8 8A3A C955 715D D88A 87CD E21F F827 ADD7 F589 B4A4 Sebastian Magrí (sebasmagri)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel 2.6.25-r6 oddities; is this kernel really ready for stable?
2008/7/26 Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> >> But when you ask them about support for the new kernels, the answer is "we >> are annoyed by the kernel development process; they change the internal API >> all the time, it's annoying." >> >> I think it's time for the kernel devs to apologize to VMWare and to >> promise that they won't be so annoying anymore in the future. We can't let >> VMWare getting annoyed, now can we. >> >> > read "stable-api-nonsense.txt" in any kernel source directory. That's the > way it works. If VMWare doesn't like it, that's tough. They DO have the > option of putting their entire code base in the kernel tree like every other > driver that is already there, but they have chosen not to. That's their > choice and no-one forced them to do it. Now they have to live with that > choice and stop whinging. > > Linux existed long before VMWare came along. It will likely still exist > long after VMWare has gone away. > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you like to use VMWare, then you will have to like to use the kernel version that they support until they support a newer one... Then it's not about the stability of the gentoo-sources, it's about the VMWare people... There are new features in the new kernel that have been already tested in several distributions and that are important to keep gentoo up with the new hardware support I think... -- En el pasado creímos que se nos acababa el petróleo, pero en realidad lo que se nos acababan eran las IDEAS. http://www.lacomunidadpetrolera.com Gentoo/* (Linux #455615) www.gentoove.org 53:04:4e:b5:f9:7e:4a:fb:66:a2:19:12:da:d5:97:f8 8A3A C955 715D D88A 87CD E21F F827 ADD7 F589 B4A4 Sebastian Magrí (sebasmagri)
Re: [gentoo-user] Preserved Libraries?
2008/7/25 Mike Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get emerge world to complete after a recent --sync. > > However, I get a series of error messages related to preserver libs and I'm > told to use this command: > > emerge @preserved-rebuild > > to resolve the problem. Repeated use of that command doesn't seem to help. > > What do I need to do to get emerge world to complete? > > Here is the error message: > > !!! existing preserved libs: > >>> package: dev-libs/nss-3.12 > * - /usr/lib/nss/libnss3.so.11 > * - /usr/lib/nss/libsmime3.so.11 > * - /usr/lib/nss/libsoftokn3.so.11 > * - /usr/lib/nss/libssl3.so.11 > >>> package: kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.9-r4 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartskde.so.1 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartskde.so.1.2.0 > >>> package: kde-base/kdemultimedia-3.5.9 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsbuilder.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsgui.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsgui_idl.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsgui_kde.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmidi_idl.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodules.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodulescommon.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmoduleseffects.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodulesmixers.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodulessynth.so.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatun.so.1 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatuncontrols.so.1 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatuntags.so.1 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsbuilder.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsgui.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsgui_idl.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsgui_kde.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmidi_idl.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodules.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodulescommon.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmoduleseffects.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodulesmixers.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libartsmodulessynth.so.0.0.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatun.so.1.2.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatunarts.so > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatuncontrols.so.1.2.0 > * - /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libnoatuntags.so.1.2.0 > >>> package: sys-fs/sysfsutils-2.1.0 > * - /lib/libsysfs.so.1 > * - /lib/libsysfs.so.1.0.3 > Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries > -- > Mike Diehl > > I think it isn't an error message... it's just a new feature in portage that preserves old libraries to avoid that the packages linked against it stop working.. Just follow the instructions that portage is giving you... And check upper in the log and you will see all your world packages correctly updated... -- En el pasado creímos que se nos acababa el petróleo, pero en realidad lo que se nos acababan eran las IDEAS. http://www.lacomunidadpetrolera.com Gentoo/* (Linux #455615) www.gentoove.org 53:04:4e:b5:f9:7e:4a:fb:66:a2:19:12:da:d5:97:f8 8A3A C955 715D D88A 87CD E21F F827 ADD7 F589 B4A4 Sebastian Magrí (sebasmagri)
Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?
2008/7/18 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm getting the following from portage on a critical remote system: > >> > >> >> app-admin/python-updater-0.2) > >> > >> Am I suppose to un-emerge python? > >> > >> - Grant > >> > > > > Perhaps you should update your python. Version 2.3 will be removed from > > portage and is currently hardmasked. That triggers the depency bump. > > 'emerge -pv python' wants to install python-2.5.2-r5 in a new slot. > Should I unmerge python, emerge the new python, and run > python-updater? Will portage work once python has been unmerged? I'm > being cautious because this is a highly critical system for me. You should emerge python-2.5, then run python-updater and then unmerge old python... > > > - Grant > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- En el pasado creímos que se nos acababa el petróleo, pero en realidad lo que se nos acababan eran las IDEAS. http://www.lacomunidadpetrolera.com Gentoo/* (Linux #455615) www.gentoove.org 53:04:4e:b5:f9:7e:4a:fb:66:a2:19:12:da:d5:97:f8 8A3A C955 715D D88A 87CD E21F F827 ADD7 F589 B4A4 Sebastian Magrí (sebasmagri)
