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dendro
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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:33 pm Post subject: Profiles |
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Is there any need to select the any desktop profiles if I only plan to use X and i3wm? I decided to reinstall with only the profile for my cpu this time.
On another note. I noticed this time it says gentoo-r1 as my kernel. What caused this? |
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DONAHUE
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| you wrote: | | Is there any need to select the any desktop profiles if I only plan to use X and i3wm? |
profiles are provided by the developers to make life easier for the user. They are a set of USE flags which should support reaching an operational configuation that supports the result suggested by the profile title. The profile USE flags are modified in turn by the USE=" " entry in /etc/portage/make.conf (globally) and the entries in /etc/portage/package.use (per package). This ability to modify the profile allows tailoring to your needs and desires. Changed USE flags (whether by changing profile or by ediing make.conf or by editing package.use) are made effective by runninng emerge -uND world (emerge --update --newuse --deep @world).
| you wrote: | | I decided to reinstall with only the profile for my cpu this time. |
Exactly what profile might that be (by number or by name as in the eselect profile list, please)?
| you wrote: | | I noticed this time it says gentoo-r1 as my kernel. What caused this? |
You reinstalled? If so the reinstall may well have included building a new kernel from source, namely gentoo-sources-4.18.1-r1.
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dendro
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| DONAHUE wrote: | | you wrote: | | Is there any need to select the any desktop profiles if I only plan to use X and i3wm? |
profiles are provided by the developers to make life easier for the user. They are a set of USE flags which should support reaching an operational configuation that supports the result suggested by the profile title. The profile USE flags are modified in turn by the USE=" " entry in /etc/portage/make.conf (globally) and the entries in /etc/portage/package.use (per package). This ability to modify the profile allows tailoring to your needs and desires. Changed USE flags (whether by changing profile or by ediing make.conf or by editing package.use) are made effective by runninng emerge -uND world (emerge --update --newuse --deep @world).
| you wrote: | | I decided to reinstall with only the profile for my cpu this time. |
Exactly what profile might that be (by number or by name as in the eselect profile list, please)?
| you wrote: | | I noticed this time it says gentoo-r1 as my kernel. What caused this? |
You reinstalled? If so the reinstall may well have included building a new kernel from source, namely gentoo-sources-4.18.1-r1. |
I used | Code: | | [12] default/linux/amd64/17.0 (stable) |
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DONAHUE
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That is a sound base. Add packages and USE flags as you desire. You reported elsewhere installing X and i3wm. Is that working to your satisfaction?
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