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njcwotx
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 Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:44 pm Post subject: using LIVE DVD to see my kernel and X11 |
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Hi. I have been away from Gentoo and this forum for a few years. Trying to knock the rust off....
I am building a Gentoo VM in parallels on a MAC. I got the system installed but having trouble with X11 and graphical. Live DVD works. Cant figure out my X11 settings and configure not getting it. Right now I don't have any errors handy or the current config. Read online parallels gets particular on graphical cards. Tried various VIDEO_CARDS settings and just cant get it right. Ill post details here later.
I recall from days gone by that I can use the .config file or something from the live dvd to genkernel a new kernel on a new build. I may be butchering my question, but maybe I can provide enough info so someone can refresh me on what I need to know to get started using the kernel hardware settings and X11 settings from LiveDVD or determine what im missing.
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NeddySeagoon
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njcwotx,
Welcome back. We knew you would come, nobody really leaves Gentoo, they just stray for a while. :)
The LiveDVD is best avoided for installing. Its fours years old.
Some of the tools it provides are useful.
What does say abount the virtual hardware that your Gentoo is running on?
To get a one size fits all kernel, install genkernel and run
The LiveCD has a four year old kernel made that way and its not a good place to start with your own kernel any more.
Be warned that video card drivers conflict with one another, so while genkernel all may get you a GUI, video performance is likely to be suboptimal, so you will be doing a kernel rebuild.
Once we have your lspci output, we can point you to the wiki for your video card.
That's your emulated video card as shown to the guest operating system by Parallels. Its not related to your real video hardware.
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