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]]> By: billymg http://billymg.com/2022/03/a-beginners-guide-to-installing-gentoo-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-552 billymg Tue, 10 May 2022 09:28:48 +0000 http://billymg.com/?p=88#comment-552 <strong>@crtdaydreams</strong> Good note about the USE flags, I really should include a base set of those alongside the crapolade ban list. For <code>x11-base/xorg-server</code> enable the USE flag <code>suid</code> to get around the <code>elogind</code> requirement (this was going to be in "part two" since part one doesn't get as far as the graphical environment). Here is what my 'crapolade' file looks like on what I consider to be a complete toilet box, to give some idea of the items I reluctantly enabled to get different parts of the <a href="http://logs.bitdash.io/asciilifeform/2022-05-10#1100892" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">nintendo</a> working: <pre><code># systemdisms sys-apps/systemd #sys-apps/systemd-tmpfiles #sys-fs/udev #virtual/tmpfiles sys-auth/consolekit sys-auth/polkit #sys-apps/dbus media-video/libav gnome-base/gconf #>=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.22 #app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk #app-accessibility/at-spi2-core gnome-extra/polkit-gnome #dev-util/gdbus-codegen gnome-base/dconf #>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.0.0 #>=sys-devel/gcc-5.0</code></pre> @crtdaydreams

Good note about the USE flags, I really should include a base set of those alongside the crapolade ban list. For x11-base/xorg-server enable the USE flag suid to get around the elogind requirement (this was going to be in "part two" since part one doesn't get as far as the graphical environment).

Here is what my 'crapolade' file looks like on what I consider to be a complete toilet box, to give some idea of the items I reluctantly enabled to get different parts of the nintendo working:

# systemdisms
sys-apps/systemd
#sys-apps/systemd-tmpfiles
#sys-fs/udev
#virtual/tmpfiles
sys-auth/consolekit
sys-auth/polkit
#sys-apps/dbus

media-video/libav
gnome-base/gconf
#>=app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.22
#app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk
#app-accessibility/at-spi2-core
gnome-extra/polkit-gnome
#dev-util/gdbus-codegen
gnome-base/dconf
#>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.0.0
#>=sys-devel/gcc-5.0
]]> By: crtdaydreams http://billymg.com/2022/03/a-beginners-guide-to-installing-gentoo-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-550 crtdaydreams Tue, 10 May 2022 01:14:08 +0000 http://billymg.com/?p=88#comment-550 1. When configuring your kernel, if you're using a wireless card, read <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi" title="Gentoo Wiki: Wifi" rel="nofollow">this</a> first and be sure to enable the correct kernel modules for your card. 2. If you're installing Nvidia proprietary drivers through emerge, you will have to enable most systemdisms and a few other packages in /etc/portage/packages.mask/crapolade, to counteract this and prevent these from bloating up your build, disable them with USE flags in /etc/portage/make.conf. For a few packages when installing xserver, you may have to re-enable pam, elogind, etc. in /etc/portage/packages.use/$package_name. Emerge is kind enough to let you know. Here's a <a href="https://www.gentoo.org/support/use-flags/" title="List of USE Flags" rel="nofollow">list</a> 3. If you're using an NVMe drive or SSD, read up on <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive" title="Arch Wiki: Solid State Drive" rel="nofollow">taking care of it.</a> There are numerous things you can do to lower the lifespan of your device, like excessive TRIM or an incorrect configuration in /etc/fstab. Show your hardware a little bit of love. 1. When configuring your kernel, if you're using a wireless card, read this first and be sure to enable the correct kernel modules for your card.
2. If you're installing Nvidia proprietary drivers through emerge, you will have to enable most systemdisms and a few other packages in /etc/portage/packages.mask/crapolade, to counteract this and prevent these from bloating up your build, disable them with USE flags in /etc/portage/make.conf. For a few packages when installing xserver, you may have to re-enable pam, elogind, etc. in /etc/portage/packages.use/$package_name. Emerge is kind enough to let you know. Here's a list
3. If you're using an NVMe drive or SSD, read up on taking care of it. There are numerous things you can do to lower the lifespan of your device, like excessive TRIM or an incorrect configuration in /etc/fstab. Show your hardware a little bit of love.

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