Hello Maurice!

03 Apr 2020 03:40, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

 BP>> systemd is default disabled on gentoo, so its completly optional
 MK> I didn't know that.  I might have to check that out someday.

   ----- proc_config begins -----
CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX=y
CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_UDEV=y
CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_PORTAGE=y
CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_INIT_SCRIPT=y
# CONFIG_GENTOO_LINUX_INIT_SYSTEMD is not set
   ----- proc_config ends -----

its in kernel .config even 

 BP>> friend showing 5.6 with som nice things with nvidia graphics
 BP>> opensource support, it does not happend each day, i can give link
 BP>> to it if i can find it again :)

 MK> I've read about that.  However out of all my current machines only one 
 MK> has an x16 pcie slot and I don't much care for the power requirements 
 MK> for those particular graphics cards.

i think 5.6 was more or less maked to have all kinds of graphic card software 
changed to the better, not just nvidia, atleast i hope

 MK> Also if I were to populate that 
 MK> interface I would prefer a 4 slot nvme adapter over a graphics card.

4 slot usb would not help ?

 BP>> i can not get 8 penguins on my huawei p30 pro, does that mean its
 BP>> a bad phone ? :)

 MK> Yes.  :::evil grin:::

na i begin to see less needs for preinstalled google now even on p30 pro

hopefully this preinstalls will be banned soon

 MK> Would 8 penguins fit on the display?

what display ?

i have hdmi on the phone that activate AFTER boot screen framebuffering, if its 
even enabled

 BP>> but pkg upgrade works in a shell and openssh works aswell, and
 BP>> lastly mc do nice colors aswell, hehe

 MK> I'd like to see that, not that it would interest me enough to actually 
 MK> buy one.

it means you could compile with gcc on it, its imho a pkg :)

its just a shame all is loosed if one uninstall the android app :<

 MK> I have a neighbour who might given he cannot live without mc 

how old is ?, kids could learn more with it :)

 MK> and owns and uses a smartphone.

we all do, and ones that say never intrested them is lying :)

 MK> I've heard the camera on there is 
 MK> reported to be the best there is.

p40 have better camara, even without google :)

 MK>>> Mind you I haven't tried 5.6 yet.  Probably tomorrow.
 BP>> good plan

 MK> -={ cut n' paste from remote machine starts }=-
 MK> # cat /proc/version
 MK> Linux version 5.6.1 (root@bitskii) (gcc version 9.3.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP 
 MK> Fri Apr 3 01:48:35 UTC 2020
 MK> -={ cut n' paste from remote machine ends }=-

added gentoo proc .config ? :)

gcc 9.3 is still holding as unstable here

 MK> It is worth noting that the above kernel is booting from an nvme disk 
 MK> mounted in a usb 3.1 external case.  No penguins yet but I am still 
 MK> working on it.  As is it is absolutely fantastic.  :-)

you have to make usb mounted before starting framebufffering imho

 MK> Het leven is goed,
 MK> Maurice

keep the spirit


 Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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