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Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 06/10/2009 06:05 AM, John P. Burkett wrote: |
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>> Thank you, Duncan. I share your preference for open source programs. |
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>> I'm not sure how the ati-drivers got on my machine or what they were |
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>> doing. If my system functions without them, I'm happy to be rid of them. |
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> You should know if you're using them of not :P Type |
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> lsmod | grep fglrx |
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> while X is running. If you get nothing, you can safely uninstall |
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> ati-drivers ("fglrx" is the kernel module of ati-drivers.) |
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Thank you, Nikos. The "lsmod | grep fglrx" command indeed produces no |
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output. |
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>> So linux appears to be symbolic link to linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r2 |
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> You should know what kernel you're using :P |
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> eselect kernel list |
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The response is |
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[1] linux-2.6.22-gentoo-r2 * |
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> I suggest you take a good look at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook |
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> at this point. |
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Sound advice. Will do. |
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>> At this point should I make another attempt at doing "emerge --emptytree |
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>> world"? Yesterday when I tried that, the response started with |
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>> 914 packages are being emerged! |
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> That's the whole point of --emptytree; to recompile every package in the |
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> system. |
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John P. Burkett |
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Department of Economics |
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University of Rhode Island |
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Kingston, RI 02881-0808 |
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