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obviously select only the modular parts you actually need don't just emerge |
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xorg-x11 (this pulls down loads of unnecessary stuff) |
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determine the exact dependencies necessary |
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in addition to kdrive (which I'm not hugely familiar with but search "xorg |
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kdrive" on google and i found some useful mailing lists etc.) USE="minimal" |
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reduces unneceassary stuff i use minimal as a global for a lot of packages |
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when building livecd/usb's |
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I use gentoo-portage to check what use flags do, also actually reading the |
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ebuild in question can tell you a lot |
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http://gentoo-portage.com/x11-base/xorg-server/USE#ptabs |
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check the bottom of the page it mentions |
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*minimal* |
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Global: *Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, |
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fonts, most drivers, non-critical features)* |
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i haven't tried kdrive yet but will at some point |
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Hanni |
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On 04/11/06, Vladimir Pouzanov <farcaller@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 11/4/06, Francisco Ares <frares@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > How can I make X "thinner"? The system doesn't need a window manager, |
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> > so I didn't install any. The machine application is the X shell. It |
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> > uses Python and WxPython. |
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> You can try USE=kdrive (kdrive is X11 mode for embedded devices), |
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> AFAIK it reduces it's size by removing useless features. |
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> Sincerely, |
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> Vladimir "Farcaller" Pouzanov |
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> http://hackndev.com |
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> gentoo-embedded@g.o mailing list |
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