Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 18:12:38
Message-Id: 20110515191106.6f8de31c@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc by Graham Murray
1 On Sun, 15 May 2011 16:36:10 +0100, Graham Murray wrote:
2
3 > >> I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single
4 > >> user mode and rebuild my video drivers.
5 > >
6 > > Why not rebuild them before you reboot? It's far more convenient.
7 >
8 > I do not know about the particular video drivers, but I have used some
9 > 'out-of-tree' drivers[1] which only build against the running kernel not
10 > the (built but not yet booted) one in /usr/src/linux.
11
12 The Nvidia drivers build against /usr/src/linux, or any alternative
13 location you set.
14
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is
20 half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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