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Dale wrote: |
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> tastytea wrote: |
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>> On 2022-01-15 23:13-0600 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> tastytea wrote: |
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>>>> On 2022-01-15 21:04-0600 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>> Grant Taylor wrote: |
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>>>>>> On 1/15/22 7:47 AM, tastytea wrote: |
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>>>>>>> Did you know you can search with / and then jump to the results |
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>>>>>>> with the number keys? |
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>>>>>> I've been using the search for decades*. But I didn't know about |
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>>>>>> the number keys to jump until reading this message and trying it. |
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>>>>>> #TIL |
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>>>>>> *Yes, I've been using Linux for more than two decades. It's been |
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>>>>>> my primary desktop for almost all of that time too. |
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>>>>> You are not alone Grant. I started with my first puter back in |
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>>>>> 2003 and I had no idea about the number thing. I gave it a test |
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>>>>> run and gosh darn it, it worked. That's a lot better than trying |
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>>>>> to hunt the thing down. |
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>>>> I only learned about it a few years ago, after more than 10 years of |
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>>>> compiling kernels. Maybe someone s |
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>>> I think you got cut off up there. O_o |
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>> Oops! I meant to say: Maybe someone should add a help text to the |
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>> interface. 😊 |
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>>> This is one thing about this list. I'm always finding some tidbit of |
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>>> info that makes something easier. My problem, remembering it. |
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>> Yeah, I'm pretty sure I learned this trick from this list (or was it |
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>> one of the IRC channels? 🤔). |
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>> Kind regards, tastytea |
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> I've searched for info on this. I even tried typing in make and then |
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> hitting tab twice. It never gave me anything so I guess it doesn't work |
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> there. So, I'm learning as I go. |
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> I got nconfig to work. The others didn't because of missing packages. |
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> It's interesting how many different ways there is to config a kernel. I |
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> went to a link that was posted, still reading it. May learn something |
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> else, if I can remember it when I need it. lol |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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For anyone interested, type in 'make help' and look at the awesome info |
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in there. It's like hitting a gold vein in a cave. O_O Why did I not |
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ever think of that before? :/ |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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