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Well even if you can't figure it out, I'd be happy to do things manually |
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if you open an issue on github for me with some instructions. I know |
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from experience what a pain in the ass git can be for first-timers ;-) |
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On 20/02/17 15:33, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> On 02/19/2017 09:40 AM, Daniel Quinn wrote: |
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>> On 30/01/17 08:24 PM, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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>>> I acquired (on the cheap) a used Surface Pro 3 with the keyboard cover |
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>>> off of a relative who wasn't using it (they said the screen was too |
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>> small.) |
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>>> I am considering putting Gentoo (or attempting to) and am wondering if |
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>>> anyone has had success. |
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>>> It looks like newer kernels have some builtin support for the hardware. |
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>>> Due to its form factor I will be setting up distcc to help with the |
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>>> build process, and using -bin packages for monstrosities like firefox |
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>>> and libreoffice. |
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>> I'm sorry that I didn't see this sooner, but I've been running on my SP3 |
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>> now for about 2years. I maintain a GitHub repo with kernel configs and |
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>> a installation manual, so if you'd like to give that a spin and submit |
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>> patches/ideas as they come, I'd be happy to merge them: |
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>> https://github.com/danielquinn/Gentoo-Surface-Pro-3 |
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> Thanks, |
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> After messing around manually with the kernel I found your .config, that |
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> could've saved me a lot of time. |
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> I have a .config for 4.9.6-r1 I believe. I've noticed some patches have |
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> been partially applied in 4.9.6-r1 and will modify the patches |
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> accordingly. If I can figure out how to use git I can send the updates. |
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> Dan |
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