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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd-boot on openrc
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:06:30
Message-Id: 11977883.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd-boot on openrc by Rich Freeman
1 On Sunday, 17 April 2022 20:17:47 -00 Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 1:05 PM Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de> wrote:
3 > > Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 > > > On Sunday, 17 April 2022 16:42:35 -00 Martin Vaeth wrote:
5 > > >> Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
6 > > >> > On Sunday, 17 April 2022 14:54:50 -00 Rich Freeman wrote:
7 > > >> >> Can't you just fix your USE flags with systemd-utils? Why revert?
8 > > >> >
9 > > >> > No, because the flag I'd need is 'boot', and that triggers switching
10 > > >> > from
11 > > >> > elogind to systemd.
12 > > >>
13 > > >> No, USE=boot for systemd-util does not trigger anything like that.
14 > > >
15 > > > I meant, if I set that flag, portage wants me to remove elogind
16 > > > andinstall
17 > > > systemd.
18 > >
19 > > Maybe, but the fault is certainly not this flag but something else.
20 > > For instance, that you do not have keyworded something which you should
21 > > have.
22 > It would probably be helpful to post more relevant output, like
23 > portage output including --verbose and so on so that it is clear what
24 > it is actually doing.
25 >
26 > systemd-utils blocks systemd, so I can't see how it could force you to
27 > install systemd (after all, it just supplies things that are otherwise
28 > bundled with systemd already). Maybe in addition to setting the boot
29 > USE flag you also changed something else?
30
31 The machine is sick. I now have no mouse or keyboard after POST. They're fine
32 in UEFI BIOS setup, and they're fine after the default kernel has finished
33 booting - just not at boot menu time.
34
35 :(
36
37 --
38 Regards,
39 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: systemd-boot on openrc Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>