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On 10/04/2014 15:26, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> On 4/10/2014 7:21 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Everything else in that list is routine except maybe pciutils and gpm. |
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>> Add them to world manually if you use those apps |
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> Thanks Alan/Tom... |
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> Hmmm... what is pciutils used for? From a little googling, it seems like |
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> it is a tool that I would manually have to use, not something required |
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> by the system itself for anything that happens automatically (ie, at |
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> boot time)? |
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pciutils provides lspci, I'm sure you've used that one lots :-) |
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I'm assuming it was in the @system set since forever and has now been |
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taken out - it's hugely useful but not 100% required to get a working |
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Gentoo install so therefore doesn't really belong in @system |
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I myself have a personal @tools set that I've used since forever and |
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pciutils is in it so I always have lspci on every gentoo box. Hence why |
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I have to assume what took place recently in the tree |
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> If so, I've never used it that I can recall, so I guess I can let |
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> depclean remove it? |
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> As for gpm... this is the 'general purpose mouse server'? If so, guess I |
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> don't need this either, since this is a VM without a gui? |
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gpm lets you use your mouse in the console just like you use it in X. |
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The "pointer" isn't an arrow, it's a flashing block cursor but you can |
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highlight, copy and paste text just like in X. Useful if you've gotten |
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to like it, completely redundant if you never used it and get along fine |
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without it |
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> Thanks again, |
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> charles |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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