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On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Róbert Čerňanský <openhs@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:18:54 -0600 |
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> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Róbert Čerňanský |
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>> <openhs@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > Hello all, |
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>> > I am currently updating my system and Portage wants to replace udev |
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>> > (204) with systemd (208). My question is (hopefully) simple: |
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>> > Can I use systemd as drop-in replacement for udev? In other words, |
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>> > can I pretend that systemd is udev and continue using OpenRC as |
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>> > with udev itself? I would then apply just udev 204 to 208 update |
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>> > instructions (http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev/upgrade). |
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>> > |
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>> > I am using WindowMaker and systemd was pulled in by |
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>> > gnome-settings-daemon which in turn was pulled in by gdm. I would |
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>> > like to stick with gdm. |
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>> |
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>> The GNOME stuff that requires systemd will not work under OpenRC from |
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>> 3.10 on, you could get strange fails with gdm and |
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>> gnome-settings-daemon. If it's gdm-3.8, then I think you can use |
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>> systemd as udev replacement together with OpenRC, and I believe some |
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>> people did it successfully. |
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> Thanks. I have enabled openrc-force use flag found this in |
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> gnome-settings-daemon emerge log, which confirms what you have said: |
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> "gnome-settings-daemon needs Systemd to be *running* for working |
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> properly. Please follow the this guide to migrate: |
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> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd |
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> You are enabling 'openrc-force' USE flag to skip systemd requirement, |
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> this can lead to unexpected problems and is not supported neither by |
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> upstream neither by Gnome Gentoo maintainers. If you suffer any problem, |
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> you will need to disable this USE flag system wide and retest before |
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> opening any bug report." |
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> So the it is clear to me now. |
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> I will try openrc-force as temporal solution until I'll find a new |
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> display manager and give heart breaking good by to GDM. |
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You could *try* to run systemd and see if you like it. |
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Many of us do. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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