From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-140542-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60D141381F4 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:22:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3779BE072C; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:21:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A6BE06D7 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:19:39 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgsKAG6Zu09FxKx3/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIIVAQEEATocKAsLNBIUJTeICQULuX6LCFqBRII8YgONPodcgRCET4ZpgVGBWIMF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="195551605" Received: from 69-196-172-119.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.172.119]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 13 Aug 2012 00:19:37 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:19:25 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:19:25 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Straight from the horse's mouth Message-ID: <20120813041925.GD3642@waltdnes.org> References: <20120812095211.GA2435@waltdnes.org> <1344770775.8637.20.camel@moriah> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1344770775.8637.20.camel@moriah> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: afd6b605-2e88-4f2d-b733-22d0283ebe3c X-Archives-Hash: d5a07b64f89966819f52a5e603dc6832 On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 07:26:15PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote > Hi Walter, can you expand on the LVM2 problem you mention on the MDEV > page and/or a link if there is one on the status? > > I am building a new desktop (finally building as 64bit!) which will need > lvm2 and after trying gnome3 for a couple of months on my existing > machines, I have decided that its too unstable, too much of a resource > hog and such a major productivity killer so its time to abandon ship. I personally use ICEWM. It does the job, and I get an autohiding launchbar along the bottom. Thinking about this has inspired me to change my sig. See below. > If I have to swim, I would like to use the opportunity to drop udev so I > can avoid that train wreck as well. I've never used lvm so I'm the last person to ask. See http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Unionfs-linuxrc which mentions lvm2 under mdev Alpine Linux is a server-oriented distro that uses mdev instead of udev. If anybody has gotten stuff running under mdev, it's them. See http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Setting_up_a_software_raid1_array for some hints. The article looks a bit old, so I don't know if it'll work for you now. If you get it running, please let me know, and/or update the wiki. I'm going on a little trip later this month, after I get back, I might just set up a dedicated test machine with all sorts of stuff like lvm2 on it. -- Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications