From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N7HO7-00010G-Bs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:41:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5244FE0C40; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:41:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f191.google.com (mail-yw0-f191.google.com [209.85.211.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A07E0C40 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:41:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh29 with SMTP id 29so2226583ywh.32 for ; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:41:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bBuO0F59xc2SM69uN0DEhGG2+xnUetBTW0DRmbfFu4Y=; b=O2nYJkd/hESX3tTCptAcgCVPRyoUi5PSOrPef8Bo0G8O0Kk/8eRDtxmov0tWvx2ymY ukaio/0CMTtwO2Fo6eAbM6YK/j7BOehh7qtleTxeBkrwefj1UM2yFYFy2Hg1y/ilCKhX 9IUKpbZqv8fFgiKMCQZejs3FAD5nFXhE24T/Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HfTQQjeFKlofqmaPXkOhwj6didQpfH6d15EBk/cn/13dbZgTcgS3DMYLPogBVDFHuL PeGuD54WDzr0oOLRpdf/BQU1gB75M8uCKeT7R62C/MnMzeXJ3WpwjVqDvVh5wnnC3oz6 ivL6hmYQFIMZye0Tt7d2uoAXRG1lGIrNrTwk4= Received: by 10.91.74.11 with SMTP id b11mr5318636agl.39.1257723697876; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:41:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? (adsl-0-116-142.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.116.142]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm983999yxb.43.2009.11.08.15.41.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:41:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4AF7572F.30907@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:41:35 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20091007 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: decrapify your kernel config WAS: ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? References: <39CFC182-B039-4D26-9880-DC26485DF8F2@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <4AF66B4B.5060602@gmail.com> <95D8041B-5E83-4388-A19D-3D12A3C3B36D@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200911082335.43358.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4AF7443D.7070708@gmail.com> <6D611A39-D2CB-4084-8EFE-B2EF74D9F445@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <87y6mgzkgq.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87y6mgzkgq.fsf@newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7ea8a508-516e-4991-a3ea-5b8f9884eca2 X-Archives-Hash: 8715ac60b9867e193a44cf9f555376d2 Harry Putnam wrote: > Stroller writes: > > >> Any time I spend messing with obscure kernel config options is time I >> could be spending reading a good book, instead [1]. >> Sorry, spending time configuring my kernel loses, as does this thread. >> > > I'm with you Stroller. > > Although I do have to admit and should admit since I'm OP on this > thread. If I had of inserted the .config from running kernel. I > would have been done on the first try.. The dozen or so questions were > nearly all no answers. A few didn't default the way I wanted so I didn't > accept the default... maybe two were like that. > > I fully agree with your point about what it really takes to `know' how > to configure a kernel. People get a little too much mileage from the > breezy ` I do it in 5 minutes' line. When all they really did was > move the .config file. > > Maybe 20 minutes if you don't just move the .config tho. It's not that hard to do. Heck, the hardest part to me is finding out what chips is on cards and stuff. I usually do that before I but tho. I like the zoom feature on newegg for that reason. You can read what chips are on drive controllers and such. Then you know what drivers to use and whether it will work or not. I could probably config mine now in less than ten minutes since I know my hardware. Dale :-) :-)