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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:26 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <873ahwoich.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87fxlwojdn.fsf@newsguy.com

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

>> and you need all the videodrivers? I am sure not. So remove them and set 
>> VIDEO_CARDS in makec.conf.
>
> A light just went off over my head.  For mnths, maybe yrs... I've
> wondered why so many x11 drivers would get installed.
>
> OK, but a quick google on `site:gentoo.org VIDEO_CARDS' didn't turn up
> a way to determine what card is on the machine.  At least not a
> recognizable hit I can see is about that.
>
> I'm pretty sure I can get that info without opening the cover but I'm
> drawing blanks about how.

Never mind.  lspci is my friend




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-11-12 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-12 17:58 [gentoo-user] How to fix a hefty (emerge) blocking problem Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 18:31 ` Dan Wallis
2008-11-12 18:53   ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 18:38 ` [gentoo-user] " Mark Knecht
2008-11-12 18:44 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-11-12 19:11   ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 19:15     ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-11-12 19:20       ` Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 21:05         ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-11-12 21:22       ` Neil Bothwick
2008-11-12 19:55     ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-12 20:03   ` Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 20:36     ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-12 21:04       ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-11-12 18:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-12 19:05   ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 19:25     ` Andrey Falko
2008-11-12 19:33       ` Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 19:27     ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2008-11-12 19:55     ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-13 21:05       ` Dan Wallis
2008-11-13 21:12         ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-13 21:12         ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
2008-11-13 21:43           ` Dan Wallis
2008-11-13 22:38             ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-14  6:40               ` Dirk Uys
2008-11-14  7:09                 ` Dale
2008-11-14  7:24                 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-13 21:34         ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-12 20:23   ` Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 21:11     ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-12 21:24     ` Neil Bothwick
2008-11-12 20:54   ` Harry Putnam
2008-11-12 18:49 ` [gentoo-user] " Andrey Falko
2008-11-12 19:13   ` Dirk Heinrichs

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