Gentooalt is a gentoo linux project created to manage porting the portage framework and other features to other operating systems, such as mac os x and the free bsds. When the machine boots up, press c to boot from the gentoo install livecd. Use devlibslibressl instead of devlibsopenssl when applicable see also the ssl useflag libusb. But i havent had any problems with gentoo, mplayer, alsaplayer, amarok, banshee, etc. Use flags use flags are a very important aspect of gentoo. This flag should only be enabled if youre running a nonlinux kernel or you dont want to use sysfsudev. Compiling from scratch is really hyped, what makes gentoo cool is the technical merits like rcupdating and use flags. Playing a couple flac files, or watch a movie, will cause it to crash. I had tried adding some other use flags at the same time joystick, pvr, mysql, vdpau, pulseaudio, but i removed all of these, and it still fails. View topic solved xbmc fails to recompile when i add cec use flag. Build both the x11 gui gkrellm and the server gkrellmd. Use flags are keywords that embody support and dependencyinformation for a certain concept. In this case, my user is called xbmc this htpc was set up well. Please go to the gentoo handbook and follow those instructions and return here.
To install a 32bit gentoo system you can use either one of a 32bit or a 64bit live cd or dvd, but if you choose to go with a 64bit one, in this case it must be able to run 32bit binary as well. These instructions will help you on your way to getting gentoo installed on your apple tv. This in particular is interesting for situations where administrative privileges are not available or simply not suitable. Use flags are to control optional dependencies and settings which the user may. X airplay alsa bluetooth bluray caps cec css dbus dvd gbm gles. As such it has the possibility of totally toasting your pretty silver box. Use x11miscxclip to copy passwords to the clipboard.
I cannot know anything more, i dont have a cellar full of cards anyway, ive installed nouveau on 5 different cards and everything went very fine, except for a gts 250 fan management issue. Bought a ryzen 2700x 816, and switched back to gentoo amd64 after many years with other distros. Making the distribution use git improves the speed of downloading software dramatically, compared to gentoo s rsync setup. Working with gentoo a portage introduction this chapter explains simple steps readers must understand to maintain the software on their system. Since the pentium mobile centrino used in some thinkpads supports the mmx and sse extensions of the insturuction set, using compile flags can speedup programs quite a bit. Now is the time to specify the contents of the use flag. For example, appeditorsvim can optionally build with support for the ruby interpreter, and it needs devlangruby installed to do this we use the ruby use flag to provide this option. Contribute to gentoo gentoo development by creating an account on github. Maintainers daniel pielmeier, gentoo sound project.
Im continually impressed by free and open source software. Just wish i had the money to buy a cpu with even more cores, because i certainly can use them now. Precompiled binaries are available for some larger packages or those with no available source code. For more information on the idea behind use flags and how to use them. So you can simple type emerge vlc and you will have vlc installed however, we advise to always use the latest and unstable version of vlc. No combination of use flags should cause a package to fail to build because. If i need to install some 30 ebuilds with all sorts of use flags or select to just use everything xbmc has, i would use the latter. For apipa support, emerge netmisciputils with the arping use flag or netanalyzerarping. Based on source packages but also with binary package support mostly in order to have a quickly usable os, use of source packages is recommended. I would like to have gentoo linux as second os on my macbook pro retina. These partitions are created using the macfdisk tool. This setting is a collection of use flags we think are commonly used by the gentoo users.
Unlike a binary software distribution, the source code is compiled locally according to the users preferences and is often optimized for the specific type of computer. Gentoo forums view topic solved configuring the system. Imo the installation isnt as complicated and difficult as many think it is, so i eventually installed gentoo on my two macbook pros as well as the desktop. Since it is ffmpeg i guess v18 is out, as it probably is a feature. Welcome to gentoo is rice, the volume goes to 11 here. I compiled everything needed with bothe intel and vaapi use flags. One strength of gentoo is the ability to use global flags for code optimizing. Gentoo base system first we must have a working gentoo system. Kernel setting for system using the darwin kernel i. How gentoo configures software gentoo linux gives allows you to control how, and with what support, programs are installed by using. One of the best features that funtoo has to offer over gentoo is it is gitbased. Jentoo is a linux distribution built using the portage package management system. The website of gentoo, a flexible linux distribution. Ive tried to use the portage version of xbmc as well as built it from the git source.
Xpimc collected pointers on running xbmc on a raspberry pi drublic openbsd on. I guess i could try turn down features andor use flags somewhere. Linux is about five times friendlier to old hardware than windows 7 or mac s osx mavericks. Vlc is included in the portage package system of the gentoo linux distribution. To make it easy for users to search and pick use flags, we already provide a default use setting. Gentoo is a trademark of the gentoo foundation, inc. Its uefi laptop so both linux distros use bootefi partition. I did installation in according to amd64 handbook with systemd and kde plasma. The main goal of the operating system is to improve upon the core of gentoo, without taking away with what makes it great.
Want to be notified of new releases in sakaki gentoo onrpi64bit. Gentoos read only root fs after installing from live image. Use flags are the technical feature of portage that brought me here from debian. Split from i am about to give gentoo up as its turning into a help request. Use x11miscxclip or x11miscxsel to copy passwords to the clipboard. As previously mentioned, all use flags are declared inside the use variable. Gloduk gentoo linux on an ibook g4 shtroms wiki narf. Org feature matrix, the gt200 should be in the same nv50 class of my gts 250. In chapter 10 reestablishing a wifi connection was unsuccessful, but using a wired connection should not be any problem. Use flags are to control optional dependencies and settings which the user may reasonably want to select. On the other hand, apptextglark requires ruby no matter what, so no use flag is used there. This document will provide you with instructions for installing mythtv on gentoo and provide the following extras. Gentoo prefix is an easy way to enable using software installed on a user base.
They are a core feature of gentoo, and a good understanding of how to deal with them is needed for administering a gentoo system. Gentoo forums view topic how to make a grub iso boot. I am using an older ffmpeg so yes kodi requires newer ffmpeg. This is only useful for lans where there is no dhcp server and the system doesnt connect directly to the internet and all other computers use apipa. Install xbmc on apple tv 1 linux updated for the stable 10. For more information on the idea behind use flags and how to use them, please see our documentation. Gentoo linux was fairly well known at one point, with many techsavvy linux users opting to run it on their computers. The reason for this is, that the current kodi does not.
The problem isnt kodi directly but ffmpeg and openssl use flag that is present only in ffmpeg4. Im trying to make vaapi work with intel hd graphics intel celeron g530. Since raspberry pis are so popular, maybe we should have a portage profile and use flags for them, and then we can work on ebuilds for the more popular packages. Gentoo prefix is like fink, macports or pkgsrc for mac os x systems, but not limited to. Also i would like to have both full functional console and full functional x with gnome 3 desktop. I recently decided to switch from osx to linux and went with gentoo, so this post describes how install gentoo on macbook pro.
Booting from the gentoo livedvd image on usb stick the wifi connection can easily established using graphical tools. Generally speaking, the power management is another known limit of nouveau. Mac os x edit gentoo for mac os x was the first nonlinux project of gentoo and focused on making the gentoo experience available on apple s operating system by introducing the portage system as a separate entity. Solved xbmc fails to recompile when i add cec use flag. So far as i can see, the problem is specifically with the cec plugin. Just remember to use a 64bit live cddvd if you want to do a 64bit gentoo install. If nothing happens, download github desktop and try again. This years fosdem 2020 will be held on february 1st and 2nd our developers will be happy to greet all open source enthusiasts at our gentoo stand in building k where we will also celebrate 20 years compiling.