Questions tagged [funtoo]
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Difference between Gentoo and Funtoo
I'm struggling to understand how Funtoo is different from Gentoo,
The Funtoo website claims to be an improved version of Gentoo saying this:
Funtoo Linux features native UTF-8
support enabled by default, a
git-based, distributed Portage Tree
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Where is vagrant's log file?
I am trying to debug a vagrant- or VirtualBox related problem (see taiga-vagrant fails to provide a working taiga environment #21).
The command VAGRANT_LOG=debug vagrant up --debug prints out plenty of, probably, useful information. Where is this…
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Nginx listens at a port, only responds if set to port 80
OS: Funtoo.
I have bound NGINX to port 81 (I want to run it alongside my Apache server for a short time for ease of transition), and it listens at the port (If I point at another port, using wget I get "Connection refused", but using port 81 I get…
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How can I switch to my USB headset automagically when it's plugged in?
I'm running Funtoo Linux, a Gentoo derivative. My two new Plantronics USB headsets (one wired, one wireless) work nicely. I plug one in, ALSA notices it, and if I manually set an application to use it instead of the default devices, it will.
I'd…
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Migrating from Funtoo to Gentoo on a running system
I have a Funtoo system now, but want to migrate (back) to Gentoo. If possible keeping a usable system during the installation (not rebuilding from scratch using a live CD). Both systems should be ~amd64.
I found an old description of someone who did…
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Lightdm Won't Start in Test Mode With OpenRC
I have a funtoo installation and I recently did sudo emerge x11-misc/lightdm which appeared to work fine, but attempting to start lightdm in test mode with sudo lightdm --test-mode gives this:
** (lightdm:12656): WARNING **: Failed to get list of…
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What is the equivalent of apt-file in portage, if any?
Hunting for dependencies when compiling software from the scratch is practically unavoidable. In Debian-based Linux distributions which use the apt-get utility to manage packages, there is also a nice command named apt-file. One can use it to search…
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Having trouble with LVM snapshot
I have a funtoo linux machine which I am trying to add ubuntu to (thats a whole other issue). It is encrypted with luks and has lvm on top of that. I have a 2 TB harddrive (sdb) which I would like to use to take lvm snapshots of the important…
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How can I download all the software ( funtoo git repository) for offline use of funtoo, similiar to apt-mirror
I am working on a ship so once at sea I have no internet. The idea is to clone the complete git repository so that I can still install software when offine. I am using apt-mirror with debian which works great. I am looking to do something similiar…
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Configure ALSA to work with [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP, [AMD] FCH Azalia
I use Funtoo Linux + LXDE + ALSA on laptop Asus X552E. I have speaker and headphones, installed alsa, users in group audio. But sound does not appear, and I have no sense how to configure it.
Here it is my system:
# id -Gn
root bin daemon sys adm…
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apparmor - cannot load library
I'm trying to get apparmor set up on my system and am having troubles getting past the permission denied error:
ping: error while loading shared libraries: libcap.so.2: cannot stat shared object: Permission denied
This is my policy for…
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How to avoid emerge recalculating dependencies after adding required keywords/uses?
While emerge --autounmask-writes followed by a etc-update basically automates adding additional keywords and use flags, running emerge afterwards (without any other modifications) will again calculate the very same dependencies, which on a slower…
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How to prepare a headless machine?
I'm currently preparing an SD-card for my Raspberry Pi, i.e. an ARM machine, while I'm sitting on a x86 one. Therefore I cannot simply chroot into it and run rc-update add sshd default. So, how else can I set this up without having to connect the…
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Is it safe to `emerge -uavDN @world` while working?
In a related question, a few answers ("Yes", "...no problem", "typically... no problem") verify that it is safe to perform emerge -uavDN @world while working. Is it really so (for Funtoo/Gentoo)?
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Setting up a RAID 1 in Funtoo
In short
Following the guide How to Set Up a RAID 1 Under GNU/Linux, I have setup a RAID 1. Checking the RAID Array for validity in various ways, appeared to be normal.
However, after rebooting the system, the RAID Array was not working. The…
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