I have a Gentoo amd64 no-multilib configuration and sometimes I really need to run 32-bit application (Skype or Android SDK that are available only for 32bit environment). For these I have prepared a 32-bit chroot-ed environment as specified in 32Bit…
Xfce reboot shutdown suspend disabled
When installing Gentoo with Xfce desktop environment it happens that Restart/Shutdown buttons are greyed when you are logged with a non-root user. Searching many forums I found many "solutions" that didn't done the trick for me. But I also found…
SLIM failed to execute login command
After installing Xfce4 and SLiM login manager I have noticed that by just entering the user name and password would not sufficient to login to desktop because I get error message "SLiM failed to execute login command" all the time.…
Mount external HDD with static mount point
I have many USB external drives (hdd, flash drive, etc) and I want that they appears always with the same name under /dev folder (also mount external hdd with static mount point). This can be achieved writing custom udev rules.…
Gentoo before and after SSD
I have decide to give a try to SSD technology, even if it's not that cheap nowadays. So, I have bought a Corsair Force 3 SSD 90GB (which supports SATA III too) and replaced the old Toshiba 160GB 5400 rpm…
Check Gentoo updates and notify
In Gentoo, to update your portage tree to the latest version one can do: emerge --sync In Gentoo, to fetch and merge the latest available packages into your system one can do: emerge -pvDuN world emerge -DuN world In Gentoo,…
Gentoo Initramfs - howto
I have attempted to create a Initramfs file system for my Gentoo kernel in order to use it as a rescue shell whenever I am getting boot problems. Gentoo have a comprehensive wiki about this but I was unable to…
How to choose the right kernel I/O scheduler
I was searching for a way to improve my system responsiveness knowing that I/O is a major factor that can influence this. Yes, I can change my HDD with a affordable SSD but I was looking for something that would…
Gentoo speed up boot with parallel init
To speed up the system init at boot-time, just edit your/etc/conf.d/rc and set the RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP variable to yes: RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP="yes" Also speed up boot with parallel init it's just a damn line!
Move KVM guest from lvm to an external USB disk/image file
I have a KVM Windows Vista guest whose virtual disk is a volume on a physical disk I have on my server (eg: /dev/VG/lvm_guest-name). The volume is about 80GB, but the space that is really used is about 30GB. My…