Linux

Hardware support in linux

This is an easy way of determining which drivers you need to load to get your hardware working in Linux. First run lspci -nand paste the result after you go to http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi

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Linux

Duplicating world

This command will install all of the files in the old_world_file (/var/lib/portage/world) while also adding them to the world of the new machine. The –noreplace was added in case some packages had already been installed, in order to avoid repeating one’s self. emerge -va –noreplace $(cat old_world_file)

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Linux

Deleted ._cfg files

With –noconfmem, portage will “forget” that it has already made a ._cfg file for a CONFIG_PROTECT file, thus causing portage to reinstall the ._cfg file needed for updating.

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