04:39 <u154ss> @all Could someone please share what they have in their /etc/portage/package.use/* directories to get a Gentoo running on an Asaho box?

04:40 <u154ss> Asaho = Asahi.

04:49 <chadmed> u154ss: it is entirely dependent on what software you are trying to install. literally just put in it whatever portage tells you if youre getting "stuck" on certain use flags

04:57 <u154ss> @Chadmed thanks. Also your install.sh running from asahi-gentoosupport from the Livecd is testing for efi/vendorfw, when vendorfw does not exist, the script fails. I have to manually create the directory myself.

04:59 <chadmed> vendorfw should always exist on the ESP

05:07 <chadmed> ohhh u154ss are you doing a completely fresh install from a "m1n1 and u-boot only" install

05:18 <u154ss> @chadmed I am using the USB stick to boot your .ISO from a USB-C hub on an M2 Mini that already has Debian installed on it. I have appx 100GB for the Gentoo root, efi and boot partitions reserved.

05:23 <chadmed> you cant manually create an ESP you have to use the asahi installer to do it

05:23 <chadmed> or reuse the one from your debian install

05:30 <u154ss> @chadmed confused now... In other words, I let the install.sh located in asahi-gentoosupport create the ESP for me?

05:31 <chadmed> no...

05:31 <chadmed> you need to use the curl | sh asahi installer from macos to "prepare" an environment for it

05:31 <chadmed> it will install m1n1+u-boot into a new ESP and give you a new APFS stub that you can call "gentoo" or something

05:31 <chadmed> then from _that_ ESP you boot the livecd

05:34 <u154ss> @chadmed, for clarity, this is my current partition/filesystem setup as seen from Debian - https://paste.debian.net/1321885/

05:37 <u154ss> @chadmed in other words, I need to back into macos, run curl https://alx.sh | sh and create a new ESP??

05:38 <u154ss> @do I need to run //alx.sh in "expert" mode?

06:33 <chadmed> u154ss: yeah. youll need to delete all the partitions you made for gentoo and select the "install into free space" option, then select the m1n1/uboot/efi only option

06:38 <u154ss> @chadmed just did so..

06:38 <chadmed> great

06:52 <mps> two EFI partition still not supported? Last night someone asked me privately is it possible to have fedora and alpine installed and select which one to boot

07:01 <u154ss> Again, something which I did not experience yesterday - https://paste.debian.net/1321888/

07:02 <u154ss> @chadmed, of course.

07:04 <chadmed> u154ss: did you emerge-webrsync

07:04 <chadmed> or emerge --sync

07:04 <chadmed> that error message is pretty obvious, you have no repo at /var/db/repos/gentoo which means you have not synced

07:05 <chadmed> the handbook tells you what to do

07:05 <u154ss> @chadmed, just did a websync..

07:07 <u154ss> @chadmed working now. Similiar to an apt update methinks...

09:59 <u154ss> @chadmed et all please see https://paste.debian.net/1321904/ What am I missing still? I have ran install.sh from asahi-gentoosupport, which ran cleanly. Still no grub and/or kernel. Can someone please enlighten me? Also mount point /boot/efi seems to have been deleted..

10:02 <chaos_princess> you have removed the 'kernel' use flag from asahi-meta, if you want a kernel, put it back, or emerge asahi-sources

10:02 <chaos_princess> and if you want to get grub, you have to do it by hand, refer to the handbook on how to do it

10:03 <chadmed> chaos_princess: https://github.com/chadmed/asahi-gentoosupport/blob/main/install.sh#L53

10:04 <chadmed> u154ss: install.sh could not have possibly exited cleanly since the kernel was not built and grub not installed

10:04 <u154ss> @chaos_princess Thanks. Like so - sys-apps/asahi-kernel

10:04 <chadmed> look at the original file in the repo

10:05 <chadmed> why did you even change it

10:05 <u154ss> Scratches head.. Should I rerun install.sh again?

10:05 <chadmed> probably

10:06 <chaos_princess> chadmed: /shrug i sorta assumed that it did the thing, and handbook usually has people install the kernel sources manually

10:07 <chaos_princess> and, like, no offense, but i think that gentoo needs a "you need to be this tall to ride" sign. especially since it is a weird platform with rather fragmented docs right now.

10:08 <chadmed> i agree, hence why i didnt provide any documentation beyond "use the handbook and figure out where install.sh slots in"

10:11 <u154ss> Again, I installed Gentoo without problems on an Intel box about twenty years ago, hence my memory is rusty, also the apple silicon specifics. Thus the somewhat half-obtuse questions...

10:19 <chaos_princess> My issue is that there seems to be a failure to read the emerge output. It has repeatedly tried to automatically change the use flags and when it does that, it tells you that you need to run etc-update to accept the changes. It appears that that was not done.

10:20 <u154ss> Here is my latest install.sh - https://paste.debian.net/1321906/

10:24 <chadmed> so we're back to square one and chaos_princess's point that you dont seem to even be reading the output of emerge. the output is extremely clear - you need to put "dev-lang/rust-bin rustfmt rust-src" in a file in /etc/portage/package.use/

10:34 <u154ss> My latest effort https://paste.debian.net/1321907/ - shameful!

10:40 <chaos_princess> please read the emerge output, the relevant bits start at line 150 in your paste

11:33 <u154ss>

11:33 <u154ss> Apologies for the tardy reply, I was preparing the evening meal.

11:35 <u154ss> Do I have to insert the whole line "sys-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.8.10_p2::asahi" or just "sys-kernel/asahi-kernel"

11:41 <chadmed> the latter

11:41 <u154ss> @chadmed thank you.

11:42 <u154ss> @chadmed, I presume I have to run install.sh again?