i am sorry of sending this mail a little bit late but i had problem with my mail(it wasn't capable of sending blank mails) a gentoo developer told me to send this to gentoo-dev here is his response mail to my sugestion that now goes to gentoo-dev i sended the mail because it has a signature tha<t can be checked:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey :-) > > That sounds interresting, but I'm afraid I cannot help with that. > I think it might be an idea to send the mail to the gentoo-dev mailing > list, and get some feedback that way. > > It might be possible to implement, but I'm not sure how it could be done. > > Best Regards > Bjarke I. Pedersen > > mailinux skrev: > > WARNING: this sugestion isn't directly related to bugs but > > rather to solve common humans errors > > > > Gentoo is a higly customisable distribution and it's > > instalation method doesn't help much: > > a lot of people make error while installing,some common > > examples are: > > *missing a step > > *miss spelling > > > > theses problems are normaly solve by the forum but only if: > > *others forums member understand the problem > > *the problem is very common and not to complex(there isn't a > > lot of things to check) > > *motivated people are there at the time he post his > > problem(chance) > > Another thing is that theses people could help for more > > important things if common problem are resolved another way > > > > so some scripts can easely cope with theses problems > > An example is a script that check,for a particular problem,if > > the person has made all steps > > > > for example if someone hasn't the sound working: > > -it will ask if he installed alsa or OSS > > ->alsa > > then it will ask the way he wanted to install > > it(built-in,modules,userspace) > > ->modules > > then it will try to look if the modules are loaded > > if not he will search if they are built,otherwise it will > > search if the right alsa uttilities are installed,then he will > > look if the services are started and if they are added at the > > boot services. > > then it will look at the volumes and then it will ask if the > > person has connected his speakers... > > > > Acc?dez au courrier ?lectronique de La Poste : www.laposte.net ; > > 3615 LAPOSTENET (0,34 ?/mn) ; t?l : 08 92 68 13 50 (0,34?/mn) > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFER2LJO+Ewtpi9rLERAujTAKCUkPYi2yuskp+/iovk2/Ia2Kbt5gCeKf70 > ExA8uR+OLUz0TeY/+wY9rcE= > =dx+T > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Accédez au courrier électronique de La Poste : www.laposte.net ; 3615 LAPOSTENET (0,34 /mn) ; tél : 08 92 68 13 50 (0,34/mn) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
