It really takes a lot of time to compile the whole kde environment and if you say that you stop the compiling and restart it, it should take a lot more as the package that the emerge was compiling when you stopped it will be compiled again from the start. One thing that might help a bit is to emerge ccache and add in FEATURES in make.conf the ccache option (don't forget to change the default size it uses for cache in make.conf). I don't really know a lot about framebuffer (the only thing I know for sure is that it doesn't work very well on my computer :-P) but I could make a suggestion about what you might be forgetting when recompiling the kernel. If you are using lilo for boot manager then after each 'make bzImage modules modules_install' you should do the following:
mount /boot cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/nameofthekernel vi /etc/lilo.conf (to add an entry for the new kernel you have named nameofthekernel) (optional if you overwrite the old kernel with the new one) lilo (THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!) umount /boot and you are ready to go. You probably forgot to run lilo after copying the new kernel. I hope that helps! On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:18:02 +0200 Stefano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, after I've solved my make.conf problems (with your help :-)) > I've begun the long, long world compilation. My little k6-2 @ 475 mhz > with 192 mb ram laptop has exited from stage 1 on sunday, exited from > building X on tuesday and from tuesday it's still compiling kde (!). > With only fews and quickly stops: is it normal? > Well, but my problem is that on console 2, while on console 1 kde was > growing, I've begun to play with the kernel conf file. In fact when > I've compiled my gentoo kernel for the first time, I must have > mistaken something in the usb configuration, since my laptop's > external usb mouse won't work. Therefore I've stopped the kde > compiling process and I've started a new kernel compilation. However > when I've rebooted the laptop I still have had the some problems with > framebuffer described before: my screen has gone out of sync. Panic. > Then I've rebooted my laptop from live-cd and then mounted my root > partition under /gentoo as I did during installation process. After > this, I did: > # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash > # env-update > # source /etc/profile > and I've tried to recompile my kernel. During this new compilation > process I've received strange messages about skew clock and date in > the future. I suppose it's caused by gmt/local date settings: my > system is configured with "local" setting, and live cd system perhaps > is gmt. However, after compilation of the new kernel (without > framebuffer), I have given a cp from ..../arch/i386/boot/bzImage to > /boot, but when I've rebooted I've obtained the same blank screen > problem I've had before. I've realized that, perhaps, my mistake was > that I've forgotten to mount the /boot partition (correct?). So I've > rebooted one more time, followed all steps that I've described before > plus mounting the boot partition. Because of the late time, I've > preferred to send back the compilation of kernel and to resume with > kde. And now, while I'm writing, my laptop still compiling kde. > I hope you will excuse me for this long description, I step now to the > > questions: > When I boot my machine I'd like to have the same nice resolution and > gentoo logo of live-cd. How can I obtain it? I'd like to have the same > autoconfig and hardware recognition features too, so how can I set my > kernel as the live-cd kernel? What's about lilo.conf? I've tried a lot > of settings and played with vga entry, but without success. I've > readed the manual for lilo but it didn't help. Is it correct to > continue the kde compilation under the live cd ambient? Naturally > after the chroot procedure that I've described. I've a logitec usb > wireless mouse. It works fine with live cd, but what I've lost in my > own kernel configuration to abtain it to works? What's about the skew > time messages? How can configure correctly my date/time while I'm > under live-cd rescue? In the past, I've got a lot of problems with > modules configuration, so I prefer to have all compiled directly into > the kernel: is it too heavy for my laptop? Because one time I've > received a message from lilo about the "too big dimensions" of the > kernel? Finally, how can I recover correctly and fastly all this > situation once that the compilation of kde will be finished? > Still sorry for the lenght and confusion of this message. I hope in > your aid. Thanks > Stefano > -- > stefano > (stefanoceci.it) > openyourmindopenyoursource > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
