<SNIP> > > At time of installation from CD1, I completed Code listing 25.2 but > failed to complete 25.1 and 25.3 > # emerge - xfree > and > # emerge -k kde > running without end. Finally I force-rebooted the PC. >
did you actually reboot (with CD1 removed) to get your system started up correctly??? cos what you've described sounds like you were still in the chrooted environment immediately after compiling the kernel etc. > Besides my PC for this test is a slow machine, P-II350/256MB therefore I > expect to know whether it is possible to make use of those pre-compile > packages on CD2. Of course you can... I was using a much lower spec machine than yours and got mine up and running in KDE in just eight hours worth of work. (started 4pm Friday evening and had logged into KDE before midnight.) > I suppose all of them have been copied to my OS after > completing Code listing 25.2 > > # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > # cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages/* /usr/portage/packages/ > > > Can I apply following command to install all kde packages simultaneously; > > # emerge /usr/portage/packages/kde-3.1.2.tbz2 | > /usr/portage/packages/kde-env-3-r2.tbz2 | > /usr/portage/packages/kdeaddons-3.1.2.tbz2 | etc. > no... just "emerge -k kde" it fetches in all of kde with the exception of the two dependencies already mentioned in the bug report. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
