Hello gentoo user n helper :) I installed gentoo linux 1.4 on an i686 but have 2 troubles
1- USB storage (I have a 32 MB memory stick) I have install scsi mod, sd_mod, usbcore, usb-storage (everything needed that I once read from forum) I modprobe everything seem to be ok but when I mount --- mount /dev/sda1 -t vfat /mnt/flash --- it fires back: --- mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device --- then mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1 also not helps here is excerpt of my dmesg: ####### ... SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 16384) NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0 IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Freeing initrd memory: 1410k freed VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). NCR53c406a: no available ports found aec671x_detect: scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card) megaraid: v1.18 (Release Date: Thu Oct 11 15:02:53 EDT 2001) megaraid: no BIOS enabled. DC390: 0 adapters found Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.031. 3w-xxxx: No cards with valid units found. NCR53c406a: no available ports found Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver, Nov 29 2003 Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5 Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers... sim710: No NCR53C710 adapter found. usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.2 to 64 uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 10 usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.4 to 64 uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 11 usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb.c: registered new driver hid hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. .... ###### 2. I installed fetchmail, wrote a fetchmailrc with fetchall option First I run fetchmail -cv (normal user) to see it work, but all my fetched mail go nowhere, I don't know where they've gone! already check /var/spool/mail/anh My email on server still all there. thanks -- anh a gentoo fan from vietnam -- HoHoHo! Seid Ihr auch alle schön brav gewesen? GMX Weihnachts-Special: Die 1. Adresse für Weihnachts- männer und -frauen! http://www.gmx.net/de/cgi/specialmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list