Re: [gentoo-user] APM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was never successful in getting APM or APCI to work on my Dell Notebook with the 2.4.20 kernel. It does work with the 2.4.22 and 2.6 kernels. On Thursday 06 November 2003 4:42 pm, Molnar Peter wrote: Hi, I have just switched to gentoo from another distro (finally). My problem is that I can't get APM working, and it would solve some annoying issues. I have complied APM into the kernel (gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r8), but during startup there is only a small sign: apm: BIOS not found. Anybody solved this? - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/quv/P2TQUAjSykARAiwqAJ40aFVqDovvIRzfKc5oX81yWuhn0wCfVGID aH4chuez1h57HKOoc/tPgF8= =+KcK -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PCMCIA with new Kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Brent: I think you are looking for this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=26716highlight=pcmcia+nic Good luck. Kevin On Monday 03 November 2003 1:29 pm, Brent L Johnson wrote: I got past it I think (thankfully.. I just read that Redhat is dumping their free Linux dist and will no longer be going past RH9). First when it failed I had it compiled in.. along with some of the drivers listed (even though I really didnt need them). It didnt work.. so I went to having it as a module.. got some nasty errors. I recompiled with minimal PCMCIA options set and went back to compiling it in the kernel rather than as a module and I'm now getting a power light on the Linksys WPC11.. yay! And I got the Realtek drivers installed and I can see it in iwconfig. Now to configure it.. should be cake from here (uh huh.. I just jinxed myself). Thanks, - Brent -Original Message- From: Luke Davison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:17 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] PCMCIA with new Kernel Brent, If you are still compiling PCMCIA as a module, are you loading the pcmcia_core module prior to loading the ds module? BTW, when I have needed PCMCIA in the past, I have always compiled it statically. Regards, Luke -Original Message- From: Brent L Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] PCMCIA with new Kernel OK I'm getting close to giving up and loading redhat again I think. I changed my kernel configuration to load PCMCIA support as a module and ran genkernel again. Now at bootup time I get the following errors (repeatedly): /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: init_module: Operation not permitted Hint: insmod errors can be cause by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or output from dmesg. /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod ds failed * Starting pcmcia... cardmgr[819]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices Anyone have any ideas? This is the 3rd time I've tried rebuilding the kernel after tweaking the PCMCIA settings. Also.. it would help if I could search the forums but gentoo's forum system never sent me my activation email even though I used the correct address. So if anyone from Gentoo is reading this you may want to check on that. - Brent -Original Message- From: Brent L Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] PCMCIA with new Kernel I compiled PCMCIA support into a new kernel and when I reboot I get no lights on my linksys wpc11 v4 wireless pc card.. as though PCMCIA support isnt working. Any ideas why this is happening? Im recompiling the kernel now and specifying PCMCIA support as a module instead of compiled directly into the kernel. If I boot from the LiveCD and use the dopcmcia boot option the light on my Linksys WPC11 v4 comes on and it sees the card in the slot (not correctly of course.. since I havent gotten the driver working yet). I got my driver over to the machine without MTools though.. I just formatted the floppy to ext2 fs on my dell poweredge server and just copied it to the floppy. The server is running Redhat.. its a shame too.. Im thinking of running Gentoo on that baby.. will Gentoo run on a 2.4Ghz Xeon? Thanks, - Brent -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/piDjP2TQUAjSykARAn5oAJ95kjwbAJ3zmErN0WuHtBTISBImxACeIvzi SIYKGg28/1eMj1kITojkrwQ= =ZhVa -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Stage3 Install and the Kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Did you emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources? It should be there. For the genkernel, you will have to emerge it to per the instructions. Good luck. I had a problem here to in the past until I realized my stupid mistake:) Kevin On Sunday 02 November 2003 4:09 pm, Brent L Johnson wrote: After having troubles getting my linksys WPC11 v4 working to do a stage1/stage2 install I've elected to do a stage3 install. I've followed the installation doc all the way up to Installing the Kernel and System Logger. Following the directions for stage3 (from the LiveCD) I dont have the kernel source.. I can't do emerge since I dont have a network device (yet), so I cant get the kernel source.. and I cant do a genkernel or anything since it doesnt come with stage3. This step never mentions a stage3 install.. so what should I do? - Brent -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/pPaRP2TQUAjSykARAk+UAJ4310aDUBqHfIwokPHFIM9q/WoiFACeOXPp mHdBuaI9H7QsyDhOjII67s8= =kNtl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie - Can't start Gnome
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Alan: Just checking to see if you used the Gentoo Linux Desktop Configuration Guide in regards to installing Gnome: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml#doc_chap4 Kevin On Sunday 02 November 2003 4:30 pm, Alan Watson wrote: Probably a dumb question but I can't get Gnome to start after running emerge gnome. Can anyone humour me and tell me... Thanks, Alan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/pPzwP2TQUAjSykARAjEyAKCYM38KMTYtP32aUlNS4VBomc3VAgCeIJf8 j82HphM9jIBLjoMQKJoFWMg= =h1T6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Stage3 Install and the Kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Do not call it a stupid, mistake, call it a learning experience:) Good luck with the rest of the install. Kevin On Sunday 02 November 2003 4:29 pm, Brent L Johnson wrote: Yes it was a stupid mistake.. I missed one very important step. I didnt copy the distfiles and packages directories from the liveCD to the /usr/portage directory... so I'm guessing since it couldnt find those it was trying to get them from the network. Thanks, - Brent -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 7:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Stage3 Install and the Kernel -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Did you emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources? It should be there. For the genkernel, you will have to emerge it to per the instructions. Good luck. I had a problem here to in the past until I realized my stupid mistake:) Kevin On Sunday 02 November 2003 4:09 pm, Brent L Johnson wrote: After having troubles getting my linksys WPC11 v4 working to do a stage1/stage2 install I've elected to do a stage3 install. I've followed the installation doc all the way up to Installing the Kernel and System Logger. Following the directions for stage3 (from the LiveCD) I dont have the kernel source.. I can't do emerge since I dont have a network device (yet), so I cant get the kernel source.. and I cant do a genkernel or anything since it doesnt come with stage3. This step never mentions a stage3 install.. so what should I do? - Brent -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/pPaRP2TQUAjSykARAk+UAJ4310aDUBqHfIwokPHFIM9q/WoiFACeOXPp mHdBuaI9H7QsyDhOjII67s8= =kNtl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/pP0/P2TQUAjSykARAgl3AJwK6bMYGTyU7VIkipVGWGaTuwIscwCXYxBm gVPyHjOfhdCVVBAwKKFMOQ== =r1Ga -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Symlink of development-sources to /usr/src/linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It is safe for me to do a symlink of my development-sources kernel to /usr/src/linux? I noticed when emerging that my computer cannot find the version number of my kernel. I removed all of my 2.4 kernels since 2.6 performs much better but currently I have them symlink to /usr/src/linux-beta. - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/oMFAP2TQUAjSykARAvsYAJ41q90ltXqzmbx9c6E+pOIj42QavgCeNbtz TPc+gmV2hwjG5F9qFzkkWRw= =EV4I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Symlink of development-sources to /usr/src/linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Robert. I also got a response at the forums. When I symlink the 2.6 kernel to linux, I no longer had the emerge problems:) Kevin On Thursday 30 October 2003 12:41 pm, Robert Kruus wrote: It is rumored that on Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:43:59 -0800 Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It is safe for me to do a symlink of my development-sources kernel to /usr/src/linux? I noticed when emerging that my computer cannot find the version number of my kernel. I removed all of my 2.4 kernels since 2.6 performs much better but currently I have them symlink to /usr/src/linux-beta. - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/oMFAP2TQUAjSykARAvsYAJ41q90ltXqzmbx9c6E+pOIj42QavgCeNbtz TPc+gmV2hwjG5F9qFzkkWRw= =EV4I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Works here - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/oNEhP2TQUAjSykARAvcsAJ9GPAjOIRzJhxiUT1DHXxxz/sau7ACfQtoa BbvXXncuFI4hbONzdLlPAjU= =JwQq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] MSN Gaim , Anyone ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You all should give Kopete a try. I love it. On Wednesday 29 October 2003 12:42 pm, Heath Miller wrote: Amsn work great here. You just have to download the latest version. The one that is in portage now just stopped working on the 14th of October. On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:55:41 -0700, Bobby R. Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 12:55, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: Op do 30-10-2003, om 05:19 schreef Bobby R. Cox: On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 10:54, SMS WebMaster wrote: Hi Anyone able to access MSN using Gaim ? Anyone can access MSN from any linux messenger ? Thanks Yes...I am currently using Gaim 0.71 to access MSN Just installed 0.71-r1 but no luck. What are you seeing? Error message? Throw us a bone ;) - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/n4QsP2TQUAjSykARAr79AJ9dRir5VQgSLmHSc5DBD38hlTAMGwCgkZPP xXjTWrRiECNA0bGTNfkz37A= =wwgm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge fails with error.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I had problems with installing OpenOffice.org too. Check the forum and the mail archives for some suggestions. Essentially what I did was remove the old version of OpenOffice first. Then, when realizing I did not have enough disk space (you will need at least 4 gigs for OpenOffice to compile), I went and deleted files that portage used to compile programs. After that, I had no problems installing OpenOffice. Kevin On Tuesday 28 October 2003 5:43 am, Phil Barnett wrote: On Tuesday 28 October 2003 1:02 am, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: Did you try to emerge sync again? Yes, twice. Didn't make any difference. I do have open office installed and it's not updated yet. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/nobUP2TQUAjSykARAjQWAJ4gj6Otkv/gKBTJ3SPH1rVWozgnKwCfffOB PaeaFJdQRHYe09m+M0BoGSY= =aUK/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] WYSIWYG WebPage Editor/Designer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 27 October 2003 10:43 am, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos wrote: Paulo: OK, think I'm going to learn PHP and try it out. There are some good books on PHP. Try the books by Larry Ullman. Great! I'll try CSS out too. You will never regret it. There are a lot of online sources for CSS layouts that I found very helpful. Elizabeth Castro writes a good book on XHTML and CSS. Eric Meyers and Jeffrey Zeldman are also CSS gurus and most reads. I already have those, just need to set it up and unfortunately after searching for apache 2 set up or apache 2 config I didn't find much. However I sent an email to the apache users ML and help is on the way. Look at the section about Apache in the Desktop Configuration manual at the Gentoo web site on how to do this: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml If your IP is dynamic how were you able to host a homepage? How have you managed that huge problem? Technically, Comcast does not allow users to run servers though I do not know how they woudl detect it. Technically, you can still run a server and a web site with a dynamic URL. You just have to pay particular attention since some IPs tend to change once a month. I suppose you could write a script that will inform you when your IP changed. Good luck, Kevin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ndqmP2TQUAjSykARAuWdAJ0UIDfU9YbGV/VU7YF8uxTBMDeogQCaA5s1 ltswYbSDdb+7fWeyETAIMQ4= =ekrN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge fails with error.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I did emerge'd sync my system. I got no errors when I emerge -upD world. Try to emerge sync again. Kevin Did you try to emerge sync again? On Monday 27 October 2003 9:56 pm, Phil Barnett wrote: When running: emerge -up world I get a bunch of things that need to be updated and then it ends with: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 2133, in ? mydepgraph.display(mydepgraph.altlist()) File /usr/bin/emerge, line 1103, in display elif (not --emptytree in myopts) and portage.db[x[1]][vartree].exists_specific_cat(x[2]): File /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py, line 3469, in exists_specific_cat self.invalidentry(self.root+var/db/pkg/+a[0]+/+x) AttributeError: vartree instance has no attribute 'invalidentry' What should I do? - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ngZdP2TQUAjSykARAifrAJwP9Znk5u71S12QfnKb73N7dobAcwCfceP2 AXpJdlM8fcoGKNEyTTY78IA= =07bh -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron [UPDATE]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Still can't get my pcmcia detected. Essentially, when my computer loads up, it cannot detect 3c589, I82365, or ds. I think the CONFI_I82365 may need to be a module (My 3COM nic card needs this.). Possibly CONFIG_PCMCIA too. Since I do not have a wireless modem, I do not think I need the CONFIG_YENTA. # # PCMCIA/CardBus support # CONFIG_PCMCIA=y CONFIG_YENTA=y CONFIG_CARDBUS=y # CONFIG_I82092 is not set CONFIG_I82365=y # CONFIG_TCIC is not set CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y I am also thinking that these both may need to be modules: # PCMCIA network device support # CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA=y CONFIG_PCMCIA_3C589=y Here are my .config: # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_MMU=y CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y CONFIG_STANDALONE=y # # General setup # CONFIG_SWAP=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y # CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y CONFIG_FUTEX=y CONFIG_EPOLL=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y # CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD is not set CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set CONFIG_KMOD=y # # Processor type and features # CONFIG_X86_PC=y # CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER is not set # CONFIG_X86_NUMAQ is not set # CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT is not set # CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP is not set # CONFIG_X86_VISWS is not set # CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set # CONFIG_X86_ES7000 is not set # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set # CONFIG_M586 is not set # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set # CONFIG_M686 is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set # CONFIG_MK6 is not set # CONFIG_MK7 is not set # CONFIG_MK8 is not set # CONFIG_MELAN is not set # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set # CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set # CONFIG_X86_GENERIC is not set CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5 CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y # CONFIG_HPET_TIMER is not set # CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC is not set CONFIG_SMP=y CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8 CONFIG_PREEMPT=y CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_MCE=y # CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set # CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL is not set # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set CONFIG_I8K=m # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set # CONFIG_EDD is not set CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y # # Power management options (ACPI, APM) # CONFIG_PM=y CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y # CONFIG_PM_DISK is not set # # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support # CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y # CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y # CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML is not set # # APM (Advanced Power Management) BIOS Support # CONFIG_APM=m # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y # # CPU Frequency scaling # # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ is not set # # Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA) # CONFIG_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC=y CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y CONFIG_ISA=y # CONFIG_EISA is not set # CONFIG_MCA is not set # CONFIG_SCx200 is not set CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y # # PCMCIA/CardBus support # CONFIG_PCMCIA=y CONFIG_YENTA=y CONFIG_CARDBUS=y # CONFIG_I82092 is not set CONFIG_I82365=y # CONFIG_TCIC is not set CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y # # PCI Hotplug Support # # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set # # Executable file formats # CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y # # Device Drivers # # # Generic Driver Options # CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y # # Memory Technology Devices (MTD) # # CONFIG_MTD is not set # # Parallel port support # CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y # CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set #
[gentoo-user] 2.6.0_test8 + Inspiron [Update 2]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think I am getting closer to getting my pcmcia card to work. I was able to get the required modules for my pcmcia nic card to be detected finally. Still, during start up my computer cannot detect the cardmanager. I will have to mess around with the /etc/conf.d/net file I think. On a positive note, ALSA is working:) Wow, it is awesome!!! - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mvmMP2TQUAjSykARAoJTAJ4yNx2SL/Q82lvXrwgaispn/GkRAACeIj3E y6msaQR8eSeaoZlfuIseob8= =gAk2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0_test8 + Inspiron [Update 2]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom: I compiled all the pcmcia stuff as modules. I then emerged pcmcia-cs and update-modules. When I lsmod, all the same modules that I use in the 2.4 kernel are there. They also load up with no problem. I am pretty sure that I have all the necessary modules compiled in the kernel. Do you have your /etc/init.d/net.* scripts auto-starting? How do I that? I think I do??? I am beginning to suspect that my /etc/pcmcia/config.opts may be the problem. During load up, card manager cannot find the sockets. Here is what they are for the 2.4 kernel: # System resources available for PCMCIA devices include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff include memory 0xc-0xf include memory 0xa000-0xa0ff, memory 0x6000-0x60ff Kevin On Saturday 25 October 2003 4:16 pm, Tom Syroid wrote: Kevin, Bring me up to speed on what you've done so far... when you say you can't get card manager working, what specifically are you doing to enable it? Do you have PCMCIA-CS sources installed? Do you have your /etc/init.d/net.* scripts auto-starting? Best, /tom --On Saturday, October 25, 2003 15:30 -0700 Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I am getting closer to getting my pcmcia card to work. I was able to get the required modules for my pcmcia nic card to be detected finally. Still, during start up my computer cannot detect the cardmanager. I will have to mess around with the /etc/conf.d/net file I think. On a positive note, ALSA is working:) Wow, it is awesome!!! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University - Bloomington, http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mwumP2TQUAjSykARAiGMAJ93v1PbldsbeRJU1k/qBOTc4wPD1QCfaHCC wtEo1x6eBUjcXVtAliyUx+I= =1/we -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0_test8 + Inspiron [Update 2]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is really weird. I got to work. In the forums, someone recommended commenting out ds in /etc/init.d/pcmcia and adding Yenta. It is really weird but it worked and I am not sure if anyone knows why. Cool. Now Shorewall does not work. I had to remove it from start up. And ALSA is too damn loud:) Kevin On Saturday 25 October 2003 4:16 pm, Tom Syroid wrote: Kevin, Bring me up to speed on what you've done so far... when you say you can't get card manager working, what specifically are you doing to enable it? Do you have PCMCIA-CS sources installed? Do you have your /etc/init.d/net.* scripts auto-starting? Best, /tom --On Saturday, October 25, 2003 15:30 -0700 Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I am getting closer to getting my pcmcia card to work. I was able to get the required modules for my pcmcia nic card to be detected finally. Still, during start up my computer cannot detect the cardmanager. I will have to mess around with the /etc/conf.d/net file I think. On a positive note, ALSA is working:) Wow, it is awesome!!! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University - Bloomington, http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mxW3P2TQUAjSykARAsvTAJoCKZVqKBY25KT39y3MHoyNxt3JawCfdMZF /qeeS0PyM4NzXWnT455/Xzc= =0ecS -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks a lot. I have only used menuconfig to compile my kernels. This was the first time I ever used xconfig. What a beauty I might add. Oh yeah, the 2.6 kernel is now working!!! I did make one more mistake by enabling pcmcia as a module when I should have left it unchecked so the 2.6 kernel could not detect my nic card. Easily solved by recompiling the kernel. I also forgot to re-emerge the ip_tables. I am going to see if I can get ALSA to work too. I was unsuccessful in the 2.4 kernel. Thanks for help. I hope to finish this sometime in the afternoon. Kevin On Friday 24 October 2003 11:04 am, Robert Crawford wrote: On Friday 24 October 2003 12:37 am, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I will double check and recompile. Kevin On Thursday 23 October 2003 9:02 pm, Paul Fraser wrote: Do you have kernel support for the filesystem you're using? --- --- Under File Systems, if you use reiserfs, it needs to be y and not modules. Also set CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y under pseudo filesystems. You have it not set. Robert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mX/5P2TQUAjSykARArHzAJ0TgkgY7X38wL22fg6OHZTDD/mH+gCbBEhc EGHrI3nWFnIgIAnS7gWeNL4= =N2eT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo noob here
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey Kwame: Hate to tell you this but Gentoo already fulfilled its quota of Suse converts to Gentoo this year. Try next year. Now, if you really want to use Gentoo, you can say your are a Windows user. There are no quotas for them:) Seriously, give Gentoo a try. I used Red Hat a little off and on for a year. When I decided to give Gentoo a try, I was nervous about the installation too. They were ill founded. If you start from Stage 3, it takes roughly one and a half hours to get a working system. The instructions manual online for the install is excellant. It did take me a couple of tries but that was because of my mistakes, not the manuals. I technically had it working on the second attempt but the X-windows looked funny so I thought I installed it wrong. I installed Gentoo a third time and got the same funny x-windows looked funny so I went and asked for help at the from the local linux support group. Turns out that x-windows always looks like that. I installed Gentoo successfully. Plan on devoting 48-72 hours to compiling all the programs and applications that you would need. My poor notebook was on nonstop during that time but it survived. I am now using Linux 99.999 percent of the time. Good luck. - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mYMsP2TQUAjSykARAlcpAJ4gmTvJQYC8wLUl5YtTsrTFpKxugQCfUZlS FYx1pZKB0DeQb8JP/FxwpyI= =io9m -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron [UPDATE]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arghh. Can't get pcmcia to work. Any hints? Kevin On Friday 24 October 2003 1:31 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: Glad to hear you guys have had success with the 2.6 kernels! Basically, the trick is sorting out the config file for your particular hardware. I too find the desktop performance noticably inproved with 2.6.0-testx. I guess I'll retire my 2.4 kernels from here on out. Even the great 2.4.22-ck2 doesn't cut it anymore. Robert Crawford -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mcikP2TQUAjSykARAqATAJ4xzxC2cgTRa4F3yIVXGE08+5JpPwCfY4Q2 rDW8xMdk50nHI454YETvi4E= =SgYL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron [UPDATE]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Tom. I will give it a try. I have a feeling I will be messing around with this until I get it right. I read at the forum about a recommendation in emerging pcmcia-cs too just in case. I think another problem is that under the 2.4 kernel, my nic card was identified as eth1. not eth0. I am beginning to think that the 2.6 kernel may recognize eth0 as the correct card as again. I plan to change /etc/conf.d/net when I boot back into the 2.6 kernel to see if this is the culprit. Can't do it now for obvious reasons (2.4 recognizing eth1). I will give this a try. Kevin On Friday 24 October 2003 10:05 pm, Tom Syroid wrote: Kevin, Try this (from my kernel .config): # # PCMCIA/CardBus support # CONFIG_PCMCIA=y CONFIG_YENTA=y CONFIG_CARDBUS=y # CONFIG_I82092 is not set # CONFIG_TCIC is not set You could also enable any of the above (or all for that matter), and load them after-the-fact. At a minimum, you'll need CONFIG_PCMCIA enabled, and at least one bridge/bus driver. My wireless card happens to use the YENTA driver, so technically, I could disable CARDBUS in the above config. On my 'round-tu-it' list ;-) Problem with the 2.6 kernel (at least at this point in time, and with reference to Gentoo and their ebuilds) is that you must have PCMCIA enabled before PCMCIA-CS will install. And if PCMCIA-CS sees that PCMCIA is enabled in the kernel, all it will do is add the PCMCIA utilities. So if the current kernel doesn't support your bus/bridge or driver, you can't get it from PCMCIA-CS. I suspect we'll see (a) vendors addressing the situation, and (b) a PCMCIA-CS update as soon as 2.6 gets closer to reality. Best, /tom --On Friday, October 24, 2003 17:49:34 -0700 Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arghh. Can't get pcmcia to work. Any hints? Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mgeRP2TQUAjSykARAqazAJ4u3W4NsUMa3RPTSjr8shoIcPZDNACgkXUj tGJsdVcQiPIZtmsvnC6dTpY= =y/+j -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want to follow in Tom's footstep and compile the 2.6 kernel on my Dell Inspiron 8100. A nice config and how to do would be very helpful. On Thursday 23 October 2003 10:54 am, Tom Syroid wrote: Good day, I'd like to take another stab at the 2.6.x kernel series on my Dell Inspiron (8000). While I'm hardly a newbie, the last time I tried to configure a 2.5/6 kernel on this system, I was somewhat -less- than successful; after two days I gave up in disgust ;-) Anyone on the list have .config file they'd be willing to share as a starting point? Feel free to email me offlist if so desired. Best, /tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mCN+P2TQUAjSykARAlp1AJ0SW80tFxdhfsaV6KdCnylJrxLutACfQpgc jOGp7c7H4rTPMdAJj7rNb1A= =LpHI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Robert. I tried compiling the 2.6 kernel last week but the Dell notebooks are so finiky. I used menuconfig and chose similar settings to my 2.4 .config file but failed miserably. We can't use the 2.4 .config can we? If not, I will still like a copy so that I can manually edit the .config for the 2.6 kernel and then compile it myself. Kevin On Thursday 23 October 2003 12:32 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: Tom Kevin, If someone doesn't post a working .config for the Dells, and you still have problems after trying again a few times, maybe someone will configure one for you. It's not hard (once you've done a bunch of them, and know what all the options are, and know your hardware), and only takes 5-10 minutes. If you do need this, post any peripherals you need working, and how in general you wish to use the computer- I'm sure you'll get some help. Robert Crawford On Thursday 23 October 2003 2:52 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want to follow in Tom's footstep and compile the 2.6 kernel on my Dell Inspiron 8100. A nice config and how to do would be very helpful. On Thursday 23 October 2003 10:54 am, Tom Syroid wrote: Good day, I'd like to take another stab at the 2.6.x kernel series on my Dell Inspiron (8000). While I'm hardly a newbie, the last time I tried to configure a 2.5/6 kernel on this system, I was somewhat -less- than successful; after two days I gave up in disgust ;-) Anyone on the list have .config file they'd be willing to share as a starting point? Feel free to email me offlist if so desired. Best, /tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mCN+P2TQUAjSykARAlp1AJ0SW80tFxdhfsaV6KdCnylJrxLutACfQpgc jOGp7c7H4rTPMdAJj7rNb1A= =LpHI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mC+aP2TQUAjSykARAkc7AJ9LNgK5VZkMmBAEH/XnX4bIYB0S6wCeK5wV GsX1az8V40zlEe0+cd62wfg= =OeWl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
# CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5 is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1 is not set CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=y # CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512 is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST is not set # # Library routines # # CONFIG_CRC32 is not set CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=m CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=m # # Grsecurity # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC=y CONFIG_CRYPTO=y CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LOW is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_MID=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HI is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CUSTOM is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_KMEM is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_MEMMAP is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_HIDESYM is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_ADD is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_NICE is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FINDTASK is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_NOEXEC is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_PAGEEXEC is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_NOELFRELOCS is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_ETEXECRELOCS is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_MPROTECT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_IO is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDEXEC is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_SEGMEXEC is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_EMUTRAMP is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_EMUSIGRT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_MOUNT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SYSCTL=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_AUDIT_MOUNT is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_FCHDIR is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_HIDEKERN is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RESLOG is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_MAXTRIES=3 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_TIMEOUT=30 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODTIME=10 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FLOODBURST=4 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_LINK=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FIFO=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDPID=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_EXECVE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_DMESG=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDID=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDNET=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDISN=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDSRC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_RANDRPC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_FORKFAIL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_TIME=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_SIGNAL=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_SHMAT is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_UNIX=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHDIR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MKNOD=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_USERGROUP=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC_GID=10 CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDUSTACK=y # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDKSTACK is not set # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_KERNEXEC is not set CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_ASLR=y CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PAX_RANDMMAP=y On Thursday 23 October 2003 1:22 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: On Thursday 23 October 2003 3:44 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Robert. I tried compiling the 2.6 kernel last week but the Dell notebooks are so finiky. I used menuconfig and chose similar settings to my 2.4 .config file but failed miserably. We can't use the 2.4 .config can we? If not, I will still like a copy so that I can manually edit the .config for the 2.6 kernel and then compile it myself. Kevin Kevin, Can you email me a copy of the 2.6 config file that failed, and I'll take a look at it, and compare it with the Dell specs for your system. Let's do it off list, and if it works we can post it. Are there any peripheral devices I should know about? Robert Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mDtBP2TQUAjSykARArAgAKCZGb6Yjhzr22UsBPqOfE122qcYhQCfU3XF FiMAn7CKDzzMQWYhIjI2zOM= =cAfp -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks, I will give the newest kernel a try tonight. Kevin On Thursday 23 October 2003 3:59 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: On Thursday 23 October 2003 4:34 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, I actually removed the whole kernel and vowed to wait for the stable version to be released. Now I am getting my nerves back for another attempt this week. Kevin- Here's a copy of a post I nade on the Gentoo forums about a basic method for getting 2.6 working. I realize your problem is mainly the config part. --- --- I've been downloading from kernel.org, and getting mm patches for each 2.6 version, with excellent results. Here's my method, for 2.4 or 2.6 kernels. I never compile as root in /usr/src anymore. I made a /home/wrc/kernel directory, and untar there, then cd as user to the linux-2.6.0-testx directory, and do a normal: (Optional: apply mm patch (or others I might wish to try) make mrproper make xconfig (Optional: after xconfig, edit Makefile cflags and console output for 2.6. They have compile output silent by default. I'll post my edits if anyone wishes) make clean make bzImage make modules THEN SU TO ROOT make modules_install mount /boot cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.0-testx-mmx (I use no System.map, or initrd) Edit grub with nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf and add your new kernel stanza to grub.conf, then reboot to new kernel. Works for me every time, with no problems whatsoever. I've had mixed results with genkernel, and any Gentoo kernels, so I've settled on the above method of choice. I do however, run very lean systems, and others might need support for scsi, drivers, etc that I don't use. But for the basics, this works very well, and never touches your working setup. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mHYfP2TQUAjSykARAqFWAJ98BCIjKevyQTymaHv//BVARfg2mgCfRqzZ uU84fUlh6WPqayXAPVIt2x0= =Kr4A -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Robert: We need to know: 1. Did the compile itself error out (and at what point), or did it compile, and reboot not succeed? Next time, if compile fails, save the history (in console, under menu-edit-save history as), and post the last section where it stops. I remember it errored out immediately after I saved my menuconfig configuration. It freaked me out and when I restarted my computer, my computer acted strange so I removed mm-sources and it worked fine after that. 2. I looked up the 8000, (can't find 8100), and they have ATI Mobility M4 or NVIDIA GeForce2 Go. With ATI, compiling into 2.6 works fine (I use Radeon 9000 Pros on all my boxes). Nvidia is a different animal. We need to know which one you have. If the compile and install succeeds, but on boot you get a black screen, it might be an xconfig problem. If you get compiling errors, its likely a kernel config problem, followed by an x problem. My notebook has the ATI Mobility Radeon 7500. There was no driver for it with the 2.4 kernels so I used a generic ATI driver. I do not have problems with it. 3. I noticed in your 2.4 config, you have lots of things supported as modules, and compiled in, like: SCSI I need that for my zip drive. ISDN Not sure if I need that. infrared stuff Definately do not need that. In file systems, you have all the XFS as Y. Do you use that? I think I answered yes since the instructions said if you are not sure, answer yes. I do not use it though. USB- do you need everything? I guess I just need it for my printer, zip drive and mouse. In # Native Language Support, all things are modules, get rid of all you don't use. Will do. If you use these things, fine, but in short, with a 2.6 kernel, get rid of ANYTHING you don't need. I never had success with 2.5, or 2.6, until I realized virtually anything could cause inexplicable failures. Took me 2 months to hone it down to a rock stable bare-bones .config- now it works perfectly, first time, with every new test-x, on my hardware, and I'm still refining it, and add things on recompiles. Always save a working config, and name it! The deal is, don't expect everything to work! Get it so it works with your most important things, and accept the fact it's not perfect. I started with the 2.4 kernel early last month. My first task was to get my ethernet card working. Eventually I got my zip drive and printer to work but I could not get ALSA up and running. Dell Inspiron 8100s use the maestro3 driver which I cannot seem to get working. ADDENDUM: After you've done it a few times, a kernel recompile is very fast, and safe, if you compile your kernels as USER, not in /usr/src, as root. Umm, I am still doing things in root. A bad habit I know but this is sort of my test bed. Right now my computer is partitioned between Gentoo and Windows but in a couple of months, I want to re-install Gentoo from Stage 1 for my whole notebook. I have stopped using Windows. I will try the compile per your instructions and let you know what happens. Kevin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mHqDP2TQUAjSykARAuGuAJ0fUim8IXaCZI7aFJTxHpTdOUbXpwCfdEUb UzTj0Hsg/K9pcl9fir2BudQ= =5xR+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay, I compiled the kernel but I cannot link it to grub. Everytime I choose the 2.6 kernel, one of my 2.4 kernels loads up instead. Currently I have the 2.6 kernel in linux-beta, not linux. Kevin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mJJVP2TQUAjSykARAmDBAKCchpA8BplE8dgLf1onk0+GBvkz5gCglILf mBGYWONutHDX766MC98A6oU= =DXev -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set # CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set # CONFIG_USB_XPAD is not set # # USB Imaging devices # # CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set # CONFIG_USB_SCANNER is not set # CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set # CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set # # USB Multimedia devices # # CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set # # Video4Linux support is needed for USB Multimedia device support # # # USB Network adaptors # # CONFIG_USB_CATC is not set # CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set # CONFIG_USB_USBNET is not set # # USB port drivers # # CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set # # USB Serial Converter support # # CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set # # USB Miscellaneous drivers # # CONFIG_USB_TIGL is not set # CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD is not set # CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set # CONFIG_USB_BRLVGER is not set # CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set # CONFIG_USB_TEST is not set # CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set # # File systems # CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY is not set CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set CONFIG_JBD=y # CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m # CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set # CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set # CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y # # CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems # CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y # CONFIG_ZISOFS is not set CONFIG_UDF_FS=y # # DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems # CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set # # Pseudo filesystems # CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y # CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y # CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set CONFIG_TMPFS=y # CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set # CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set CONFIG_RAMFS=y # # Miscellaneous filesystems # # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set # CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # # Network File Systems # CONFIG_NFS_FS=y # CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set # CONFIG_NFS_V4 is not set # CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set CONFIG_NFSD=y # CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set # CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set CONFIG_LOCKD=y CONFIG_EXPORTFS=y CONFIG_SUNRPC=y # CONFIG_SUNRPC_GSS is not set # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_CIFS is not set # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set # CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set # CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set # # Partition Types # # CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT=iso8859-1 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set # CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 is not set # # Profiling support # # CONFIG_PROFILING is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP=y CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y CONFIG_X86_EXTRA_IRQS=y CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y # # Security options # CONFIG_SECURITY=y # CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK is not set # CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES is not set # CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG is not set # CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX is not set # # Cryptographic options # # CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set # # Library routines # CONFIG_CRC32=y CONFIG_X86_SMP=y CONFIG_X86_HT=y CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y CONFIG_X86_TRAMPOLINE=y CONFIG_PC=y - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative
Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I will double check and recompile. Kevin On Thursday 23 October 2003 9:02 pm, Paul Fraser wrote: Do you have kernel support for the filesystem you're using? On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 08:29:30PM -0700, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mKyDP2TQUAjSykARAuBKAJ4z5X+BKahM2lEEq77WuSVebHnrpACeO1QR IFX5F3sZZ1zwTGDv2VxPwr8= =whP6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reading emails from both Gentoo Linux and MS Win
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have one email account set up in Kmail and Outlook Express. I have no problems using the email account at all. If I have an important email, I make sure to send it to my other email aliases on Kmail so I can retrieve it later. Also, if you have SSH access to your emails, you can always check your emails by using Secure Shell. - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lvD7P2TQUAjSykARApoCAKCQ5bVuziPU7wHMwggfXRKGsVyWdACglDss RJZkVhAIuEdhA1Lq1blwztU= =fi+A -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] What Happened to my disk space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 After I realized that OpenOffice 1.1 was failing because of a lack of disk space, I decided to see how much free space I had. I was surprised: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda4 7.3G 7.0G 267M 97% / none 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 31M 11M 19M 36% /boot 97% used. What happened to the remainder? I noticed that the file size of /var/tmp/portage is 2.3 gigabytes and /usr/portage is 1.5 gigs. Can the following files total 3.5GB (total after subtracting both portage directories? sys-kernel/ck-sources app-editors/vi media-sound/alsa-tools sys-fs/jfsutils media-sound/alsa-utils sys-fs/reiserfsprogs sys-fs/xfsprogs net-www/netscape-flash app-emulation/wine dev-perl/perl-tk x11-base/xfree net-www/mozilla-firebird dev-db/mysql media-libs/alsa-oss sys-apps/vcron app-crypt/cryptplug net-firewall/iptables net-www/mplayerplug-in games-action/barrage net-www/opera media-sound/xmms sys-apps/hotplug app-office/koffice net-im/kopete sys-apps/xinetd dev-php/mod_php sys-devel/gdb net-print/foomatic net-ftp/gftp x11-terms/eterm net-www/apache media-gfx/gimp sys-kernel/genkernel media-plugins/alsa-xmms net-firewall/shorewall app-text/htmltidy media-sound/alsa-driver sys-apps/lvm-user app-text/ispell sys-kernel/ac-sources sys-kernel/vanilla-sources app-editors/nano sys-kernel/gentoo-sources sys-apps/pcmcia-cs sys-apps/grub kde-base/kde app-admin/metalog app-crypt/kgpg app-crypt/gnupg net-print/cups app-portage/gentoolkit x11-themes/gentoo-artwork app-editors/quanta net-www/netscape-plugger dev-php/php net-misc/e100 net-www/lynx How can I reclaim my lost disk space. I am currently partitioned to run both Windows (20GB) and Linux(10GB). Is it possible for me to steal 10 GB from the Windows partition and give it to Linux? - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/k4fPP2TQUAjSykARAqLDAJ4yv0zi2jaDOGcyiI4jQ3mLiOT/cACfSKfE sI5Jysoq+womZioY7RgjzM4= =W/ZP -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] What Happened to my disk space
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks guys for all your help. I deleted everything in /var/tmp/portage and /usr/portage/distfiles. I also deleted two kernels that I no longer used. I went from having 267mb free to 4.4gb free. What a difference. I think I can install OpenOffice now:) FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda4 7.3G 7.0G 267M 97% / none 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda4 7.3G 3.0G 4.4G 41% / none 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm One last question, since I deleted the vanilla-sources, can I delete all the files related to 2.4.22 since I noticed vanilla-sources were listed as that. I still have the folders for my ac and ck sources. - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lBNkP2TQUAjSykARAr8uAJ9PUlsG5me1j9jalTdUPhMRXKFVxwCfV3A1 sq1o7Iw8xr5w4BDz3LKxrdI= =ZYAz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Has anyone successfully built OO 1.1 (recently unmasked)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Second failed install attempt. Here is what I got before OO failed: WARNING! Project(s): gtk not found and couldn't be built. Correct build.lsts. Install openoffice-1.1.0 into /var/tmp/portage/openoffice-1.1.0/image/ category app-office * Installing OpenOffice.org into build root... glibc version: 2.3.2 ./setup: The temporary directory is full. (/var/tmp/portage/openoffice-1.1.0/temp/sv001.tmp) !!! ERROR: app-office/openoffice-1.1.0 failed. !!! Function src_install, Line 521, Exitcode 255 !!! (no error message) Kevin On Sunday 19 October 2003 06:15 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 031019 Collins Richey wrote: On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:58:46 +0200 Timo Boettcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no problem here using GCC 3.2.3 . it took 5 h 45 m , incl download. ordinary ADSL ( c 45 min IIRC), Athlon XP 2500+ , Soyo mobo, 512 MB DDR400. what worried me was that it threatened to run out of HD space, using c 2,5 GB for its temporary files. Are you using reiserfs? of course (grin). 2.5GB weren't near enough for me, 2.7GB neither, it worked with 3.3GB (being a total of 30hours cpu-time) Second the motion. On my ext3 system, in excess of 4gig were required last time I compiled! i built a fast machine w the intention of trying Gentoo i'm pleased to find i seem to have got it right (touch wood etc). - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/k2aFP2TQUAjSykARAo3RAJ4y6ZHTHpTnVBXNr77wNQSdl5K+EgCgnjLQ t5Kfvr9/5O4loijHIDZvirU= =WQZx -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Has anyone successfully built OO 1.1 (recently unmasked)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Check the forums. There was a discussion about this. I did not succeed in compiling it myself. Seems that those who have the newest versions of gcc are having problems. They do have a solution in the forums. - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kZ5RP2TQUAjSykARAvLTAJ9T8WzxInn92bulg6cRxwtpYaPoSwCfb/GP Mc94cjYBTVkxnqan8K38ito= =L+w4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Which 2.6 kernel should I use?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have decided that I wanted to give the 2.6 kernel a try. Right now I am debating on which kernel to use, the development-sources or the mm-sources. I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook. Any recommendations? Also, if I add the 2.6 kernel, will it affect my other 2.4.22 kernels (ac-sources and ck-sources)? Is there something I should do before I compile the 2.6 kernel? - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kBn3P2TQUAjSykARAoYdAJwOsAd8xfkyG3W4hfGxeXcKMcDbugCcCZJY 4czWglR+qatXtByzzrmpsao= =P7/0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Which 2.6 kernel should I use?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for your comments. I read a couple forum posts that laptop users preferred mm-sources over the development-sources. As soon as OpenOffice.org 1..1 finish compiling, I will compile the 2.6 kernel. Since I want to keep my 2.4.22 kernels, what should I do to make sure I do not lose the config files for these kernels? When I upgraded from 2.4 to 2.4.22, I remember removing the old configs in /usr/src/linux. Will I do the same. I read in the a couple people mentioning to cd into /usr/src/linux-beta and compiling from there. Kevin On Friday 17 October 2003 06:00 pm, Jason Stubbs wrote: On Saturday 18 October 2003 01:33, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have decided that I wanted to give the 2.6 kernel a try. Right now I am debating on which kernel to use, the development-sources or the mm-sources. I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook. Any recommendations? Try the development-sources first. mm-sources has patches for better desktop performance but often breaks things. If you try the development-sources first you will at least know what breaks and what doesn't before getting even more experimental. Also, if I add the 2.6 kernel, will it affect my other 2.4.22 kernels (ac-sources and ck-sources)? Is there something I should do before I compile the 2.6 kernel? Everything that you need has all the proper deps put in place in portage. If you install manually, check one of the ebuilds to see what deps are required. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kKpRP2TQUAjSykARAlTeAJ4uNvzCy9JOJjsFPpKoRz/8uD3LegCeMJn5 avzJ0ADE50qWhyBPJfPLGDM= =E+nc -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Which 2.6 kernel should I use?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Okay thanks. I think I was just cd into /usr/src/linux-beta and compile the kernel from there. That is what I got from the forums. I figured I will do it all based on trial and error:) Kevin On Friday 17 October 2003 07:12 pm, Jason Stubbs wrote: On Saturday 18 October 2003 11:49, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: Since I want to keep my 2.4.22 kernels, what should I do to make sure I do not lose the config files for these kernels? When I upgraded from 2.4 to 2.4.22, I remember removing the old configs in /usr/src/linux. Will I do the same. I read in the a couple people mentioning to cd into /usr/src/linux-beta and compiling from there. What specifically do you mean by old configs? The complete configuration file for any kernel is stored at /usr/src/linux*/.config. If you keep that file then it is all you need unless you want to recompile pcmcia-cs for your 2.4.22 kernel. To recompile packages that add kernel functionality for a specific kernel you need to keep certain other files (not sure which; easiest to keep the entire tree). Before recompiling said packages, ensure that /usr/ src/linux points to the kernel you want to compile for. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://www.amerasianworld.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kLXuP2TQUAjSykARAl61AKCaXN8115endc9j+86fwvjQXIMWlwCePWlE ghxQrfmaI3tASCpKRlo6aHU= =1kc4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Logger Problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I keep getting the following error: Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... * Service 'metalog' already provide 'logger'!; * Not adding service 'sysklogd'...[ ok ] Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... * Service 'metalog' already provide 'logger'!; * Not adding service 'sysklogd'...[ ok ] The problem started after I replaced metalog with syslogd. I noticed I had some problems with syslogd so I replaced that with metalog. Gentoo runs fine I just get this error. How can I fully remove sysklogd? I did emerge unmerge syslogd in the past already but the error is still there. Thanks, - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/inAjP2TQUAjSykARAtZVAJ9/4OYKLHMqa0FDrmXW39QbMouCKwCeK1C9 zAYQJnLtpFJOxtcgi2BZGz8= =U7ZY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Logger Problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks. That solved the problem. Kevin On Monday 13 October 2003 04:31 pm, Mike Williams wrote: On Monday 13 October 2003 10:27, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: I keep getting the following error: Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... * Service 'metalog' already provide 'logger'!; * Not adding service 'sysklogd'...[ ok ] Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... * Service 'metalog' already provide 'logger'!; * Not adding service 'sysklogd'...[ ok ] The problem started after I replaced metalog with syslogd. I noticed I had some problems with syslogd so I replaced that with metalog. Gentoo runs fine I just get this error. How can I fully remove sysklogd? I did emerge unmerge syslogd in the past already but the error is still there. init scripts are considered configuration files, so are not removed when unmerge'ing. Just delete the sysklogd init script and re-run depscan.sh -- Mike Williams - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ioGvP2TQUAjSykARAuiaAJ4gv13BIMOCcdoLYPgO1Ao6P+WB2QCeM6Zg nWrab6NnZ0zxAe233aIDbEk= =hI1e -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] apm with vanilla-sources 2.4.22
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Felix: I have a Dell Inspiron 8100. I could not get APM or ACPI to work with the vanilla-sources. They both work in the ck-sources and ac-sources though. I would give them a shot. On Monday 13 October 2003 12:06 am, felix zaslavskiy wrote: Hello I have a dell inspiron 8000. As far as i understand the laptop supports speedstep for cpu in acpi and the power mangment in apm. I compiled the vanilla-sources for 2.4.22 which i got with emerge. It seems that driver/char/apm_bios.o module is needed for apm to work and its not present in the source I have on the system. Whats the deal hear ? Do i need to download the sources elsewere ? felix -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iYzDP2TQUAjSykARArhkAJ9xzu5t9/3/yd6rq3mkPr0jGhKArwCgmvKV L6ff8FyOuJETaeJaeLzyRAI= =sC7L -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Linux Kernel Config Problem in KDE Control Center
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was looking at my Linux Kernel configuration in KDE's Contral Center. I am not sure if this is a problem or anything since my computer works fine. Here is the error: - -- The kernel configuration could not be read due to the following error: /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wan/Config.in, line 84: then ^ parse error Either your kernel sources contain invalid configuration rules or you just found a bug in the KDE Kernel Configurator. - - I compile my own kernels and even change the .config manually. I am currently using both the ac and ck sources 2.4.22 kernels. Is this is a bug? Should I try to recompile my kernels? - -- Kevin Miller, Jr. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/heLrP2TQUAjSykARAi1tAJ9AUPy+mQ3xk+fiyGMo1sHWWDm71QCePS+r uQWXYodHQBN7QO50LAFjLlA= =zTte -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] jabber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Do you mean Gabber? On Tuesday 07 October 2003 10:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to get a jabber server working under Gentoo. I emerged the package, but noticed there is no jabber.xml file for configuration. In fact, most files are not where the Jabber site says they shud be. I tried man jabber, and nothing there. I tried to find/locate all assocated files, but still no luck getting to work. Any suggestions? TIA Bruce -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/guJnP2TQUAjSykARArMIAJ9I4MHZIO7ujwXy0xaEI4eb/0X+/wCbBmbA diYncv8TMCzihFMTN53vw+U= =XgiF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] XFREE upgrade...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I upgraded to xfree today with no problem. Forgot that it took that long to compile though:) Kevin On Tuesday 07 October 2003 01:47 am, Jerry McBride wrote: I am currently running xfree86 4.30 r2 from portage and would like to upgrade to release 3. What I'd like to know is, are there any additional steps I need to do after I emerge r3 into my gentoo box? I seem to recall r3 being a test of some sort and lost all memory of what was discussed on the matter. Anyone running this version of xfree? Are there any additional steps to make the upgrade a smooth one? Thank you, in advance. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/gb2BP2TQUAjSykARApqtAKCQD2RZkeo7uqeQZ+JvMEfXCNbRVwCgi1lw 0iwtvbU1UBC4dExMDPct2v4= =qQFn -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [Q] usb - keyboard and mouse
The manual on how to set up a desktop may be your best resource here. I got the below info from: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml Kevin Configuring a USB Mouse A USB mouse is your friend on a high resolution screen. The kernel takes care of the scaling so you don't have to move your mouse five times across the pad to make it across the screen. The first thing that has to be done is the installation of the kernel modules. The modules that will be needed for a USB mouse to work are usbmouse, mousedev, hid, usbcore, usb-uhci, and input. After the necessary kernel configuration is done, insmod the modules. Note: Use either usbmouse OR hid. If you install both, mouse will stop working. Note: When configuring the Input Core support for the mouse, make sure to enter the screen resolution that you will be using in X. This makes the scaling all pretty and correct. Now, unplug the mouse, and plug it back in, and check your kernel log for a message that looks something like this Code listing 2.6: Kernel Message hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 input0,hiddev0: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical] on usb1:2.0 Now that the mouse is detected, check /dev/input to make sure that your mouse is there and working. Code listing 2.7: Checking for USB Mouse # cd /dev/input # cat mice Move your mouse when you cat the device, you should see a lot of garbage. To exit, simply press control-C. Once the mouse is properly detected and installed, now we have to tell X to use the USB mouse. All that is required here is a slight change to what device X uses for the mouse. Code listing 2.8: Editing XF86Config # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.working # nano -w /etc/X11/XF86Config Code listing 2.9: Pointer section of XF86Config Section InputDevice # Identifier and driver Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option ProtocolIMPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Okay, restart X, and the mouse should be working! Don't forget to add the modules that your mouse uses to modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4. Code listing 2.10: Adding entries to modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 # nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 # We will add the following lines to the file. mousedev hid usbcore input - On Friday 03 October 2003 02:55 pm, YOON. Joo-Yung wrote: Hi, all! I really need to use usb keboard and mouse in my system. When my box boots, they are recognized and work well under BIOS and WindowsXP. But after the box gets booted under Gentoo-LiveCD, then the usb keyboard and mouse are gone. I even wonder whether they are recognized. The gentoo is RC4 (or RC5) and the kernel is 2.4.22. Could you give me a hint on what I am missing in my configurations. Here are the logs of syslog and dmesg, and also kernel configs. * kernel - my settings ** INPUT CONFIG_INPUT=y CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024 CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768 CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y ** SCSI CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI=y ** USB CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y CONFIG_USB_HID=y CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=y * error in dmesg usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 4 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -110 * error in syslog Oct 3 22:52:12 [kernel] usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Oct 3 22:52:12 [kernel] input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Cypress Semi. Panwest Combi Mouse] on usb1:4.0 Oct 3 22:52:12 [default.hotplug] arguments (usb) env (DEVFS=/proc/bus/usb OLDPW D=/ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=add PWD=/etc/hotplug HOME=/ SHLVL= 2 DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/001/004 INTERFACE=3/1/2 PRODUCT=ac7/150/1 TYPE=0/0/0 DEBU G=kernel _=/bin/env) Oct 3 22:52:12 [default.hotplug] invoke /etc/hotplug/usb.agent () Oct 3 22:52:13 [kernel] usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Oct 3 22:52:13 [kernel] hub.c: usb_hub_port_status (2) failed (err = -110) Oct 3 22:52:14 [kernel] usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Thnks in advance, YOON, Joo-Yung from Korea -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firewall Problems
No luck. I recompiled my kernel and still cannot modprobe these modules. The iptables seems to work though. Kevin modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_ftp modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_irc I think if this was working before and stopped working after the upgrade then all that you need to do is remerge iptables again and reboot or you will need to manually add these to the kernel via genkernel --conifg (that is assuming that you used genkernel to compile the kernel for you.) , which opens a menuconfig editor for your kernel. Then goto Network Options-IP: Netfilter Configuration--- and make sure that the following are modules or m's. M Connection tracking (required for masq/NAT) M FTP protocol support M IRC protocol support I don't know anything about the type of firewall that your running and woudl thing that for any error messages that your receiving from your firewall that you direct your questions to a list thats maintained by the firewall that your using for a faster response. JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Apache 1.x and 2.x co-existing peacefully
Try emerge pD mod_perl Apache 1.3 should be listed as well as all the dependencies that may or maynot be needed to run mod_perl. You should be able to run both servers as long as you make sure that you set both to listen to different ports. Maybe Listen 80 for Apache 1.3 and Listen 8080 for Apache 2. I remember having to do that in Windows XP since M$ made it difficult to uninstall IIS. I just chose another port for Apache. Tell me if it works. I am thinking about installing 1.3 so I can use perl_mod. Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 12:57 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Because of my issues getting mod_perl 1.99.xx to work correctly, I'm thinking of emerging Apache 1.3.28 do I can use the stable version of mod_perl. Can this co-exist with Apache 2.0.47 that I currently have installed? Are there any packages that I'll have to re-emerge? -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University - Bloomington, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firewall Problems
I am now trying kernel 2.4.22 from the vanilla sources. The iptables did work in 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 but I still had the ip_conntrack problems. Someone recommend that I avoid the gui firewalls and use shorewell instead. I will let you know what happens. Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 10:39 am, Joshua Banks wrote: --- Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No luck. I recompiled my kernel and still cannot modprobe these modules. The iptables seems to work though. Did you remerge iptables again after recompiling? What does lsmod show after recompiling iptables again? Does the firewall work or not? JBanks __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firewall Problems
Umm, this email would have been nice if I had received it about 15 minutes ago. I am currently recompiling my kernel:) I did make many of the ones listed in this iptables tutorial: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html I have not checked yet but does shorewall list which Netfilter options I will need? Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 08:42 pm, Collins Richey wrote: I can definitely second the motion for shorewall! I'm using it with 2.6 kernels, but I know it works on 2.4 as well. Just be sure you make almost all the Netfilter options! Shorewall requires almost everything. -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firewall Problems
I actually stopped compiling and went back to the menuconfig. I am recompiling again. To unmerge Firestarter and KMyFirewall, I input these commands, right? # emerge unmerge firestarter kmyfirewall Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 08:47 pm, Joshua Banks wrote: I've actually followed Tom's kernel example as close as possible from the following link: http://www.shorewall.net/kernel.htm JBanks --- Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:08:51 + Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now trying kernel 2.4.22 from the vanilla sources. The iptables did work in 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 but I still had the ip_conntrack problems. Someone recommend that I avoid the gui firewalls and use shorewell instead. I will let you know what happens. I can definitely second the motion for shorewall! I'm using it with 2.6 kernels, but I know it works on 2.4 as well. Just be sure you make almost all the Netfilter options! Shorewall requires almost everything. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Removing Old Kernels
How can I remove old kernels from my computer. Currently I have 2.4.20-gentoo-r5, 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 and 2.4.22 (vanilla source). I want to delete the first kernel since I know the second and third kernels are working fine. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Removing Old Kernels
When I input: # qpkg -I -v gentoo-sources I get: -bash: qpkg: command not found Kvin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 11:28 pm, Alan wrote: On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 03:14:23PM +, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: How can I remove old kernels from my computer. Currently I have 2.4.20-gentoo-r5, 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 and 2.4.22 (vanilla source). I want to delete the first kernel since I know the second and third kernels are working fine. Funnily enough I'm doing this on my own system as we speak :) Assuming you mean remove the packages and extra files as well: To find the package names that you have installed for the kernel: # qpkg -I -v gentoo-sources Then unmerge the packages: # emerge unmerge package This will remove most of the source files, but not the compiled binary files. To remove them just go into /usr/src and rm -rf the directories of kernel you don't need anymore. Then mount /boot and go into there and remove the actual kernel files that are un-needed. As a note, I generally keep two at all times, just in case. IE: Currently I have ac-sources-2.4.22-ac4 and -ac1 installed and available on boot, but anything before that is gone. This is good for well, if you're paranoid anyway :) alan -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Removing Old Kernels
Thanks everyone for all of your help. I successfully removed the kernel from my computer. I joted down what you guys told me to do and saved in in a text document. Figured some of you would like a copy for the next noob:) To unmerge an old kernel, follow these simple guidelines: 1. If you do not have gentools installed on your computer yet, you will need to emerge it. If you do not know what this is, you probably have no installed it. To install gentoolkits: #emerge gentoolkit 2. To find out which package names you have installed for each kernel: # qpkg -I -v gentoo-sources Your result may look somthing similar to this: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5 * sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r7 * Note: a. The above uses a CAPITAL I as in Indiana not L as in Louisiana. b. If you are using another kernel source, just replace 'gentoo-sources' with your preferred source, i.e. vanilla-sources 3. To unmerge the packages: # emerge unmerge package Since I want to unmerge the kernel: gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5, I will input this: # emerge unmerge gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5 * 4. So far, you have removed most of the source files, but not the compiled binary files. To remove these files, go into /usr/src and rm -rf the directories of kernel you don't need anymore. In this example, you would look for all files that relate to gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5. 5. Next, mount /boot and go the /boot directory. Delete all the files related to the kernel version you just deleted. When you are done, umount /boot. 6. Finally, go into the /lib/modules/ and delete all the files related to the kernel version you just deleted. Kevin Miller -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Apache 1.x and 2.x co-existing peacefully
Thanks for sharing that. Nice to know that you can get mod_perl to work with Apache2. Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 11:01 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: I actually didn't have to install Apache 1.3x. I was able to get mod_perl 1.99.09 working correctly with Apache 2.x. From bugs.gentoo.org and the forums, I figured out I had to 'emerge libwww-perl' and 'emerge libperl' after installing mod_perl. Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: Try emerge pD mod_perl Apache 1.3 should be listed as well as all the dependencies that may or maynot be needed to run mod_perl. You should be able to run both servers as long as you make sure that you set both to listen to different ports. Maybe Listen 80 for Apache 1.3 and Listen 8080 for Apache 2. I remember having to do that in Windows XP since M$ made it difficult to uninstall IIS. I just chose another port for Apache. Tell me if it works. I am thinking about installing 1.3 so I can use perl_mod. Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 12:57 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Because of my issues getting mod_perl 1.99.xx to work correctly, I'm thinking of emerging Apache 1.3.28 do I can use the stable version of mod_perl. Can this co-exist with Apache 2.0.47 that I currently have installed? Are there any packages that I'll have to re-emerge? -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mod_perl and Apache 2.x
I asked a similar question and checked the forums. Seems that a stable version of mod_perl is not available yet. in one of the forum, a user stated that he did get mod_perl to work with Apache2. Check the forums. Kevin On Tuesday 30 September 2003 05:45 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Does mod_perl not yet work with Apache 2.x? On my ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86 system, when I do 'emerge -p mod_perl', I get: skyline root # emerge -p mod_perl These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] dev-perl/MIME-Base64-2.20 [ebuild N] dev-perl/URI-1.23 [ebuild N] dev-perl/HTML-Tagset-3.03-r2 [ebuild N] dev-perl/HTML-Parser-3.28 [ebuild N] dev-perl/Digest-MD5-2.24 [ebuild N] dev-perl/Crypt-SSLeay-0.49 [ebuild N] dev-perl/libnet-1.16 [ebuild N] dev-perl/libwww-perl-5.69-r1 [ebuild N] dev-libs/mm-1.2.1 [ebuild U ] net-www/apache-1.3.28 [2.0.47] [ebuild N] dev-perl/mod_perl-1.27-r2 On the same system I get: skyline root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge -p mod_perl These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] dev-perl/CGI-3.00 [ebuild N] dev-perl/mod_perl-1.99.09 So, does mod_perl work well enough and just hasn't actually been released, or is it still not quite there. This is a production server, so I don't want to mess anything up. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mod_perl and Apache 2.x
Have you tried to look for any help at CPAN? Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 12:48 am, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Does anyone know how to set it up? In my cgi-bin, I have a mish mash of C++ and Perl scripts. The problem is that none of the Perl scripts have a .pl extension. Is there a way to get mod_perl to recognize the Perl scripts as Perl scripts even though they don't have a .pl extension? Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: I asked a similar question and checked the forums. Seems that a stable version of mod_perl is not available yet. in one of the forum, a user stated that he did get mod_perl to work with Apache2. Check the forums. Kevin On Tuesday 30 September 2003 05:45 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Does mod_perl not yet work with Apache 2.x? On my ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86 system, when I do 'emerge -p mod_perl', I get: skyline root # emerge -p mod_perl These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] dev-perl/MIME-Base64-2.20 [ebuild N] dev-perl/URI-1.23 [ebuild N] dev-perl/HTML-Tagset-3.03-r2 [ebuild N] dev-perl/HTML-Parser-3.28 [ebuild N] dev-perl/Digest-MD5-2.24 [ebuild N] dev-perl/Crypt-SSLeay-0.49 [ebuild N] dev-perl/libnet-1.16 [ebuild N] dev-perl/libwww-perl-5.69-r1 [ebuild N] dev-libs/mm-1.2.1 [ebuild U ] net-www/apache-1.3.28 [2.0.47] [ebuild N] dev-perl/mod_perl-1.27-r2 On the same system I get: skyline root # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge -p mod_perl These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] dev-perl/CGI-3.00 [ebuild N] dev-perl/mod_perl-1.99.09 So, does mod_perl work well enough and just hasn't actually been released, or is it still not quite there. This is a production server, so I don't want to mess anything up. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Kevin Miller, Jr. Masters of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University - Bloomington http://e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 812-219-5047 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Firewall Problems
After spending most of the day trying to get either Firestarter of KMyFirewall to work, I am getting closer to having a firewall set up. I am still having problems though. Below is the input after I run firestarter, configure with the wizard and then start the firewall: --- romulan root # firestarter NETFILTER detected Firewall script saved as /etc/firestarter/firewall.sh Adding Firestarter startup hook to /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth1.exe Could not write firestarter DHCP hook: No such file or directory modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_ftp modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_irc Firewall started - For the first part, I can eliminate the error if I choose eth0 as my network device but for some reason, it is actually located at eth1 after I upgraded my kernel from 2.4.20-gentoor5 to 2.4.20-gentoo-r7. I am not sure why it changed from eth0 to eth1 so I guess I will need to know how to correct this error (I do have two pcmcia slots but only the eth0 is in use). When I do select the etho network device I can run firestarter but I still get the modprobe errors and this error: No DHCP client configuration found The firewall will not be loaded automatically on a lease renewal. Please make sure the external interface is configured properly or deselect the DHCP option if you are using static settings. -- Now for the second part of my problem, I am not sure how I can add all the above modules to my kernel. I recompiled the kernel several times. Where in the menuconfig do I need to add these modules? Or do I need to emerge them after I compile the kernel? Below is the list of modules that I currently have: - romulan root # lsmod Module Size Used byTainted: GF ipt_ttl 536 0 (autoclean) ipt_unclean 6712 0 (autoclean) iptable_mangle 2040 0 (unused) ipt_MASQUERADE 1592 0 (unused) ipt_TOS 920 0 (unused) ipt_REDIRECT 696 0 (unused) iptable_nat21080 0 [ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_REDIRECT] ipt_REJECT 2840 0 (unused) ipt_state536 0 ipt_limit792 0 ipt_LOG 3192 0 iptable_filter 1612 0 (autoclean) ip_tables 13952 14 [ipt_ttl ipt_unclean iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_TOS ipt_REDIRECT iptable_nat ipt_REJECT ipt_state ipt_limit ipt_LOG iptable_filter] maestro3 24656 1 soundcore 3364 2 [maestro3] ac97_codec 9800 0 [maestro3] ohci1394 15592 0 (unused) ieee1394 29708 0 [ohci1394] serial 49092 0 (autoclean) isa-pnp28100 0 (autoclean) [serial] parport_pc 24520 1 (autoclean) lp 6400 0 (autoclean) parport22720 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] 3c575_cb 21956 2 cb_enabler 2864 2 [3c575_cb] ds 7432 4 [cb_enabler] i82365 41408 2 pcmcia_core44288 0 [cb_enabler ds i82365] printer 6624 0 (unused) 3c59x 25584 1 usb-storage55608 0 (unused) hid12468 0 (unused) uhci 23008 0 (unused) usbcore55264 1 [printer usb-storage hid uhci] Any help will be appreciated:) Kevin Miller -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Firewall Problems
I am recompiling the kernel right now. Connection Tracking was not a module in my menuconfig. Thanks for noticing that. I will see if this works. I posted the same message over on the forum so hopefully I can get some input there. Kevin On Wednesday 01 October 2003 05:04 am, Joshua Banks wrote: modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_ftp modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_irc I think if this was working before and stopped working after the upgrade then all that you need to do is remerge iptables again and reboot or you will need to manually add these to the kernel via genkernel --conifg (that is assuming that you used genkernel to compile the kernel for you.) , which opens a menuconfig editor for your kernel. Then goto Network Options-IP: Netfilter Configuration--- and make sure that the following are modules or m's. M Connection tracking (required for masq/NAT) M FTP protocol support M IRC protocol support I don't know anything about the type of firewall that your running and woudl thing that for any error messages that your receiving from your firewall that you direct your questions to a list thats maintained by the firewall that your using for a faster response. JBanks -- --- Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After spending most of the day trying to get either Firestarter of KMyFirewall to work, I am getting closer to having a firewall set up. I am still having problems though. Below is the input after I run firestarter, configure with the wizard and then start the firewall: --- romulan root # firestarter NETFILTER detected Firewall script saved as /etc/firestarter/firewall.sh Adding Firestarter startup hook to /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth1.exe Could not write firestarter DHCP hook: No such file or directory modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_ftp modprobe: Can't locate module ip_conntrack_irc Firewall started -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Mozilla-Firebird
I emerged Mozilla-Firebird today. The problem is that I cannot seem to find it. It is not listed in the KDE menu. Did I have to emerge Mozilla first? Any suggestions on how I can locate this browser? I really do not like Konqueror. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u system
I found out what the problem was. Turns out that alpha.gnu.org is not a mirror site yet my computer considered it as such. Thus, I edited the make.conf file and added the Oregon State mirror. I used it since it is the closest and I have had no problems with it. Problem solved and I was able to do all that I needed:) Kevin - Original Message - From: Joshua Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u system What do you mean times outlike your not gettting a reply from the needed site assuming that you have internet connectivity issues resolved? Can you get to other sites on the internet? Works for me deadmeat jbanks # emerge -up system These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating system dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.10-r1 [1.8.6.8-r1] If this is an initial install did you try emerge system first? Try this: emerge -p system without the quotes of course and with an internet connection. What happens? If that still isn't working then I would emerge sync and then emerge -up system to see what you need and then emerge -u system JBanks --- Kevin Miller, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else had problems using emerge -u system today? Everytime I have used this command today, it has timed out on me. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Post Install Questions
Okay, I have installed Gentoo 1.4 on my notebook. I have two problems to get passed now. Be advised, I am a Gentoo newbie and it took nearly a week to get this installed all the way (on my 4th attempt I might add). Problem 1: I screwed up on the grub.conf. I forgot to add the root (hd0,0) line. I tried to edit it but as I saved it, I was told that grub.conf was only a read file. How can I edit grub.conf? Do I need to mount something? Note, I have only used Unix and Linux for a year now. Problem 2: Though I am able to boot Gentoo after some editing the above in the grub, I now cannot get Gentoo to fully load. It freezes after starting the pcmcia. Here is what I get: Starting pcmcia cardmgr[822]: watching 2 sockets cardmgr[822]: starting, version is 3.2.4 cardmgr[822]: socket 1: 3Com 3ccfe575C71 Fast EtherLink XL cardmgr[822]: executing: 'modprobe cb_enabler' cardmgr[822]: executing: 'modprobe 3c575_cb' It stops right here and I have to reboot the computer. I know there was some discussion on Gentoo's lack of support for pcmcia but it was a bit beyond my head. Also, I still could not get my computer connected online (which probably has something to do with the above pcmcia). A newbie needs some help:( Kevin Miller, Jr., MPA, Comparative Intl. Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Bloomington, E-Civil Society.org - www.e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Post Install Questions
I am using a Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook running on a 1GHz processor with 512 megs of RAM. I was able to change the grub.conf file. All I did was remove pcmcia card and I was able to run Gentoo. When I emerged info, I got a lot of stuff. Not sure what lspci is. Trust, I am a real newbie on this one. Hate to say it but I need a little more help here:( I learned more about Linux from the stage 3 install than I would ever had expected. Kevin - Original Message - From: Bill Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: GenToo-User List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Post Install Questions Laptops are weird beasties - need more info make/model output from lspci if you emerged it - almost an essential step in the build process these days ... output from emerge info BillK On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 14:59, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: Okay, I have installed Gentoo 1.4 on my notebook. I have two problems to get passed now. Be advised, I am a Gentoo newbie and it took nearly a week to get this installed all the way (on my 4th attempt I might add). Problem 1: I screwed up on the grub.conf. I forgot to add the root (hd0,0) line. I tried to edit it but as I saved it, I was told that grub.conf was only a read file. How can I edit grub.conf? Do I need to mount something? Note, I have only used Unix and Linux for a year now. Problem 2: Though I am able to boot Gentoo after some editing the above in the grub, I now cannot get Gentoo to fully load. It freezes after starting the pcmcia. Here is what I get: Starting pcmcia cardmgr[822]: watching 2 sockets cardmgr[822]: starting, version is 3.2.4 cardmgr[822]: socket 1: 3Com 3ccfe575C71 Fast EtherLink XL cardmgr[822]: executing: 'modprobe cb_enabler' cardmgr[822]: executing: 'modprobe 3c575_cb' It stops right here and I have to reboot the computer. I know there was some discussion on Gentoo's lack of support for pcmcia but it was a bit beyond my head. Also, I still could not get my computer connected online (which probably has something to do with the above pcmcia). A newbie needs some help:( Kevin Miller, Jr., MPA, Comparative Intl. Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Bloomington, E-Civil Society.org - www.e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Unsuccessful first attempt but a great learning experience
Okay, I attempted to install Gentoo 1.4 today. I managed to get the partitions okay. I had several problems that arose: 1. I could not automatically configure the Network connection with net-setup eth0. I think this is Comcast's fault since they make it difficult for Linux user's to connect online. They only support Windows and Apple users. Any Comcast users who were successful in connecting with the internet? 2. Since I had the LiveCDs, I did not worry having a network connection. Or so I thought. I tried to extract the Portage snapshot from the CD. Unfortunately, I do not know what datestamp of the filename is. Where can I find this? 3. The other problem that arose was when I tried to get back into Windows (I have a dual-boot partion). I could not since I was always brought to grub. Eventually, I had to reboot from the Windows XP CD and delete the grub partition (plus the other partitions). Is there anyway I can avoid doing this in the future? I liked Red Hat's grub and I am hopefully that after fully installing Gentoo 1.4 that there will be a similar grub. Until then, I really need to get access to my files in Windows and Dreamweaver. It was a bit frustrating but I think once I get the datestamp problem figured out, it will not be a problem. Like I said in the subject, this has been an interesting learning experience. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unsuccessful first attempt but a great learning experience
Thanks David: I will try to load the correct ethernet card module. That was pretty much the only thing Gentoo did not detect. Kevin - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unsuccessful first attempt but a great learning experience On Sunday 07 September 2003 04:47 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: I have Comcast working. I just needed to make sure the correct ethernet card modules were loaded (modprobe 3c95x) install the dhcp client (emerge dhcpcd) and then start the dchp service (dhcpcd eth0). Okay, I attempted to install Gentoo 1.4 today. I managed to get the partitions okay. I had several problems that arose: 1. I could not automatically configure the Network connection with net-setup eth0. I think this is Comcast's fault since they make it difficult for Linux user's to connect online. They only support Windows and Apple users. Any Comcast users who were successful in connecting with the internet? 2. Since I had the LiveCDs, I did not worry having a network connection. Or so I thought. I tried to extract the Portage snapshot from the CD. Unfortunately, I do not know what datestamp of the filename is. Where can I find this? 3. The other problem that arose was when I tried to get back into Windows (I have a dual-boot partion). I could not since I was always brought to grub. Eventually, I had to reboot from the Windows XP CD and delete the grub partition (plus the other partitions). Is there anyway I can avoid doing this in the future? I liked Red Hat's grub and I am hopefully that after fully installing Gentoo 1.4 that there will be a similar grub. Until then, I really need to get access to my files in Windows and Dreamweaver. It was a bit frustrating but I think once I get the datestamp problem figured out, it will not be a problem. Like I said in the subject, this has been an interesting learning experience. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Categorical Imperative: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. --Immanuel Kant: (Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals) (1785) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unsuccessful first attempt but a great learning experience
Thanks Chris. I will try to use this datestamp. Kevin - Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unsuccessful first attempt but a great learning experience On Sunday 07 September 2003 06:47 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: the date stamp for mine when i dl the cds was portage-20030731.tar.bz2 Okay, I attempted to install Gentoo 1.4 today. I managed to get the partitions okay. I had several problems that arose: 1. I could not automatically configure the Network connection with net-setup eth0. I think this is Comcast's fault since they make it difficult for Linux user's to connect online. They only support Windows and Apple users. Any Comcast users who were successful in connecting with the internet? 2. Since I had the LiveCDs, I did not worry having a network connection. Or so I thought. I tried to extract the Portage snapshot from the CD. Unfortunately, I do not know what datestamp of the filename is. Where can I find this? 3. The other problem that arose was when I tried to get back into Windows (I have a dual-boot partion). I could not since I was always brought to grub. Eventually, I had to reboot from the Windows XP CD and delete the grub partition (plus the other partitions). Is there anyway I can avoid doing this in the future? I liked Red Hat's grub and I am hopefully that after fully installing Gentoo 1.4 that there will be a similar grub. Until then, I really need to get access to my files in Windows and Dreamweaver. It was a bit frustrating but I think once I get the datestamp problem figured out, it will not be a problem. Like I said in the subject, this has been an interesting learning experience. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Chris -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Partition Magic
Does anyone know where I can get a reasonably priced copy of Partition Magic? When I deleted my other partitions in Windows, I inadvertently deleted the Linux partition I created with PM a year ago. Damn Microsoft!!! Got fix that before I can reinstall Gentoo:( Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Partition Magic
I checked at their web site, there is no demo version anymore. Kevin - Original Message - From: blade- [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Partition Magic You should be able to do that with the demo version. Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: Does anyone know where I can get a reasonably priced copy of Partition Magic? When I deleted my other partitions in Windows, I inadvertently deleted the Linux partition I created with PM a year ago. Damn Microsoft!!! Got fix that before I can reinstall Gentoo:( Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Linux 1.4 General Install Questions
Wow, I am impressed at the feedback. Thanks a lot for your help. I will definitely take all your advice into consideration. Just wish my CD would arrive sooner:) Kevin - Original Message - From: Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Linux 1.4 General Install Questions On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:09:06 +0100 Mike Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Second question which I am sure many of you asked. From which tarball stage should I install? During the demo at Indiana University, they started with stage3 since they told us it takes a couple of days of compiling before you can get a working systems with Gentoo. Is still still the norm for 1.4? I'm a stage 1 guy, have been since my very first installation. Depends on how comfortable with linux you are, and how much bandwidth and time you have. Then there is the geekiness/masochist aspect :o) It really makes no difference; you'll only do an install once, unlike RedHat. After a years worth of incremental updates you'll be in the same shape whether starting from Stage 1 or 3. Yes, it will take a couple of days starting from Stage 1. I started from Stage 1 about 2 years ago. I might do Stage 3 today now that it is available. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Gentoo Linux 1.4 General Install Questions
I just purchased a copy of Gentoo Linux 1.4 to replace Red Hat 9.0. I have been using Linux off and on for a year now but the Red Hat distro could not convince me to switch over to Linux full time. Thus, I ran Windows and I used SSH secure shell to access my Unix accounts. First question. My notebook has a duel boot partition running both Windows XP Pro and Red Hat Linux 9.0. Will I be able to install Gentoo right over the Red Hat partition? Honestly, I never plan to use Red Hat again. I will definately not miss their surveys to keep my membership current. Second question which I am sure many of you asked. From which tarball stage should I install? During the demo at Indiana University, they started with stage3 since they told us it takes a couple of days of compiling before you can get a working systems with Gentoo. Is still still the norm for 1.4? I will be installing Gentoo on a Dell Inspirion 8100 notebook with a Pentium III 1 GHz Processor with 512 megs of RAM. Which stage did most of you start from? I have a feeling I will be asking more questions once my CDs arrive. Any responses will be greatly appreciated, Kevin Miller, Jr., MPA, Comparative Intl. Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Bloomington, E-Civil Society.org - www.e-civilsociety.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
