Re: [gentoo-user] 1GB or 896MB, who tells the true ?
Either that, or you kernel is not configured to use that memory. make menuconfig -> processor type and features -> High Memory Support Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/04 5:19 AM >>> raptor wrote: >why kernel is saying that it will use only 896 MB RAM, when I have 1GB ?!?! (see below) > > I bet you have a motherboard with on-board graphics, and it's taking 1024 - 896 = 128 MB of RAM off the top for its use. James Jones -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Possibly copy protected CDs?
I did get warnings, but the CD still works. I think it is warning you that there is something fishy going on, but that it is going to proceed anyway. Try it. Burn the CD and test it. Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/04 5:46 PM >>> WARNING: Found L-EC error at sector 827 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Possibly copy protected CDs?
I used it for a data CD that was copy protected, and it worked. YMMV. :) I think these were the commands: cdrdao read-cd --device 2,0,0 --read-raw \ --datafile mydata.bin -v 99 mydata.cue Then this: cdrdao write --device 2,0,0 --overburn \ -v 99 --speed 4 mydata.cue Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/04 4:06 PM >>> > > You might try cdrdao, I have used it to copy all kinds of stuff. > Larry, OK, I just emerged cdrdao. Can you provide me with a suggested command line? Looking at the options it looks like it's intended for audio CDs and not data CDs. Thanks in advance, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Possibly copy protected CDs?
Shoot, I don't have it installed here, but there is an ebuild for it, and once installed, copying a CD was really easy. Basically, you use cdrdao to create an image of the cd (a set of bin/cue files), then use it again to write them to a blank CD. I got it from just looking at "man cdrdao" and trying it, and did not make a single coaster. This may sound like RTFM, but google can probably provide you with better instructions than I can. :-) Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/04 3:54 PM >>> Larry Meadors wrote: > You might try cdrdao, I have used it to copy all kinds of stuff. Larry, Could you please exemplify on that a little? I have also been wanting to make copies of certain cdroms that I own, and have had similar problems, thus having to revert to *cough *cough Window$ and use blindwrite, Alcohol 120% or other nefarious means to make copies.. (of which often do not work either) An example if you would.. how do you do this? Can you make an actual "cloned image" of the cd? I have used k3b to try and "clone" but it usually doesn't work (for me at least) Thank you Sincerely, -- TriKster Abacus irc.freenode.net #cllug #gentoo #linuxfriends irc.cotse.com #linux http://www.cllug.org http://www.trikster.homelinux.org http://www.trikster.homelinux.org/contact.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Possibly copy protected CDs?
Oooh, that's friggin cool. :) Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/04 3:44 PM >>> On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:39:18 -0800, Mark Knecht muttered: >I'm just using > > mkisofs -o EXILE_DISK_1.iso /mnt/cdrom > > which seems simple and straight forward, but maybe it's not good enough? How about just unmounting the disk and trying: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=EXILE_DISK_1.iso perhaps? That'll give you an exact (and burnable) copy of the disk. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Possibly copy protected CDs?
You might try cdrdao, I have used it to copy all kinds of stuff. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/04 3:39 PM >>> Hi, I've got a number of games for which I like to keep a backup copy of the CDs at the office. This saves me having to drag around the CDs and forgetting then in one place or another when the fancy strikes me to play. So far so good. This has always worked. Recently I picked up a copy of Myst III Exile, and for whatever reason the copies don't seem to work. My reason for suspecting that there might be some sort of copy protection on them is a little app I used under Windows (Iso Power Recorder) won't generate a correct iso image, so I've been doing the image under Linux using mkisofs. mkisofs will generate the image, and the image seems good enough to install the game, but not good enough to play the game. Am I dealing with copy protection, or is this something else? I'm just using mkisofs -o EXILE_DISK_1.iso /mnt/cdrom which seems simple and straight forward, but maybe it's not good enough? There are a ton of options to mkisofs. Do I need to try some other specific ones? Thanks, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] problem setting up cvs server
I know I am not fixing your problem, but cvs over ssh is sooo much
easier. No xinetd, nothing, just get ssh working and get the user access
set up and you are done. Next time I set up a vcs server, i will not
even bother with pserver.
Larry
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/05/03 7:51 AM >>>
I am trying to setup my Gentoo box as a cvs server so that I have a
central repository for my code since I have multiple machines I test it
on (mainly FreeBSD). I emerge'd cvs and xinetd, and setup the
repository as the cvs docs say. I created the cvs user and cvs group.
My /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver contains:
service cvspserver
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait= no
user= cvs
group = cvs
log_type= FILE /var/log/cvspserver
protocol= tcp
env = '$HOME=/home/cvsroot'
log_on_failure += USERID
port= 2401
server = /usr/bin/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/home/cvsroot pserver
}
xinetd is started
when I try to checkout the code from my FreeBSD box (with CVSROOT set to
":pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvsroot"), I get:
cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer
/var/log/cvspserver says:
03/12/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:34:47: START: cvspserver pid=22674 from=192.168.1.4
03/12/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:34:47: FAIL: cvspserver address from=192.168.1.4
Not very informative...
Anyone have any idea why it isn't working?
Thanks,
Aaron
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome log out
Nope. Mine does it too though. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/19/03 6:28 AM >>> I've had this problem since I upgraded to Gnome 2.4 from 2.2 but just haven't bothered looking into it yet. When I select Actions>Log Out within Gnome, instead of giving me a dialog box to choose between Rebooting, Logging Out, and Shutting Down, it just throws me out of X and back to the command prompt where I have to do a halt command. Anyone have an idea what might have caused this behavior? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dual-head
..or you could use X on both. With a maximized terminal in the smaller one. Probably a simpler setup. :-/ >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/18/03 8:52 AM >>> I've finally figured out a use for my 2 video cards and monitors. I have a nice 17" attached to an AGP ATI Rage 128 (I say this like I should be proud of it) and a circa 1994 CTX 15" monitor hooked to a generic SiS card. What I want to do is run the console from my small monitor with a 800x600 fb and run X on the big monitor. This should be as simple as making sure my BIOS sees my PCI card first and making sure X knows that its looking for the AGP ATI card, correct? -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Installation woes
After going through the installation, when I reboot nothing happens until I press enter. After that I get screens and screens of garbage. Nothing readable, not even recognizable characters, just dots. :-/ I used gentoo-sources for the kernel, and no xdm or anything, just plain vanilla text-mode linux. This could be a fun one to figger out. Any hints where to look for problems, or should I just retrace the steps in the install guide? Larry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Installing openoffice-bin-1.1.0
I got this error installing openoffice-bin-1.1.0: === ACCESS DENIED open_wr: /opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.01/jre/lib/fonts/fonts.dir === I was running as root, so "ACCESS DENIED" seemed sorta unlikely. :-/ I renamed fonts.dir to fonts.dir.old and created a directory named fonts.dir and it appears to have installed fine. I then removed fonts.dir (it was empty) and renamed fonts.dir.old to fonts.dir and now things seem to be ok. OK, now for the questions: - Anyone else have the same problem? - Is there a better way to resolve this? - Is this a safe way to resolve this? - Am I an idiot for doing this? Larry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] IE on Linux
Hmm, I just get this on Wine 20030911: Unhandled exception: illegal instruction in 32-bit code (0x000f0043). Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/31/03 8:23 AM >>> On Wednesday 29 October 2003 21:16, Ian Truelsen wrote: > Has anyone managed to get Internet Exploder to install under Linux? I > want to be able to test web pages without booting into Windows. http://frankscorner.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=49&page=1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome/Ephiphany
Heheh, that seems like alot of trouble to save some CPU cycles and disk. I jsut build it and forget it. :D ...and in this case, mozilla w/ gtk2 looks pretty nice. Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/03 3:12 PM >>> This is a direct quote from Obz one of the gnome ebuild maintainers: "the GNOME ebuild as provided by us, is "a wrapper for the complete GNOME desktop" which is what the GNOME project deems as their complete desktop. However, there's no reason that you need to agree with them on what makes your desktop complete,the wrappers are merely for your convenience. If you open up the ebuild (as pointed out in previous comment) and remove the lines with the packages you dont want (I always remove out acme, file-roller etc, things that I just dont need) and emerge, you should be fine." "Just beware that this changes will be overwritten on an rsync, so you'll need to alter them again if you need to remerge later." SO I assume that you can comment mozilla/ephiphany out of the ebuild and not have them emerged. On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 16:50, Larry Meadors wrote: > Not gcc 2, gtk2 - add gtk2 to USE in make.conf and build it. > > :D > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/03 2:38 PM >>> > I have just got back after 3 months away and got home to find that my > boxes have finished running an emerge -up world (ha, nope, I started it > remotely, it's not been running for 3 months - my machines aren't _that_ > old). > > Anyway, the only problem seems to be with Gnome 2.4 and epiphany - Gnome > won't build without it (or at least, I can't find how to disable it) and > it requires Mozilla 1.4 built with gcc 2.x. > > I don't really want to recompile Mozilla with gcc 2.x (after the pain of > getting the 3.x Java plug in working). Is there a work around? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome/Ephiphany
Not gcc 2, gtk2 - add gtk2 to USE in make.conf and build it. :D >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/03 2:38 PM >>> I have just got back after 3 months away and got home to find that my boxes have finished running an emerge -up world (ha, nope, I started it remotely, it's not been running for 3 months - my machines aren't _that_ old). Anyway, the only problem seems to be with Gnome 2.4 and epiphany - Gnome won't build without it (or at least, I can't find how to disable it) and it requires Mozilla 1.4 built with gcc 2.x. I don't really want to recompile Mozilla with gcc 2.x (after the pain of getting the 3.x Java plug in working). Is there a work around? -- This line intentionally left blank. 21:30:22 up 2 days, 1:29, 3 users, load average: 2.28, 1.24, 0.54 RX bytes:960870282 (916.3 Mb) TX bytes:97614510 (93.0 Mb) E-mail address munged to prevent spam. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ant build succeeded, but...
The message "Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!" happens when you run ant and there is not a build.xml file in the current directory, or you do not specify one on the command line. Running ant will not create build.xml, but instead will process an existing one. When you run the emerge, what happens? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/12/03 6:05 AM >>> hp tmp # /usr/bin/ant Buildfile: build.xml does not exist! Build failed I never use ant, but it's keeping me from emerging the new postgreSQL. >From what I understand, simply running ant should create build.xml, but clearly something is wrong since I emerged the new version of Ant last night. Anyone got an idea for me? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] unreal-tournament-goty - full or demo?
Does anyone know if the unreal-tournament-goty build is for the demo version or is the game old enough that you get the full version? Larry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP or Perl
Java. ;-) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Hi, I don't want to start a flame, but i'm wondering whats the best language to use with apache. I don't know both and going to learn one. I know that perl can be used "standalone" of php i don't know. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing Gentoo on Toshiba TE2100Laptop
I had problems getting 1.4rc4 to work on my notebook as well. I ended up using 1.4rc3 to do the install - since you download everything anyway, you still get the same end result. Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/27/03 4:12 AM >>> The install starts off well but sits at the 'CDIMAGE' bar for over 15 minutes before I give up hope and reboot the laptop. Is it worth me waiting longer or is there some trick to getting Gentoo 1.4rc4 to install on a laptop reliably? I should note that the install find the laptops NIC fine and assigns an IP from the DHCP server, it finds the USB bus but just never makes it past the 'cdimage root #' bar that makes it all the way across the screen and just sits there appears to be doing things (the 'spinner' at the end of the bar goes round and round) but nothing else ever happens. ...or am I just too impatient? I want to have Linux on this laptop but don't want ot have to go back to Mandrake after running Gentoo on my dekstop PC and seeing just how fast it is! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Laptop?
I recently did a stage 1 install on a Dell Latitude 233MHz w/ 64MB of RAM and 4GB of disk. You *will* want to use distcc if at all possible. Also, if you have a distfiles directory you can share, that will cut the build time (fewer downloads). Now that it is done, it runs really nice considering the hardware... Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/26/03 12:23 AM >>> Hello, I'm about to get a new laptop and I was wondering whether somebody could comment on the usability of Gentoo on a laptop system. I can see two arguments: - laptop with little resources - customization of gentoo might be advantagous ... - laptop with little resources - all that compiling will kill you! Thanks for any hints and field reports! Joh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Distcc and non-ebuild compiling
Hey Shane! Did you try setting DISTCC_HOSTS in /etc/profile? Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/25/03 1:39 PM >>> Does anyone know where you are supposed to set this hostlist? I have DISTCC_HOSTS set in my make.conf, but I don't think that is the same thing. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] cloning a gentoo installation
For me, I found it was not worth the time to make it an automated procedure and just used tar and cfdisk to do it. - Boot the good machine using the install CD - Create a tar of each partition - Burn the tar files to a CD - Boot the next machine using the install CD - Create the partions - Untar the files from your good box - Setup the bootloader (grub in my case) Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/17/03 1:34 PM >>> Hello, I have an installation just the way I like it. Now I need to replicate it onto 4 other identical machines. I'd appreciate input on how best to accomplish this. My perfect world scenario would be to be able to create a bootable installation CD that would do the trick for me. Thanks in advance! == Jeff Adams 650-654-4148 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Can Linux web browsing be a completeexperience?
What would be really great would be to bea able to do this... emerge mozilla-complete ...and have it do all this stuff for you. Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/16/03 8:40 AM >>> 2) We need a better list somewhere on what should be emerged to operate more at the Windows level when browsing. It may not be perfect, but we should be able to say something like Audio links - emerge XXX & edit these preferences (mp3, ogg, etc.) Video links - emerge YYY & edit these preferences (avi, mpeg, etc.) File links - emerge ZZZ & edit these preferences (pdf, txt, etc.) 3) The comments on security and about why it cannot work automatically today are really great, and I hadn't even considered that part. Linux does provide extra security. Sometimes it gets a bit in the way of the simple user types like me, but that's OK with a good list like in #2 above. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I borked by XMMS or ALSA...
I think so, it is on a box at home, so I cannot check now. I will later. :-/ >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/09/03 10:43 AM >>> On Saturday 07 June 2003 13:32, Larry Meadors wrote: > I am using ALSA, and have the alsa plugin for xmms and as the message > implies, xmms will not play mp3, ogg or wav files using the ALSA output > plugin. It looks like it is playing them, but no sound comes out. > > If I use the "eSound Output Plugin" then XMMS plays, but the sound > quality is so bad that I almost wish it didn't. :-/ > I have to check, alsa volumes are turned right down by default, did you turn them up? -- Tom Wesley Please encrypt personal replies if possible. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] I borked by XMMS or ALSA...
I am using ALSA, and have the alsa plugin for xmms and as the message implies, xmms will not play mp3, ogg or wav files using the ALSA output plugin. It looks like it is playing them, but no sound comes out. If I use the "eSound Output Plugin" then XMMS plays, but the sound quality is so bad that I almost wish it didn't. :-/ OSS is also working OK. If I use aplay, I can play wav files. If I use mpg123, I can play mp3 files. If I use ogg123, I get this error: --- ALSA snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size error: Invalid argument Error: Cannot open device alsa09. --- Anyone have any thoughts? Larry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Which java-sdk?
Back to the topic, I wanted to make it easier to switch between them
because I could not decide either.
I created a file named
/etc/env.d/java/20symlink-usr-java
that contains this:
---
VERSION="Whatever /usr/java/jdk points to..."
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk
CLASSPATH=.:/usr/java/jdk/jre/lib:/usr/java/jdk/lib/tools.jar
JDK_HOME=/usr/java/jdk
JAVAC=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac
ADDPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin"
ADDLDPATH="/usr/java/jdk/jre/lib/"
ENV_VARS="JAVA_HOME CLASSPATH JDK_HOME JAVAC ADDPATH ADDLDPATH"
---
Then, as root, I run this:
java-config --set-system-vm=symlink-usr-java
Now, I can create a symlink named /usr/java/jdk and point it anywhere.
Larry
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/06/03 10:01 AM >>>
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:32:19PM +0200, Gwendolyn van der Linden
wrote:
> > Has anyone ever heard why the JVMs out there always lose to their
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Re: [gentoo-user] DEVFSD
> cheers You do not sound very cheery Rick. :-D Be patient, you will get it working. Try this: cat /usr/src/linux/.config |grep DEVFS You should see something like this: CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y If not, go to /usr/src/linux/ and run make menuconfig and go to "File systems --->", then set these: [*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL) [*] Automatically mount at boot Build your kernel again (per the gentoo instructions) and save your old /boot/bzImage and copy the new one from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/bzImage and reboot. If those were already there, or it still does not want to play, you may want to copy /usr/src/linux/.config to /root/ and run make mrproper from /usr/src/linux/ then copy .config back to /usr/src/linux/ and try the rebuild/copy/reboot again. A quick prayer might help, too. :-) Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/02/03 9:10 PM >>> Almost ready to throw out gentoo. I cannot get devfsd to start. Since it will not start or load itself, I have no printing, and without printing the whole thing is useless. Now I have done all of the hoop jumping, 2 dozen kernel recompiles and different checks all over. I have yet to find any info on where the "devfsd /dev" command is to be put within the system startup scripts. Is there anyone who knows, or is this a special secret. Help is appreciated, as time for me is running out. cheers -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] OT? Video capture
I am looking for a way to capture video (eg, a screen saver, etc) into an avi. Any tips? Larry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fontconfig emerge errors
I had a similar problem and removed DOC from my USE flags. Seems to have done the trick for me, but YMMV. Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/03 9:39 PM >>> Hi again :) I've been trying to install fontconfig for a day now (its in my update world list). However I'm running into some difficulty. Here's what my console looks like when it barfs. -- Installing fontconfig-user.txt -- Installing fontconfig-devel.txt -- Installing fontconfig-user.html for i in fontconfig-devel; do \ /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/image//usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/$i ; \ for f in $i/*; do \ echo '-- Installing '$f ; \ /bin/install -c -m 644 $f /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/image//usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/$f; \ done \ done mkdir /var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/image/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/fontconfig-devel -- Installing fontconfig-devel/* /bin/install: cannot stat `fontconfig-devel/*': No such file or directory make[2]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/work/fontconfig-2.2.0/doc' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2/work/fontconfig-2.2.0/doc' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.0-r2 failed. !!! Function einstall, Line 326, Exitcode 2 !!! einstall failed That directory ../fontconfig-devel is indeed there, however it is empty. Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this? Thanks, Mike -><- "And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is. :-)" --Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Using distcc for cross-compiling
Not THAT cross platform, but I did a PII and a PIII, which in THEORY should be the same thing... ;-) Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/03 3:05 PM >>> I have Gentoo on 3 of my machines, so far. Two are Athlon machines, the other is a PPC. The PPC box is only 120 MHz, so I want to use distcc. Has anyone set up distcc cross-platform under Gentoo? -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] failures
If you do this: cat /usr/src/linux/.config | \ grep -i devfs | \ grep -v "# CONFIG" Do you see this: CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y I apologize for asking this, but I do not know exactly where your are at, so does /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage match /boot/bzImage, and is the date later than that of /usr/src/linux/.config? Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/03 10:00 AM >>> Did you check the "install automatically at boot" (or equivalent) for devfs in menuconfig? On Tue, 27 May 2003 09:47:10 -0500 Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >list > >For 3 weeks I have been trying t build a system, on a >PIII w/ >a 60g HD. The system builds ok from livecd, but when >started on its own >I get 3 errors. > >1. devfs not installed, bull shit I have set every thing >on in >filesystem except debugging and it is set to [*], used >the setup from a >running gentoo system, same mobo same drives types. >tempfs installed on >boot to /etc/mtab, /etc/fstab is the same except hda >partition a little >different. > >2. I have /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 > /dev/hda2 swap > /dev/hda3 / reiserfs all on a 30g of space > /dev/hda3 /extendedall of the rest of hd > >3. no networking, even thought I have set everthing up in >setup and it >worked nicely. even brought over hosts, nsswitch & >resolve from working >machine. > >I can get the msg from /var/log/msg file if need be, not >much there. >any help appreciated. Really getting tired of this, it >should work >without this much effort. > >cheers >-- >Rick Sivernell >Dallas, Texas 75287 >972 306-2296 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1 >Registered Linux User > >.~. > / v \ > /( _ )\ >^ ^ >In Linux we trust! > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] livecd environment
You should not need to reinstall. That is for other OSs. ;-) On the USB stuff - did you compile all the usb support as modules or into the kernel? If not, you may be able to just rebuild your kernel. Try this: cat /usr/src/linux/.config | \ grep -i usb | \ grep -v "# CONFIG" You should see something like this: # USB support CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y CONFIG_USB_HID=y CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y # USB Serial Converter support If not, try running 'make menuconfig' to enable USB, rebuild the kernel (per the install instructions). Larry >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/27/03 9:11 AM >>> I have had Gentoo up and running for a while now and am for the most part happy with it. But, I have never, no matter how many times I have followed the instructions implicitly, been able to get my USB mouse and keyboard to work properly and have never been able to get my ATI 9100 to use 3D acceleration. However, during the install process when I boot from the LiveCD, everything works perfectly...my USB devices are detected properly and work as they should. I guess my question(s) is (are), is there a way to copy that LiveCD environment to my working system? Or if I wipe everything out and do yet another stage1 install (after doing it a gazillion times, whats another time going to hurt?), is it possible to copy the settings to the new install? Or at the very least, once I have booted the LiveCD, where would I look to see how it set up the USB components? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
