Ok, it looks like your portage tree is outdated. Seems odd a program would require a kernel source that isn't provided.
You need to emerge --sync but thats hard with no network. As for searching, you can use emerge -s or -S but those are pretty slow. If you can install gentoolkit use equery like so: #equery l search-pattern -p The l means "list" and -p tells it to search the entire portage tree. If you can do this: #emerge -va gentoolkit then do this: #equery l gentoo-sources -p Nick On Saturday 18 November 2006 18:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmm...closer. I get this: > > !!! 'sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r7' is not a valid package atom. > !!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details. > !!! (Did you specify a version but forget to prefix with '='?) > > > I know that I have to figure out how to use portage/emerge, but that's > hard to do without an Internet connection. Once I get this card > running, I'll be more self sufficient, I swear :) > > Is there like an apt-cache search for portage? > > J > > Quoting Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Ahh ok, > > > > try this: > > > > #emerge -va sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r7 > > > > On Saturday 18 November 2006 17:46, you wrote: > >> Hey Nick, > >> > >> I get that part, but my issue is that I don't have the source for my > >> running kernel. I ended up running gentoo-r7, but the only sources in > >> my /usr/src is gentoo-r5. > >> > >> In order to emerge my ipw3945 package, the running kernel and > >> available source have to jive. My two options, therefore, are to > >> either downgrade my running kerel to gentoo-r5 to match my sources, or > >> to install the source for gentoo-r7. > >> > >> I'd prefer to install the sources for gentoo-r7, but I cam't figure > >> out how to. Google seems to think that emerging gentoo-sources will > >> work, but it doesn't. It leaves me with just the gentoo-r5 sources. > >> > >> Is there some way I can specify "go get the gentoo-r7 sources"? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> J > >> > >> Quoting Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > Make sure the symlink /usr/src/linux is pointing to the correct > >> > sources. > >> > > >> > #cd /usr/src > >> > #ls -l > >> > > >> > if it isn't... > >> > > >> > #rm linux (type carefully!) > >> > #ln -s 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 linux > >> > > >> > HTH > >> > Nick > >> > > >> > On Saturday 18 November 2006 17:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> Yes, I'm trying to install Gentoo. Actually, more correctly, I have > >> >> Gentoo installed and am now trying to clean up the little bits that > >> >> don't work. At the moment, I am trying to install the > >> >> net-wireless/ipw3945 package. However, I don't have the right kernel > >> >> sources. > >> >> > >> >> I am running 2.6.17.-gentoo-r7 but only have sources for > >> >> 2.6.17-gentoo-r5. I can't, for the lifeof me, figure out how to > >> >> install the r7 sources. I've tried all of the obvious gentoo-sources > >> >> that pop up on Google, but no go. > >> >> > >> >> Anyone wanna throw me a bone? > >> >> > >> >> thanks! > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> clug-talk mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > clug-talk mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
