> Anyway, it's mostly about learning Gentoo, summed up sort of like > > emerge sync > emerge -pv world (or portions) > etc-update > rc-update > > That group of commands will be maybe 90% of what you need to keep the > sysem running cleanly. Go slow for now. > > > I can see there are some -dash_flags on some of the packages, and I dont > > know if I need to be concerned about them right now. > > Well, yes and no. Look at them. If they say 'apache' and yo intend to > run the Apache server then maybe they matter. It all depends on what > you're going to use the machine for. > > > Basically, I am questing for additional knowledge. This particular > > computer is just a test computer right now. > > Cool. that's a good way to start. > > > For a few years, I have been using Redhat and I thought it would be > > interesting to attempt to understand the installation of Linux a little > > deeper then installing the latest CD distribution. > > sounds like me 2 years ago. I run almost nothing but Gentoo now > although we do still have two FC2 machines here at home. > > > I'm not smart enough yet to know what changes to make in the USE > > variable. I think I will emerge these packages and see where the path > > takes me. It really doesnt matter if I do it several times, as I am > > striving for some additional understanding. > > Fine. Mostly the flags just make sense just by their names. Getting > them right earlier will save you time but it's not critical for most > operational issues. There is an online page that lists most of the > important global ones: > > http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml > > Start there and explore. > > > Again, I appreciate your help. > > Again, you are welcome! ;-) > > cheers, > Mark Well, I have gotten "emerge -pv world" to where there are no dependencies left.
At this point, before I do "emerge kde", I tried 'startx' to see what would happen. X fails to start and complains that it cannot find any screens. It complains about framebuffer and related items. What I did yesterday was 'genkernel' with all defaults. The motherboard I am using is an Intel with the integrated i810 graphics device (Cayman2). So, at this point, I started off a 'make menuconfig' in /usr/src/linux with i810 support (experimental) and frame buffer support (experimental) along with including the ethernet driver in the kernel. I noticed SMP was enabled by default, and I disabled that. So, a 'make clean && make bzimage && make modules && make modules_install && make install' is currently going on. Am I correct in hoping that will cause X to then start when I reboot tomorrow, or am I missing the boat somewhere along the lane. Charles Krinke -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
