> From:: Rajat Gujral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE > Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:18:03 -0700 (PDT)
> Hi , I have downloaded image (Kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6) for x86 architecture > from the gentoo website and complied the gentoo kernel for pentium 3 > processor (coppermine). But while emering portages for gentoo, after > compilation of KDE portage my computer hangs permanentally and nothing more > is done after that. Everytime when i restart my computer and emerge KDE, it > starts compilation from the same point . Also i keep getting DMA_INTR errors > sometimes while installion . I have tried using -c option with mke2fs but the > errors still keep coming . Is it because of that . Can anyone please help me > and suggest what would be causing this problem and how can i carry on with > the installation. I was facing some compiler problem (i368 VS i686 ) which > then was resolved by using fix_lib_tools . Is there something that i maybe > missing as this is the first time i am installing gentoo. This could be a dodgy hard disk with bad blocks, or perhaps you haven't emerged hdparm and/or not added it to your default runlevel? -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of free storage... Get it now at mail.lycos.co.uk