Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? If not, then you should not have any fb driver in your grub.conf (and perhaps add 'nofb' to your kernel options line. If it is, then by far the easiest way of getting it to work is by using the same driver for X as you do for the framebuffer (allowing Kernel Modeswitching, or KMS). In the case of radeon cards, this can be done with the open-source driver, as described by others. Take a look at en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon for a pretty comprehensive guide. I maintain it, so if you find anything hard to follow, please edit the page or post here describing what should be improved. Good luck - JB
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like animals! LOL Anyway, I got past the issue I was having where the boot hung. Now, I'm on to another issue. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeBcolleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like animals! LOL Anyway, I got past the issue I was having where the boot hung. Now, I'm on to another issue. Regards, Colleen Wow, there is a Gentoo lady here. Howdy. tips hat I thought I remembered there being one here but wasn't sure. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:14:45 -0500 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeBcolleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like animals! LOL Anyway, I got past the issue I was having where the boot hung. Now, I'm on to another issue. Regards, Colleen Wow, there is a Gentoo lady here. Howdy. tips hat I thought I remembered there being one here but wasn't sure. Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/16/11 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:14:45 -0500 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeBcolleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like animals! LOL Anyway, I got past the issue I was having where the boot hung. Now, I'm on to another issue. Regards, Colleen Wow, there is a Gentoo lady here. Howdy. tips hat I thought I remembered there being one here but wasn't sure. Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) Maybe, but I'm not as technical as some of you guys. I just have an affection for computers and I'm a control freak - that's why I like Gentoo! :-) -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:19:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) You shouldn't make such statements about a lady :P -- Neil Bothwick Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:22:30 +0100 Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:19:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) You shouldn't make such statements about a lady :P True, but I'm a geek :-) Social subtleties (and even manners as a whole) is something that goes right over my head -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/16/11 17:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:19:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) You shouldn't make such statements about a lady :P That gave me a huge laugh! Good considering the trials and tribulations I've gone through with my networking issue. However, Alan could possibly be right! I ain't no spring chicken! LOL Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 22:56:36 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 17:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:19:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) You shouldn't make such statements about a lady :P That gave me a huge laugh! Good considering the trials and tribulations I've gone through with my networking issue. However, Alan could possibly be right! I ain't no spring chicken! LOL Colleen There were two women still active on the list on the last count, Colleen being one of them. There were a couple more back in 2004/05 but have dropped off since and so has my memory! Can't recall their names. :-( -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/16/11 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:14:45 -0500 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeBcolleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like animals! LOL Well, still no penguins, but I won't belabour that issue. However, something is still screwy, methinks! I got X installed and kdebase-meta (haven't gone farther than that) without much of an issue. However, now when I exit my xsession, the screen goes fuzzy coloured before the scrolling of the services shutting down starts. I can live with this, but if anyone has any ideas, let me know. BTW, I had forgotten to run 'eselect opengl set ati' which I've always done when configuring X. However, when I do this, it returns 'Unrecognized option: ati' You all are probably thinking I'm nuts now, but I thought this my solve the issue as stated about. I've checked an rechecked the Gentoo ATI Guide and I've done everything it says. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
BTW, I had forgotten to run 'eselect opengl set ati' which I've always done when configuring X. However, when I do this, it returns 'Unrecognized option: ati' You all are probably thinking I'm nuts now, but I thought this my solve the issue as stated about. I've checked an rechecked the Gentoo ATI Guide and I've done everything it says. Try eselect opengl list to show what's available. IIRC ati will use fglrx. There may be an option called radeon, which you can used instead.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/16/11 20:38, Adam Carter wrote: BTW, I had forgotten to run 'eselect opengl set ati' which I've always done when configuring X. However, when I do this, it returns 'Unrecognized option: ati' You all are probably thinking I'm nuts now, but I thought this my solve the issue as stated about. I've checked an rechecked the Gentoo ATI Guide and I've done everything it says. Try eselect opengl list to show what's available. IIRC ati will use fglrx. There may be an option called radeon, which you can used instead. I had already done this and the only option that is listed is 'xorg-x11 *' The * is actually included in the output and I was too chicken to try this. I don't understand why ati or radeon isn't listed 'cause I followed the Gentoo ATI Guide and X Configuration Guide. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 21:46, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/16/11 20:38, Adam Carter wrote: BTW, I had forgotten to run 'eselect opengl set ati' which I've always done when configuring X. However, when I do this, it returns 'Unrecognized option: ati' You all are probably thinking I'm nuts now, but I thought this my solve the issue as stated about. I've checked an rechecked the Gentoo ATI Guide and I've done everything it says. Try eselect opengl list to show what's available. IIRC ati will use fglrx. There may be an option called radeon, which you can used instead. I had already done this and the only option that is listed is 'xorg-x11 *' The * is actually included in the output and I was too chicken to try this. I don't understand why ati or radeon isn't listed 'cause I followed the Gentoo ATI Guide and X Configuration Guide. Is your ati card covered under radeon (classic) or radeonhd? Unless you need hardware 3d, fglrx is too much effort. More bitchy than nvidia, too. (Unselect 'Use OpenGL' v2 in Destkop Effects-Advanced to keep kwin from crashing). Also, LXDE looks prettier than KDE4 without OpenGL, and XRender disables half the plugins because they require OpenGL. A prime example of this is the desktop cube. -- m0shbear
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
The * is actually included in the output and I was too chicken to try this. I don't understand why ati or radeon isn't listed 'cause I followed the Gentoo ATI Guide and X Configuration Guide. Do you have the opengl USE flag set? SNIP, fglrx is too much effort. fglrx is no trouble at all, but you need to be running a recent card as it doesn't support the older chipsets.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:14:45 -0500 Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeBcolleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: (...) If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like animals! LOL Anyway, I got past the issue I was having where the boot hung. Now, I'm on to another issue. Regards, Colleen Wow, there is a Gentoo lady here. Howdy. tips hat I thought I remembered there being one here but wasn't sure. Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) Maybe, but I'm not as technical as some of you guys. I just have an affection for computers and I'm a control freak - that's why I like Gentoo! :-) That's funny. Sort of the same here. First time that init thingy fails tho, I may be cured of my control issues. Then I can go back to a binary distro. lol Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 22:06, Adam Carter adamcart...@gmail.com wrote: The * is actually included in the output and I was too chicken to try this. I don't understand why ati or radeon isn't listed 'cause I followed the Gentoo ATI Guide and X Configuration Guide. Do you have the opengl USE flag set? SNIP, fglrx is too much effort. fglrx is no trouble at all, but you need to be running a recent card as it doesn't support the older chipsets. It was too buggy for my tastes.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
Hi guys, I'm still struggling with this. Gave up last weekend and haven't had time until now. Thought I had it going when I got a command prompt and then, networking wasn't working. Anyway, more details . On 10/10/11 16:43, David Abbott wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. I would enable kms; http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernel_Modesetting_.28KMS.29 http://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-831521-start-0.html I booted to the Gentoo install CD, went through all the steps to make sure I hadn't missed anything. I followed the directions on the above link for my Radeon card. When I existed the 'chroot'd' environment and rebooted, the system seemed to hang - the last few lines that appear on the screen are: [drm] Loading CAICOS Microcode Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3392.289 MHz Switching to clocksource tsc I took someone else's advice who responded to my original post and got the output from dmesg after the install CD booted. Below is the entire listing related to the video section: vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=9 vesafb:scrolling:redraw vesafb:Truecolor:size=0;5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 vesafb:framebuffer at 0xd000, mapped to 0xc9001010, using 3072k, total 16384k console: switching to colour framebuffer device 128x48 fb0: VESA VGA framebuffer device I really understand very little of what this is telling me except for the screen resolution and I get that there are hex code references in my grub.conf file the video line is as follows: vga=-0X31B video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap I read somewhere that for radeon card you use the above statement as opposed to: video=uvesafb:mtrr:ywrap,1920x1080@60 Documentation for my monitor states that the max resolution is 1920x1080@60 Hz Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Saturday, 15. October 2011 16:07:42 CJoeB wrote: Hi guys, I'm still struggling with this. Gave up last weekend and haven't had time until now. Thought I had it going when I got a command prompt and then, networking wasn't working. Anyway, more details . On 10/10/11 16:43, David Abbott wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. I would enable kms; http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernel_Modesetting_.28KMS.29 http://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-831521-start-0.html I booted to the Gentoo install CD, went through all the steps to make sure I hadn't missed anything. I followed the directions on the above link for my Radeon card. When I existed the 'chroot'd' environment and rebooted, the system seemed to hang - the last few lines that appear on the screen are: [drm] Loading CAICOS Microcode Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3392.289 MHz Switching to clocksource tsc I took someone else's advice who responded to my original post and got the output from dmesg after the install CD booted. Below is the entire listing related to the video section: vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=9 vesafb:scrolling:redraw vesafb:Truecolor:size=0;5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 vesafb:framebuffer at 0xd000, mapped to 0xc9001010, using 3072k, total 16384k console: switching to colour framebuffer device 128x48 fb0: VESA VGA framebuffer device you are using vesafb. I really understand very little of what this is telling me except for the screen resolution and I get that there are hex code references in my grub.conf file the video line is as follows: vga=-0X31B video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap I read somewhere that for radeon card you use the above statement as opposed to: video=uvesafb:mtrr:ywrap,1920x1080@60 Documentation for my monitor states that the max resolution is 1920x1080@60 Hz To get this resolution that early you need kms. Check your kernel-config: CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set Then you need radeon.modeset=1 instead of the vga=... stuff in your grub.conf. Also, see: http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo#Kernel-basedModeSetting Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance, Colleen Hth, Michael
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/15/11 16:21, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: Documentation for my monitor states that the max resolution is 1920x1080@60 Hz To get this resolution that early you need kms. Check your kernel-config: CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set Okay, I had this configured properly Then you need radeon.modeset=1 instead of the vga=... stuff in your grub.conf. Also, see: http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo#Kernel-basedModeSetting This must have been the issue because when I put the radeon.modeset=1 in my grub.conf file, I booted to the command prompt. Still no penguins on bootup and I had the when booting to the install CD. I'm pretty sure I have what I need to have in the kernel to get them. Thanks for the help! :-) Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
[gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
Hi Everyone, I hope someone will be able to lead me by the nose here. For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my new desktop. I kept running into issues and due to time constraints when I was installing, I put off trying to resolve them. Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an issue until I tried to install X. Does anyone have any ideas? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I hope someone will be able to lead me by the nose here. For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my new desktop. I kept running into issues and due to time constraints when I was installing, I put off trying to resolve them. Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an issue until I tried to install X. Does anyone have any ideas? Try dropping framebuffer console drivers? Also, what exact model of Radeon? -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I hope someone will be able to lead me by the nose here. For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my new desktop. I kept running into issues and due to time constraints when I was installing, I put off trying to resolve them. Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an issue until I tried to install X. Does anyone have any ideas? Regards, Colleen Hi Colleen, If you got past booting the kernel and into the init part of the boot (where you see the green OKs) then it sounds like some problem with either the X system or possibly the font set. I doubt the later as that wouldn't be very likely to make the screen half black, etc. What happens after the problem occurs but maybe you jump to a new console? (Alt-Ctrl-F2 for instance) do you get a login prompt or is that messed up also? You might also try modifying your kernel line in grub (I assume you're using grub) by appending gentoo=nox. That should stop X from starting, if it is, and might give you a little more info. If you do get a login prompt, then login and try rc-update show and post the results back. HTH, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an issue until I tried to install X. Does anyone have any ideas? Try dropping framebuffer console drivers? I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear when the computer is booting! :-) Also, what exact model of Radeon? The specs that came with the computer say its and AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an issue until I tried to install X. Does anyone have any ideas? Try dropping framebuffer console drivers? I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear when the computer is booting! :-) Also, what exact model of Radeon? The specs that came with the computer say its and AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3 If you can get the exact line from lspci or dmesg to know what the system sees it as, that'd be ideal for checking on compatibility issues. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:31 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: SNIP Try dropping framebuffer console drivers? I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear when the computer is booting! :-) If it works when you boot from the install CD then there has to be a way to get it working with your setup. Boot again from the install CD and look around very, very carefully at how things are set up there and look for differences. I've never bothered getting that working myself but I agree it would be fun. :-) - Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Monday 10 Oct 2011 21:06:34 CJoeB wrote: Hi Everyone, I hope someone will be able to lead me by the nose here. For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my new desktop. I kept running into issues and due to time constraints when I was installing, I put off trying to resolve them. Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. The computer is a Dell XPS 8300 It has a Radeon graphics card, but I wouldn't think this would be an issue until I tried to install X. Does anyone have any ideas? As others have already suggested most likely the problem is something to do with the way you have set up KMS for radeon and the way you have configured the firmware. Read this page (with special attention of the framebuffer part) and then post back if you are having problems: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml At the same time you will most likely sort out your Xorg problem (which you haven't come across yet). ;-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. I would enable kms; http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon#Kernel_Modesetting_.28KMS.29 http://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-831521-start-0.html HTH David
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
Hi, Colleen I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear when the computer is booting! :-) Make sure this is configured in your kernel. The config option ought to be called CONFIG_BOOTUP_TUX, but it isn't - it's called Bootup Logo and is located at Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Bootup Logo. I think you get one penguin for each core your processor has. Regards, Colleen -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
On 10/10/11 17:05, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Colleen I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear when the computer is booting! :-) Make sure this is configured in your kernel. The config option ought to be called CONFIG_BOOTUP_TUX, but it isn't - it's called Bootup Logo and is located at Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Bootup Logo. I think you get one penguin for each core your processor has. Well, still no penguins, but I did get it to boot to the command prompt. Still, it's back to the drawing board 'cause now I have an network issue and I thought I had copied the working /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf file to the /etc/resolv.conf file in the chroot'd environment. I'll keep plugging away. Thanks for the suggestions. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue
CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com writes: I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this any better). I tried recompiling the kernel thinking it was a problem that I had created during the initial compilation, but that ended with the same result. That sounds as though the kernel framebuffer is setting the graphics card to a mode (resolution, refresh rate etc) that the monitor does not support.
