Shawn said: > Thanks for the tips Trevor. The "make mrproper" did the trick. I am now > able to access the network as expected. > I now have Bind, Postfix, Cyrus-sasl, Cyrus-Imap, and Apache on the > server.... slowly working through the emerge routines and compiles to get > my > server up to par. A few more days and I should be able to replace my Red > Hat server.
Great to hear :) 'make clean' cleans out a lot the compiled junk before it goes ahead and recompiles it but it doesn't get everything and sometimes a change you made in the .config conflicts with something left behind from the previous compile. A 'make mrproper' will clean out *everything* including the .config so that the source tree is just like new and you have to start from scratch including the make <something>config part. If it's a problem with something conflicting with a previous compile, then that step will solve the problem :) > > Funny thing is, now that I've found the fix for my particular problem, I'm > seeing the solution posted in numerous locations on the Gentoo forums. > When > I searched through them before I fixed my issue, I had trouble finding the > references I needed... oh well, hindsite is always 20/20. Either that, > or > I know how to better word the question now, so can see the answers > easier..... Yeah, if you can't find solutions on the Gentoo forums or Google, try making the query as small as you can (Ie, in this case i386_ksyms.ver), or post to this list :) > My thoughts on Gentoo thus far - Takes much longer to install, and can try > the patience of anyone who hasn't had to wait for compiles before, but > otherwise, the install is very easy (if you follow the guide), and has an > excellent community for support. Yeah, you should try it on a desktop :) Most things you use on a server compile pretty fast which is why my PII server is fine with Gentoo, however compiling Qt & KDE really tests your patience :) What speed of computer are you compiling this on? I compiled OpenOffice just last night and it took well over 14 hours to compile by itself on a P4 1.5GHz with 768 Megs of PC133 RAM. The Gentoo community is pretty good for support, the forums are really great and I think in this case they are better then the mailing lists. I'm on 6 of the Gentoo mailing lists and I have yet to post for any help on them, I've always been able to solve my problems by searching the forums :) > Also, I'm finding that by working through > the install guides, and editing the required config files, I'm learning > MUCH > MUCH more about getting linux running than I ever did with Suse, Mandrake > or > Red Hat. And I'm not finding it any tougher than figuring out a gui > interface for managing a server (or it's services). The menuconfig for > the > kernel configuration helped a lot. Yeah, the Gentoo install guide is one of the best ones out there. In case you didn't see these: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/docs.xml#top Those are some more good howto guides for Gentoo on various subjects. > If I had to build the .config file by > hand, the process would have been much more daunting. On the otherhand, > it's now 4 days after I started, and I still don't have a server I can put > into production yet. So, the install process does take longer - but I can > see the benifits of a bit of patience. The server is already performing > faster than my RH installation (judging by the time it takes to boot and > shut down). And I have much less "fluff" - less wasted space on files I > will > never use. Hehe, I doubt even the kernel developers could create a .config by hand. Modify, yes, but not write it out :) If some of them can, then maybe they need to get out more often hehe. > > Thanks again Trevor, and Kevin. No problem :) > > Shawn Cheers, -- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ Gentoo Powered "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein
