Thanks....will do as soon as the emerge xfree completes....taking a while!! cleve
At 02:40 PM 7/6/2003, you wrote: >For network: >add it in /etc/conf.f/net for it to autoload :) > >For X: >What error are you gettin? > >On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:20, Cleve Allison wrote: > > network is now working.......pretty much. > > I issued a "dhcpcd eth0" at the prompt and low and behold it worked. > > Anyone have any idea where I add this so that it happens automatically > when > > I boot and login? > > TIA, > > Cleve > > P.S. now to see if I can figure out why X isn't working. I built my > gentoo > > with gdm and GNOME > > > > > > > > At 12:58 PM 7/6/2003, you wrote: > > >Cleave: > > > > > >If you would like to use a utility for USE flags try an application called > > >"ufed". This application is usefull not only because it describes the > > >flags at the console but also creates flags that you would not normally > > >think about. For instance, if I were to build samba and did not want > > >support for LDAP, I would think that by not adding the LDAP flag would be > > >sufficient. However, that is not the case. I would have to add an -LDAP > > >flag otherwise I would run into a great deal of trouble authenticating > > >samba users in the regular fashion. The first time I tried I could not get > > >samba to authenticate the first time I used Gentoo. I think I got some > > >errors in the logs about no LDAP server and that was my hint look into the > > >makefiles. > > > > > >Anyway, the gentoo manual clearly states that you should use the flags > > >just as described, however, there quite a bit of them and this utility is > > >quite handy to look up spelling, availability, description, etc. > > > > > >Good luck in you Gentoo Journey, ever since John Hebert recommendation I > > >have not used anything else. I run it on one Mac and two PCs > > > > > >take care, > > > > > >Alvaro Zuniga > > > > > > > > > > > > got it......did it and moving right along. > > > > I'm embarrassed to say that I tried installing twice from a stage3 > > > > install yesterday and screwed it up by tinkering too much with the > > > > make.conf and some other things. > > > > Trying again today by just going with most of the defaults and once I'm > > > > successful then I'll trash it and start digging deeper. > > > > > > > > I would like to eventually strip everything out except what I > absolutely > > > > want from a stage1 starting point. > > > > > > > > thanks again for the help Scott, > > > > Cleve > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:39 AM 7/6/2003, you wrote: > > > >>Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> > > > >> > I am installing gentoo on a Pentium II 400mHz system. > > > >> > In the /etc/make.conf file......should I use: > > > >> > > > > >> > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > > > >> > > > >>Use this one for a PII ^^^. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > or > > > >> > > > > >> > CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" > > > >> > > > > >> > anyone have suggestions? I think that a Pentium II is at the same > > > >> level as a Pentium Pro but not certain. > > > >> > Searched the web and came up with sites that said that they were the > > > >> same and other sites that said that they were different. > > > >> > > > > >> > TIA > > > >> > Cleve > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > General mailing list > > > >> > [email protected] > > > >> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > >> > > > >>-- > > > >>Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>"...and one script to rule them all." > > > >>gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5 > > > >> > > > >>_______________________________________________ > > > >>General mailing list > > > >>[email protected] > > > >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >General mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
