> I couldn't get devfs to work at all. There seems to be a problem with > it on certain releases. udev works but follow the instructions on the > udev page. (Mind you I also had problems with shadow and pam-login, > sigh, and I wasn't the only one.)
That's... uh... strange that you couldn't get devfs to compile... If you're up for a kernel recompile/extended troubleshooting, have you tried compiling using the proto-2005.0 PPC livecd kernel? Emerge gentoo-dev-sources to get kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 and move the following file to /usr/src/linux/.config before you do make menuconfig... I would try just adding devfs support and seeing if it works. http://dev.gentoo.org/~josejx/2005.config This will produce a bloated kernel, of course, but could help in determining what's going on... Just a thought, chris. -- :: Christopher Gautam Hota :: Information Technology Specialist :: (501) 683-7339 desk :: (501) 413-1176 cell :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer || Windows XP / Server 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: Rod Furey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:33 am Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Install info (was Dual boot partition map examples?) > This is useful info. I'm trying to get my Gentoo-2004 system into > some > sort of working order on the iMac and have been having all sorts > of > problems. > > > 2) If you choose to enable "/dev file system support (OBSOLETE)" > then > > make sure you DO NOT ENABLE "Automatically mount at boot"... > this > > totally (and magnificently) screws up your boot process when you > > "emerge udev" (which you should do) later on. > > I couldn't get devfs to work at all. There seems to be a problem > with > it on certain releases. udev works but follow the instructions on > the > udev page. (Mind you I also had problems with shadow and pam- > login, > sigh, and I wasn't the only one.) > > > 3) Choosing the right compiler options in make.conf really makes > a > > difference! I'm attaching my make.conf. Like I commented in > the > > code, the CFLAGS came from: > > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7012 > > > > and the USE flags are slightly modified, but originally came from: > > > > http://vincent.strubel.free.fr/gentoo-pb/files/make.conf > > Also useful to know... > > > 4) X takes a long time to compile, and when done, Xconfigure > didn't > > work (complained that it couldn't find my mouse or somesuch. > So, > > attaching my xorg.conf... you'll have to tweak the > screen/monitor > > settings, because you have an ATi card, and we 12-inch people > have > > Nvidia. > > I'm trying to get X working at the moment. It took 3.5 hours to > get X > to compile on the old iMac here, that's without the extras that're > needed for things like XFCE4. > > There's something on a webpage that says that udev uses > /dev/input/mouse0 (or mice). Comparing this with my old Gentoo-1.4 > installation, the newer xorg stuff hasn't picked up a lot of the > things > that X11 did (like this). > > > Many thanks for the info - I know it's in reply to another > question but > this is neat! Ta muchly. > > Rod > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
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