After TWO WEEKS!!! of emerging and such, I can finally log into a graphical user interface (Genome) on my Gentoo laptop.
I am typing this on my Main desktop running RH9. I am a sort of Newbie that converted a while back. RH is so easy to install (took 45 minutes) and use. Gentoo, on the other hand, has been compiling code for 14 days straight on a K6-2 500 laptop. I couldn't get KDE to emerge properly. Gnome took about 20 or so tries. It would fail on certain packages. I just retyped the command and prayed. Most of the time that worked. The error messages were always cryptic and google is an old friend. I couldn't get xscreensave to emerge. I said screw it and moved on. I just wanted to to see a login screen. Well, eventhough I set it up to run GDM as the login manager, xdm still runs. I just log in twice. I think I will wipe the system and start over again. I started from stage 1. Next time will be stage 3. I don't see putting Gentoo on my main system just yet. RH9 is so convenient with RPMs and now APT-GET. Maybe when I lose the n00b status, I will "upgrade" to Gentoo. -Joseph -- There is no place like 127.0.0.1 Digitally signed http://joseph.eaton.net/eaton.gpg -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/ED/CC d s: a- C++ UL P+ L++ E W+++ N+++ o K- w++++ O-- M- V PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP t- 5- X+ R- tv+ b+ DI+++ D++ G e+ h* r* z? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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