--- Meino Christian Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ...thanks a lot for all your helping answers to my
> previous
> questions!
> I opened a new thread, because I got some problems.
>
> In the meanwhile "my" gentoo system has grown fast.
> KDE is
> installed, X is installed and other nice things,
> too.
>
> But there are some little oddities:
> I installed a vanilla kernel, cause I dont like
> patched kernel
> sources that much. It is only a feeling and by no
> means a mistrust in
> the gentoo developpers...but...(sorry).
>
> --
>
> First problem:
> I configured the kernel to accept the parameter
> "vga=" and added "9"
> for the mode, which I found working on my old
> system very well. I
> used the same config (same hardware, same PC) on my
> new system.
>
> What happens? The kernel boots and shows the tiny
> font I like so
> much. But suddenly while working on the
> bootscripts, the size of the
> fonts switched to a bigger (ugly, rectangle-shaped
> font). More
> mysterious: ALL BLUE letters were cancelled by a
> horizontal bar. Only
> the blue ones (I am NOT joking! ;O)
>
> Since the boot process was that fast, I couldn't
> realize, what stage
> of the boot was currently processed.
>
> --
>
> Second problem:
> I wanted to emerge gnome. After a while this fails
> with:
>
> In file included from apmsleep.c:57:
> /usr/include/time.h:160: error: redefinition of
> `struct itimerspec'
> /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:37: warning:
> array 'cpu_sibling_map' assumed to
> have one element
> /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:38: warning:
> array 'cpu_core_map' assumed to ha
> ve one element
> /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:46: warning:
> array 'x86_cpu_to_apicid' assumed
> to have one element
> /usr/src/linux/include/asm/hw_irq.h:30: error:
> storage size of `irq_vector' isn'
> t known
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/irq.h:99: error:
> storage size of `irq_affinity' isn
> 't known
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/irq.h:115: error:
> storage size of `pending_irq_cpum
> ask' isn't known
> apmsleep.c:60: warning: 'rcsid' defined but not
> used
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:125: Warning: size of "_sigpoll"
> is already 8; not changing to
> 4
> make: *** [apmsleep.o] Error 1
> rm apm.o
> !!! ERROR: sys-apps/apmd-3.2.1_p4 failed.
> !!! Function src_compile, Line 50, Exitcode 2
> !!! emake failed
> !!! If you need support, post the topmost build
> error, NOT this status message.
>
> I couldn't save more of this, since that was all I
> could see on the
> screen (big font problem...see above).
>
> --
>
> Third problem:
> While emerging something often there are messages
> displayed as fast
> as they are vanishing in the endless space of bits
> behind my monitor
> ;O)
>
> Is there any logfile of the emerging process
> written to somewhere ?
>
Yes if you emerged a file logger of some sort. Then
it'll be under /var/logs
>
> Kind regard and thank you very much for any helpful
> reply in advance
> ! :)
> mcc
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