Am Montag 14 Mai 2007 08:46 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I am new to Gentoo, and working on getting things up and going. I am > running an HP Pavilion with an Athlon 64 processor. I'll build a > desktop eventually when I have the time, but for now this is it. > > I am attempting to install the x86 version of Gentoo from the i686 > stage3 tarball, and so far have had no luck getting the ATI video > drivers to compile. (My reason for this is that I wish to be able to > run the current version of blender, which seems to have issues under > AMD64 at this time.) However, if I do a networkless install, it works > fine, but there are strange issues with upgrading. Portage has no love > for a synthesized system. :P > > Anyway, I will probably post actual error messages in the near future if > I can't figure it out myself. In the mean time, I'm wondering how many > people on the list are military or retired military living in the > pacific AOR (especially Kanto). If you want you can respond directly on > this one. ^_^ I'm not asking to fill the list with the info! Hehe. > > Also, what is the difference between the Gentoo LiveCD and the LiveDVD? > What are the advantages of the DVD? I am considering downloading it if > there is adequate benefit. > > --- > Ken.
Hi Ken! As long as you've got a decent Internet connection there is no real reason for using the LiveDVD. I don't know how good the new 2007.0 is. 2006.1 was a real pain. However, if you want the system up and going really quick, it might be worth a try since you can use more precompiled packages from the DVD. Back to your ATI issue: At first, I'd like to make sure you've followed some good howtos. Just take a look to this site if there is a guide to your laptop [1]. If not, you can follow this one [2]. [1] http://tuxmobil.org/hp.html [2] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers Regards Florian Philipp
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