On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 03:05, Robert Fisher wrote:
> And Robert is very happy with the help he got from Nick.
>
> This is the first message sent with Evolution on Gentoo.
>
> I still need to get Grub to boot,
See:-
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml
and search for "Final steps: Configure GRUB"
> get my Wheel working on my mouse,
edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
So that the mouse part looks like:-
# When using mouse connected to a PS/2 port (aka "MousePort), set the
# the protocol as follows. On some platforms some other settings may
# be available.
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
> change screen setting and generally streamline but at least I am well on
> the way.
>
> Nick and I are going to try to put together a mini HOWTO notes to add to
> the Gentoo instructions becauase there are a few trips for Newbies but
> this emerge caper really does excite me.
I have only had three failures with emerge, autoconf & automake are not up to
date and licq did something strange.
The current install instructions are a real improvement on what they used to
be.
> Robert
>
> On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 12:29, Nick Rout wrote:
> > Robert Fisher is away and running with gentoo on his home machine.
> >
> > Now I've lost track of who wants the source file cd's (to save the
> > downloading). email me if interested. 2 cd's, one full ,the other half
> > full of source files.
> > --
> > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
HTH
--
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell
