> > Poor kid! Unless he's a mega-genius, he'll be bored to tears! > Watching text fly up screens isn't exactly exciting for anybody. >
True. Well I'll see if he can hang at his Mums for that day or I'll bring some entertainment :) > Do I gather that what you're really after is not an install, but a > fix-up? > i.e. Have you got Gentoo running, bar the sound? I had gentoo running with stuttering alsa sound, at the moment no sound for some reason. Had e-17 and a few bits and bobs. It's all been just from experimentation and piecing together disparate bits of information. Some stuff doesn't work as expected i.e. I put -kde -qt in my use flags but something still tries to install kde. I don't know what I need to do security wise (I am connected to the internet via adsl pretty much 24/7) I guess what I'm looking for is a good install and learning what I can from the collected knowledge of my peers :) Like why my clock is always off by one hour or why I have an unknown domainname. > > I am car deprived at the moment but depending on where it is I don't > mind > > lugging it over on the bus :) > > I assume it's a laptop or other (semi)-portable? > Sadly no, it's a tower but the monitor is flat. I'll try to encourage a friend to give me a lift there and back. Tony.
