Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-12 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 12 March 2003 07:56, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > The documentation with my computer. > RH 7.3 and Windows XP sees a nvidia Geforce4 488 Go card! > imho you need the latest nvidia drivers (4191)for this card. The name of the modul changed from NVdriver in prior versions to nvidia in

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-12 Thread Jon Ellis
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 13:12, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > Hi, > > I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. > I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks make > me feel like a idiot. > A redhat or suse distro i can install within ours. Gentoo can not be comp

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-12 Thread Paul de Vrieze
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 21:47, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > I have followed the instruction of the Desktop installation Guide. > without my nvidia card i have a 320X200 screen if a start X. > > emerge nvidia-glx > emerge nvidia-kernel > echo "NVdriver" >> /etc/modules.autoload > > modified the /e

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-12 Thread Louis C. Candell
"Patrick Marquetecken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, but in the file /etc/modules.d/nvidia and /etc/modules.conf a line with contains > NVdriver ? > I dont use nor can I afford an NVidia card at the moment, but you can find the name of your module by doing: modprobe -l Unless of c

Re: RE: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
- >->From: Patrick Marquetecken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >->Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:47 PM >->To: Gentoo >->Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad >-> >-> >->I have followed the instruction of the Desktop installation Guide

Re: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
ave in there? > > >Chris > >---Original Message--- >From: Patrick Marquetecken >Sent: 03/11/03 02:47 PM >To: Gentoo >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad > >> >> I have followed the instruction of the Desktop installation Guide

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Jonathan Morton
I've noticed this in my introductory computer class @ college, the people that raised their hands up the first day of class when asked who had prior knowledge and computer background are the people that are getting c's and b's on their tests and quizes. I think it's known as a "superiority compl

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread brett holcomb
I like that - my dumb questions are smarter, too. On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:33:24 -0500 Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 11 March 2003 16:16, brett holcomb wrote: Damn good point Brett. I've been playing with Linux for 3+ years. I did my first Gentoo install in late December '

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 16:16, brett holcomb wrote: > Or more correctly - knowledge they DON'T have. I've run > Caldera and RH and they hide it all under GUI admin stuff > and point and click. Unless you make a real effort to not > use the GUI stuff and learn you never really know what is > happ

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread brett holcomb
Or more correctly - knowledge they DON'T have. I've run Caldera and RH and they hide it all under GUI admin stuff and point and click. Unless you make a real effort to not use the GUI stuff and learn you never really know what is happening behind the GUI and hence don't have a real understan

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Brian Reichholf
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 22:05, Ernie Schroder wrote: > nvidia-*-4191 are still masked, I believe, NVdriver is still correct for > the standard drivers. Using the 4191 drivers requires other maskes > packages to be installed such as: > gcc-3.2.2-r1 [3.2.1-r6] > glibc-2.3.2 [2.3.1-r2] > xfree-4.3.0-r

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 15:28, Brian Reichholf wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 21:47, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > > emerge nvidia-glx > > emerge nvidia-kernel > > echo "NVdriver" >> /etc/modules.autoload > > > > modified the /etc/X11/XF86Config according to the guide. > > > > > > If i reboot ther

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Christopher Krull
Looks like you dont have an nvidia card in the system. What card do you think you have in there? Chris ---Original Message--- From: Patrick Marquetecken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 03/11/03 02:47 PM To: Gentoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo

RE: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Kevin J. Anderson
->-Original Message- ->From: Patrick Marquetecken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:47 PM ->To: Gentoo ->Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad -> -> ->I have followed the instruction of the Desktop installation Guide.

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Brian Reichholf
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 21:47, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > emerge nvidia-glx > emerge nvidia-kernel > echo "NVdriver" >> /etc/modules.autoload > > modified the /etc/X11/XF86Config according to the guide. > > > If i reboot there is a message that the NVdriver is not loaded. > dmesg shows followin

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Louis C. Candell
Patrick Marquetecken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. > I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks make > me feel like a idiot. > A redhat or suse distro i can install within ours. The problem here is knowledge

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 21:12, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > Hi, > > I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. > I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks make > me feel like a idiot. > A redhat or suse distro i can install within ours. > It took me a few da

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
I have followed the instruction of the Desktop installation Guide. without my nvidia card i have a 320X200 screen if a start X. emerge nvidia-glx emerge nvidia-kernel echo "NVdriver" >> /etc/modules.autoload modified the /etc/X11/XF86Config according to the guide. If i reboot there is a message

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 14:41, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Tuesday 11 March 2003 15:12, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. > > I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks > > make me feel like a idiot. > > A re

RE: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Kevin J. Anderson
TED] ->Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:13 PM ->To: Gentoo ->Subject: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad -> -> ->Hi, -> ->I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. ->I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks make ->me

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 15:12, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > Hi, > > I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. > I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks > make me feel like a idiot. > A redhat or suse distro i can install within ours. > It took me a few da

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 08:12:42PM +, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > I'm already having problems with my nvidia card and was wondering whats > next. > Is gentoo such a difficult distro, or is my knowledge to little? It would help if you could describe the problem a little better :) -- [EMAIL P

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - going mad

2003-03-11 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
Hi, I'm now almost 2 weeks trying to install Gentoo 1.4_r3. I work with other distro's for a few years now, and these two weeks make me feel like a idiot. A redhat or suse distro i can install within ours. It took me a few days to configure a usb-mass storage device and pcmcia wireless network. No