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post #21 of 52
12/23/05 at 3:03pm
ABF- If you stop emerging in the middle it will pick up at the begining of packages that didnt finish emerging. Portage is good like that. So if you want to stop and try the live CD go ahead.

In as far as the USB module, I cant help you much there, but if you are still having problems in a day or two remind me and Ill set up a USB mouse on my Gentoo computer and check it out.

And yea for emacs. A pain in the arse to learn(I am still learning) but great for programming and other things.

Seablade
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post #22 of 52
12/23/05 at 3:12pm
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seablade....i think there might not be a need for teh live cd. i figured out my usb mouse problem, now both, the usb and the touchpad work. sweetness!


the solution.


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post #23 of 52
12/23/05 at 5:25pm
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haha... wow... getting excited, its already emerging package 76 out of 83 ... just 7 more to go... yey!

after kde is done my primary goals are:
- install fglrx (makes system even faster)
- get wireless working (so i can unplug finally!)
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post #24 of 52
12/23/05 at 5:59pm
Yeah sorry about the vi/vim reference. It was still vi when I got started in *nix.
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post #25 of 52
12/23/05 at 9:16pm
>Yeah sorry about the vi/vim reference. It was still vi when I got started in *nix.

Its not anymore?

Seablade

Obviously behind the times a little on a peice of software he doesnt use
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post #26 of 52
12/23/05 at 9:20pm
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just an update....

kde is DONE ... lol... talk about a 24 hour installation. literally.

anyway, installing language packs and configuring some last minute stuff (before i can finally reboot into my very own gentoo kde desktop)
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post #27 of 52
12/23/05 at 9:28pm
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ok lol....man there are a million post-install things to do.

i have entered kde as root (haven't even had a chance to reboot yet).

so far i set x to start on boot up, so kdm is my login manager.

right now i am installing power management stuff..... once thats done, hopefulyl i can finalyl reboot and if that all works out alright, get to install fglrx and madwifi. jesus...freaken shoot me!
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post #28 of 52
12/23/05 at 11:06pm
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ok,

rebooted, and it worked, sweetness. it recognizes when i plug/unplug the power and adjusts accordingly (at least the screen, i think my cpu is stuck in 800mhz mode, i gotta figure out how to make it go 2000mhz for faster emerges and games )

one crucial thing i absolutely must do is get sound working. it doesn't seem to be working even though yes, i did install it in the kernel. at least i think i did

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call me a moron and shoot me in the head, even though yes alsa was compiled, the correct drivers werent for my card.... oops! anyway, so i am recompiling the kernel now with some made changes, hope it boots back when its done.

if this doesn't get sound working i'll skip this step for now and get fglrx and madwifi running first
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post #29 of 52
12/24/05 at 12:46am
you need powernowd for the cpu AFAIK.

anyway, im still trying to decide on a distro for my 9300.
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post #30 of 52
12/24/05 at 1:18am
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teh good news:

i recompiled my kernel twice to get the results i was looking for....haha... but anyway. now both sound and internet are working just fine.

so here is a run down thus far:
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DONE:
- base system install
- kde desktop emerged
- sound works
- wired internet works
- switching between ac-power and battery run levels
- pointing device conflict resolved (both mouse and touchpad work)


Stuff yet to do:
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- powernowd for 2000mhz cpu on demand
- emerge remaining software (internet, media, office)
- configure fglrx
- configure wireless
- other crap.
- theme and looks
- boot splash


anyway...things are looking great boys.
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post #31 of 52
12/24/05 at 1:20am
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call me a moron and shoot me in the head, even though yes alsa was compiled, the correct drivers werent for my card.... oops! anyway, so i am recompiling the kernel now with some made changes, hope it boots back when its done.
Ok if you really want me to

But at any rate how are you compiling ALSA? Are you using the drivers that came with the kernel? Or are you following the suggestions on the ALSA site and I believe on the Gentoo-Alsa guide of compiling the kernel with sound support but compiling Alsa seperate?

Matter of curiosity, but for me the second method is a requirement since I need to update ALSA much more often than I do the kernel

Anyways post up if it doesnt work, make sure to check your Alsamixer and make sure everything is UNmuted as the alsa config scripts mute EVERYTHING by default.

Seablade
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post #32 of 52
12/24/05 at 1:21am
Dang you and posting while I am typing!

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post #33 of 52
12/24/05 at 1:48am
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i got sound working just fine following the Gentoo Alsa guide. I compiled alsa into the kernel with the correct module.

however, there is a new problem a float... fglrx.

you knew it was comming. anyway, so i did "emerge ati-drivers" and ran fglrxconfig to mod my xorg.conf, that went fine, so i restart x, great, no crash, fab, but then it still doesn't mean that it works.

running fgl_glxgears fails.

when i modprobe fglrx it says
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo-r5/video/fglrx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

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post #34 of 52
12/24/05 at 2:18am
did you emerg ati-tools? I think that's the one that gives you gears etc.
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post #35 of 52
12/24/05 at 2:27am
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yeah, ati tools are installed



anyway. now for some mixed good news.

i installed "madwifi-driver" and "madwifi-tools" and "wireless-tools" and the good news is my card is being found, and it scans for my network just fine. well, terrific, but the truth is, i never learned how to do wireless in text mode really. what are some good kde-friendly gui wifi tools? yeah, i know there is kwifi, but apperantly it didn't emerge with the rest of my kde stuff....what package is it in because just "kwifi" is not it.



and why the ***** am i hoffed again? i didn't even go in the apple forum today really. FrankTDouglas needs to put away his e-penis, or should i say iPenis because i am longer than him anyway


anyway, i am going to bed for the night, my lappy can finally be shut down for a change...hahaha!

goals for tomorrow:
figure out my fglrx problem
get some gui wireless tools and connect to my network (yey for being able to unplug!)
something else....
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post #36 of 52
12/24/05 at 3:21am
lol I got tagged for my comment in your poll. Lost half of my rep in one hit. Oh well bahama donated to the cause. BTW you want kwifimanager. packages.gentoo.org is an online searchable package database.
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post #37 of 52
12/24/05 at 3:25am
add shm in fstab and mount it, restart x and enjoy
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# Add the following line to /etc/fstab (if it isn't there already): tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
# Mount shared memory as follows: mount /dev/shm
# Issue the following command to check that it mounted properly: mount | grep "shm"
that is off ati's website
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post #38 of 52
12/24/05 at 5:43am
Well try the other suggestions first however...

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FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo-r5/video/fglrx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
Typically means that you are trying to install the module compiled against a different kernel, unfortunatly I knkow ATI does precompiled modules, I am not sure if this is gonna throw a wrench in things for you or not, I always use NVidia myself for this exact reason(No offence intended of course)

Seablade
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post #39 of 52
12/24/05 at 12:55pm
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add shm in fstab and mount it, restart x and enjoy
code:
# Add the following line to /etc/fstab (if it isn't there already): tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
# Mount shared memory as follows: mount /dev/shm
# Issue the following command to check that it mounted properly: mount | grep "shm"
that is off ati's website
is that for all cards, or just those with shared ram?

in either case, no graphics for me. just tried a few more tweaks and on fglrxinfo i get a whole bunch of Mesa crap.... damn it.

on the wireless front things aren't much better. i emerged wifi-radar and it doesn't detect crap, i doubt it even finds my card, while iwconfig ath0 brings up the card just fine
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post #40 of 52
12/24/05 at 1:58pm
opengl-update ati? also where do you have the agp settings set to? Internal or external?
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