Re: Install info

> I couldn't get devfs to work at all. There seems to be a problem with 
> it on certain releases. udev works but follow the instructions on the 
> udev page. (Mind you I also had problems with shadow and pam-login, 
> sigh, and I wasn't the only one.)

That's... uh... strange that you couldn't get devfs to compile...

If you're up for a kernel recompile/extended troubleshooting, have you tried compiling using the proto-2005.0 PPC livecd kernel?  Emerge gentoo-dev-sources to get kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 and move the following file to /usr/src/linux/.config before you do make menuconfig... I would try just adding devfs support and seeing if it works.

http://dev.gentoo.org/~josejx/2005.config

This will produce a bloated kernel, of course, but could help in determining what's going on...

Just a thought,

chris.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Rod Furey <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:33 am
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Install info (was Dual boot partition map examples?)

> This is useful info. I'm trying to get my Gentoo-2004 system into 
> some 
> sort of working order on the iMac and have been having all sorts 
> of 
> problems.
> 
> > 2) If you choose to enable "/dev file system support (OBSOLETE)" 
> then 
> > make sure you DO NOT ENABLE "Automatically mount at boot"... 
> this 
> > totally (and magnificently) screws up your boot process when you 
> > "emerge udev" (which you should do) later on.
> 
> I couldn't get devfs to work at all. There seems to be a problem 
> with 
> it on certain releases. udev works but follow the instructions on 
> the 
> udev page. (Mind you I also had problems with shadow and pam-
> login, 
> sigh, and I wasn't the only one.)
> 
> > 3) Choosing the right compiler options in make.conf really makes 
> a 
> > difference!  I'm attaching my make.conf.  Like I commented in 
> the 
> > code, the CFLAGS came from:
> >
> >          http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7012
> >
> > and the USE flags are slightly modified, but originally came from:
> >
> >          http://vincent.strubel.free.fr/gentoo-pb/files/make.conf
> 
> Also useful to know...
> 
> > 4) X takes a long time to compile, and when done, Xconfigure 
> didn't 
> > work (complained that it couldn't find my mouse or somesuch.  
> So, 
> > attaching my xorg.conf... you'll have to tweak the 
> screen/monitor 
> > settings, because you have an ATi card, and we 12-inch people 
> have 
> > Nvidia.
> 
> I'm trying to get X working at the moment. It took 3.5 hours to 
> get X 
> to compile on the old iMac here, that's without the extras that're 
> needed for things like XFCE4.
> 
> There's something on a webpage that says that udev uses 
> /dev/input/mouse0 (or mice). Comparing this with my old Gentoo-1.4 
> installation, the newer xorg stuff hasn't picked up a lot of the 
> things 
> that X11 did (like this).
> 
> 
> Many thanks for the info - I know it's in reply to another 
> question but 
> this is neat! Ta muchly.
> 
> Rod
> 
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