From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from drobbins by cvs.gentoo.org with local (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15eeje-0001nl-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2001 09:37:02 -0600 From: Daniel Robbins To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Installing 1.0-rc6-r9 on Vaio Laptop Message-ID: <20010905093702.D23173@cvs.gentoo.org> References: <3B95E5DC.1050404@weehawk.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B95E5DC.1050404@weehawk.de>; from weehawk@weehawk.de on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:44:12AM +0200 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Sep 5 09:38:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:37:02 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: 0b35422f-135f-45ce-8d54-c152e85c41bd X-Archives-Hash: 0af84a0fc77f2c82be47463d6429b46c On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:44:12AM +0200, Christian Hergl wrote: > 1. Problem: Got a pcmcia network card and a pcmcia cdrom. The cd image boots > fine, but... can't mount the cdrom (isn't recognized by the kernel after it > takes control, though the ramdisk loads fine). So I wanted to go over a fat > or ntfs partition. Suprise: the gentoo kernel can't mount any other > filesystem. Now, after long thinking and a different solution (lotsa > different bootdisks), I found a file called /etc/filesystems. Does it help if > I put the fat and ntfs line in there? OK: PCMCIA support currently isn't tested or fully enabled. Also, we *do* have support for every filesystem on the boot CD; however, you need to "insmod" the modules with -r9 and earlier. Things should be much easier with -r10, which includes modprobe. > 3. Install and compile worked well enough (perl was a bit bouncy with > some timeout in iolibs?) and I got the system up and running. But... > pcmcia again. This packet (in pcmcia-cs of portage) also complains about > the missing X (been on the list before, same bug here). So, erasing X > from the USE-Variable. Compiles till to the 3c575/tulip, then stops > there with an error 2 =P Same error one all three version of the > pcmcia-cs package (28, 28-r1 and 29). Suprisingly enough, if I install > the package manually (from the tar.gz sources), it worked and compiled > fine! Some ebuild problem? pcmcia-cs seems to choke when you use certain configuration options. What config options did you use? We made our options more correct, and all of the sudden the builds started dying. > 4. So, about starting the pcmcia.... I'm totally confused by the new startup > scripts. I mean, I'm used to the rc runlevels and stuff. The problem now that > I have (AFTER manually installing the pcmcia startup script according to the > ebuild AND manually altering the PCIC in it to yenta_socket, as the i8xxx > doesn'T work on my laptop (and 2.4.x in general?)): the pcmcia startup script > gets called AFTER the network driver is supposed to be loaded by modules. Is > there ANY way to change the timing/row of the startup scripts? Currently I > manually load the pcmcia modules before the network module in 'modules'. I > doubt that is wanted.... A Gentoo Linux version of the pcmcia startup script (with dependencies) is currently in development. > 5. I get every time now I boot a log replay of my reiserfs happens. > Also, mount/umount and du don'T work, probably due to the new devfs? > Could someone clue me in pleeze how to get my reiserfs consistent every > time I (re)boot? I have a baaaad feeling about it, like it doesn't get > unmounted properly... What do you mean by "mount/umount and du don't work"? > 6. Yah, and with the yesterday's version of the portage tree I can't > compile Xfree. Period, any version. Is that knowen yet? If not, tell me > and I look up the exact lines where it bounces out (short after the > depencies calculation, I guess) Yes, please post the error dump. > Else this is the newest linux I've seen so far and think it'S nifty. =) > Bad luck that r10 came out today. Is it just the hdparm adjustement, and > can that be fixed into a r9 too? (reinstalling and recompiling would > take again almost at least 1 day =P) Just things to make installation easier. > Thanks for the toy to play with, > Christian You're welcome. > PS: Build from Sources docu: code listing 25. Shouldn'T it be > net.eth0-dhcp somewhere in there? =) It looks very much the same like > code listing 24 ;) OK; fixed. Also, we now use rc-update to install the scripts. Fixed. -- Daniel Robbins Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.