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=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from moutvdom01.kundenserver.de ([195.20.224.200]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15eYFJ-0000rZ-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2001 02:41:17 -0600 Received: from [195.20.224.208] (helo=mrvdom01.schlund.de) by moutvdom01.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15eYF6-0001L4-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:41:04 +0200 Received: from cus-242-029.de.clara.net ([212.82.242.29] helo=weehawk.de) by mrvdom01.schlund.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15eYEj-0004fN-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:40:41 +0200 Message-ID: <3B95E5DC.1050404@weehawk.de> From: Christian Hergl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.3+) Gecko/20010831 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gentoo Mailinglist Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [gentoo-dev] Installing 1.0-rc6-r9 on Vaio Laptop 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 02:42:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:44:12 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: fd0f14ac-5fe3-4b30-a5b5-1a9344ff7d2d X-Archives-Hash: d3e2c11c78cb214294e0b01396aa9a4b Greetings list, two days ago I started to install the r9 build of the rc6 on my Sony Vaio N505X. Special Problem: It only got ONE PCMCIA slot, where the cdrom hooks in. Here are some remarks about during and after installing: 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? Of course, it has to be in the kernel. I think lots of install problems could be easier solved if one has the possibility to go over fat and ntfs partitions. Any reason why that'S not in the gentoo yet? 2. Pcmcia isn't loaded. So I had to manually insmod every single driver for the pcmcia stack (the modules were there, hurray!), then insmod the network driver. Worked, but at least it would be nice to have some lines about that in the docu =) Like: insmod path/pcmcia_core insmod path/yenta_socket insmod path/ds insmod path/to/networkdriver 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? 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.... 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... 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) 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) Thanks for the toy to play with, Christian 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 ;)