[gentoo-dev] Problems with emerge

[Ruud Huijssoon <vonkie@gmx.net>]

Hi there,

After I installed LFS awhile back, I wanted to try out gentoo, and so I did

The basic install worked great!

After that, I tried emerge x11-wm/WindowMaker because I wanted Xwindows and
WindoMaker and then it started

Lockups while d/l X420src-1.tgz. I wasn't able to login through another
console nor ^C the operation so I had to do a cold reboot

Tried again, part -2 and -3 d/l oke but now de install failed the checksum
of the -1 file. So I removed it and did emerge x11-wm/WindowMaker again.
Lockup while d/l. Now I was getting annoyed so I did ftp ftp.xfree86.org and d/l
the source myself and put it in /usr/src/port*/dist*/ 

Again I did emerge x11-wm/WindowMaker and now it passed the checksums. i was
happy until...

Again that -1 file! Now it lockup my system while it was u npacking the
file!

So I have 2 questions for you: 1) how do I succesfully install X11 and
WindMaker on my gentoo system and 2) can you program emerge in such a way that it
doens't lock up the entire system when there is a problem during the install?
I'm having M$ flashbacks here!

Anyway, this email isn't meant as a flame, the Gentoo project looks great
but at the moment I have just these two annoying problems :)

I hope you can help me out here

Sincerely,
Ruud

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