From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QL4j6-000184-Be for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 May 2011 02:37:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 226AD1C013; Sat, 14 May 2011 02:35:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D450E1C013 for ; Sat, 14 May 2011 02:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so1437420yxm.40 for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 19:35:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=lLmVFGbixTNdzqdvJw9LqaftsMmE2lQ845YKcWGZ33E=; b=vaNf+c7FV6wLuTEa7nnPKipMi2BLdm3SGythisecU1ipemmCmEXzrxH1ZQLOj9Hd91 b3OwhhabLi0sOmLbqHCtJk88fqHOCzNOMGVn5eSWdFCCvY9gsziYXA3wJZbj/1LtHg4h J+bC6OLxUlNQWz7YXqW6YVZDaPj6AIqlNk7mI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=NcXMA1vqHKZXGjRFWUW39PSvJvsvUMc7eMDQcVFB+uAuMJVL/vWlyhvg2zzz2oban7 7Lzsb3n28+9d0BYXcgPLrUB0g3nQ2lC/tc6UBli+OaCim/XPjx+z5za0WxgNDZ7/Ujx2 6zr/4aJ1U/X98RSBpQ9X2Y3U/Clz9UR1iVXEQ= Received: by 10.236.126.201 with SMTP id b49mr2129880yhi.166.1305340509219; Fri, 13 May 2011 19:35:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari (adsl-72-152-84-26.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.84.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j3sm2108725anm.35.2011.05.13.19.35.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 13 May 2011 19:35:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 22:35:06 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] chicken <--> egg (NFS & tty video) Message-ID: <20110514023506.GC3529@gaurahari> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1726125c290043c486aa3ddc6a26b943 On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 03:10:02AM +0200, Felix Miata wrote: > Yesterday I attempted my first Gentoo install (11.0). Thanks to help he= re, I=20 > got through my mirrorselect problem. First boot failed. I managed to mi= ss=20 > enabling VIA ATA support, so had no access to /. Second kernel build=20 > suceeded, even to basic network working. First activity on first boot w= as=20 > 'emerge mc'. That took too long to measure, pulling in 146 packages tot= al,=20 > and I had to goto an appointment before it finished (at package 109). >=20 > Along the way to successful boot, I attempted two emerges suggested by = the=20 > handbook (one being Grub Legacy). Both produced "ERROR: ... (compile=20 > phase)..." errors. Today I attempted NFS mounting only to find messages= =20 > indicating I had neither portmap nor rpcbind running, so tried 'emerge=20 > portmap'. This produced similar (compile phase)... line 2140: Called di= e..."=20 > error. So did 'emerge rpcbind'. The way I normally provide logs when as= king=20 > for help is put them on my file/web server via NFS, hence the chicken &= egg=20 > subject line. > Maybe a stupid question, but have you tried run emerge --sync and emerge -vauND world yet since installing?=20 > Another problem, highly annoying, is both vga=3D and video=3D cmdline p= arameters=20 > are apparently being ignored. KMS seems married to the Trinitron's=20 > PreferredMode (1600x1200), which produces mousetype on the ttys, and ne= eds to=20 > be fixed before I'll be able to accomplish much without pain trying to = see=20 > what I'm doing. My tty PreferredMode is 1152x864, which works with open= SUSE=20 > KMS kernels by setting video=3D1152x864 on cmdline. >=20 > Any suggestions? Are such things in a FAQ somewhere? Do I need an older= or=20 > newer portage than Wednesday's? The Handbook stops at Finalizing, where= these=20 > questions aren't covered. Do you have your video card specified in make.conf? Should be somthing like: VIDEO_CARDS=3D"radeon" --=20 caveat utilitor=20 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB=20