[gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[C.Beamer]

Hello all,

This will be a bit lengthy and I apologize for that, but I don't know
exactly where I went wrong, so am providing all details.

First, I am new to Gentoo, but not new to Linux.  I have installed
source tarballs on other distributions (mostly Redhat and Fedora), but
have never configured Linux in the same manner as required for Gentoo. 
However, I am not stupid, although not a computer science grad, so all I
really need is a push in the right direction with an explanation that
doesn't required you to be a "geek" to understand (I'm a wanna be
"geek", but nowhere near that elite status! :-) ).

Okay, short story first.  This was my second attempt at installing
Gentoo.  The first time, I got to the point where I could boot from the
hard drive, but when I tried to connect to the network (i.e. my isp via
cable modem), I had no connection.  I had missed a step somewhere.

Anyway, I went back to square one because I wasn't sure exactly where I
had missed the step and even if I could have surmised it, I wasn't sure
if I could recover from that point.  This wasn't a problem and it was a
good learning experience.  Attempt 2 was successful in that I could boot
my system and eth0 was recognized and functional.

>From here, I did a quantum leap.  I didn't know where to start so, I
just typed 'emerge kde'  3 days later, kde was installed along with X,
which of course I know kde is dependent on.  At this point, I tried to
startx to see what the system looked like and to try to determine
exactly how much of kde had been installed - ie whether I had any
further components to install.  Well, that's where my problem starts.

After attempting to connect to the xserver, I got my shell prompt back
again with the following printed on the screen:

New driver is "i810"
(==)Using default built in configuration
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device --> I have no idea what this means
(EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
(EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available.  Make sure your kernel has
agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
(EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
Fatal server error:
no screens found

Now for the details:

When I initially booted from the Gentoo CD, at the boot prompt, I typed
gentoo dopcmcia agpgart acpi=on

The reason that I did this was because when I had Fedora Core installed
on that computer, I noticed references to those things during the boot -
I ALWAYS boot into runlevel 3 rather that runlevel 5

I didn't install any extra kernel modules because when I got to the
point in the Handbook that showed the command to list the available
modules, on issuing the command, I didn't know what any of them were, so
left well enough alone.

Probably not relevant to this issue, but in my make.conf file, I
probably went overboard with the USE flags.  I included everything that
I recognized or that sounded interesting that wasn't in the
make.defaults file.

In my grub.conf file, I *didn't* use the vga line that the Handbook said
could be used because from what I read in the Handbook, I didn't think I
needed to.

Graphics integrated into the system board into the system board: - an
Intel i810 chip.
Specifics:

Integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator with Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology architecture.

Other details are as follows (I provide this in case it is thought that
I should have installed an extra kernel module):

Graphics architecture:  Intel Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology

Graphics accelerator: Intel Direct Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 
2D and 3D graphics accelerator
		
Display cache: 4 MB, 100-MHz synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM)
		
Graphics memory: Dynamically assigned from system memory

Video resolutions

800 x 600 pixels; 85 hertz (Hz) refresh rate with 16.7 million colors

1024 x 786 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 64,000 colors

1280 x 1024 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors

1600 x 1200 pixels 75 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors 

The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX100 and the monitor is a Dell E551,
which has always been recognized on other Linux installs (as far back as
Redhat 9.0), so I don't think that it is special.

Any ideas where I went wrong?  Is this recoverable without having to
reinstall everything?

I don't mind reinstalling.  I'm doing this on an old PC (600 MHz Celeron
processor).  The idea is to get Gentoo to the point where I have my
Fedora Core system and if I can do that, I'm going to ditch FC4 in
favour of Gentoo.

Oh another piece of info.  This has to be something that I missed
doing.  The computer I'm using once had Fedora Core 3 on it, I have
tried Ubuntu on it and I can run a Knoppix 3.9 live CD on it, so I know
that I should be able to install Gentoo on it.

If the concensus is that I should again start from scratch, any ideas on
what I should have done would be appreciated so that I don't repeat my
mistakes.

Thanks for the patience in reading this.

Regards,

Colleen
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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[Michael Crute]

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Colleen,
Glad to see another Fedora user see the light! Here's the scoop... you 
haven't botched anything you just need to configure your X server. In theory 
it is very easy to configure your X server all you need to do is run "Xorg 
--configure" as root then copy the xorg config file from /root/xorg.conf.new 
to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and startx again. In practice it usually takes a bit 
more tweaking. On my machine X wouldn't recognize my mouse at all till I 
told it where it was (/dev/input/mice) and even after that it took some 
tweaking to make all 5 buttons do what I wanted them to do. I also loaded 
the nvidia driver because otherwise the graphics suck. After that you're 
home free. Here's some links to some step by steps if you like. (Note that 
you don't need the manufactures graphics drivers if your on a server but on 
a desktop I wouldn't run without them.) Let me know if you have anymore 
troubles.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml

-Mike

P.S. The first time your issue with eth0 could have been corrected by fixing 
a kernel parameter that you missed and recompiling just the kernel and 
modules :)

On 8/3/05, C.Beamer <cbeamer@interlynx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> This will be a bit lengthy and I apologize for that, but I don't know
> exactly where I went wrong, so am providing all details.
> 
> First, I am new to Gentoo, but not new to Linux. I have installed
> source tarballs on other distributions (mostly Redhat and Fedora), but
> have never configured Linux in the same manner as required for Gentoo.
> However, I am not stupid, although not a computer science grad, so all I
> really need is a push in the right direction with an explanation that
> doesn't required you to be a "geek" to understand (I'm a wanna be
> "geek", but nowhere near that elite status! :-) ).
> 
> Okay, short story first. This was my second attempt at installing
> Gentoo. The first time, I got to the point where I could boot from the
> hard drive, but when I tried to connect to the network (i.e. my isp via
> cable modem), I had no connection. I had missed a step somewhere.
> 
> Anyway, I went back to square one because I wasn't sure exactly where I
> had missed the step and even if I could have surmised it, I wasn't sure
> if I could recover from that point. This wasn't a problem and it was a
> good learning experience. Attempt 2 was successful in that I could boot
> my system and eth0 was recognized and functional.
> 
> From here, I did a quantum leap. I didn't know where to start so, I
> just typed 'emerge kde' 3 days later, kde was installed along with X,
> which of course I know kde is dependent on. At this point, I tried to
> startx to see what the system looked like and to try to determine
> exactly how much of kde had been installed - ie whether I had any
> further components to install. Well, that's where my problem starts.
> 
> After attempting to connect to the xserver, I got my shell prompt back
> again with the following printed on the screen:
> 
> New driver is "i810"
> (==)Using default built in configuration
> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device --> I have no idea what this means
> (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
> (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available. Make sure your kernel has
> agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
> (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> Now for the details:
> 
> When I initially booted from the Gentoo CD, at the boot prompt, I typed
> gentoo dopcmcia agpgart acpi=on
> 
> The reason that I did this was because when I had Fedora Core installed
> on that computer, I noticed references to those things during the boot -
> I ALWAYS boot into runlevel 3 rather that runlevel 5
> 
> I didn't install any extra kernel modules because when I got to the
> point in the Handbook that showed the command to list the available
> modules, on issuing the command, I didn't know what any of them were, so
> left well enough alone.
> 
> Probably not relevant to this issue, but in my make.conf file, I
> probably went overboard with the USE flags. I included everything that
> I recognized or that sounded interesting that wasn't in the
> make.defaults file.
> 
> In my grub.conf file, I *didn't* use the vga line that the Handbook said
> could be used because from what I read in the Handbook, I didn't think I
> needed to.
> 
> Graphics integrated into the system board into the system board: - an
> Intel i810 chip.
> Specifics:
> 
> Integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator with Dynamic Video Memory 
> (DVM) technology architecture.
> 
> Other details are as follows (I provide this in case it is thought that
> I should have installed an extra kernel module):
> 
> Graphics architecture: Intel Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology
> 
> Graphics accelerator: Intel Direct Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
> 2D and 3D graphics accelerator
> 
> Display cache: 4 MB, 100-MHz synchronous dynamic random-access memory 
> (SDRAM)
> 
> Graphics memory: Dynamically assigned from system memory
> 
> Video resolutions
> 
> 800 x 600 pixels; 85 hertz (Hz) refresh rate with 16.7 million colors
> 
> 1024 x 786 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 64,000 colors
> 
> 1280 x 1024 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
> 
> 1600 x 1200 pixels 75 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
> 
> The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX100 and the monitor is a Dell E551,
> which has always been recognized on other Linux installs (as far back as
> Redhat 9.0), so I don't think that it is special.
> 
> Any ideas where I went wrong? Is this recoverable without having to
> reinstall everything?
> 
> I don't mind reinstalling. I'm doing this on an old PC (600 MHz Celeron
> processor). The idea is to get Gentoo to the point where I have my
> Fedora Core system and if I can do that, I'm going to ditch FC4 in
> favour of Gentoo.
> 
> Oh another piece of info. This has to be something that I missed
> doing. The computer I'm using once had Fedora Core 3 on it, I have
> tried Ubuntu on it and I can run a Knoppix 3.9 live CD on it, so I know
> that I should be able to install Gentoo on it.
> 
> If the concensus is that I should again start from scratch, any ideas on
> what I should have done would be appreciated so that I don't repeat my
> mistakes.
> 
> Thanks for the patience in reading this.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Colleen
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> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[C.Beamer]

Hi Michael et al,

Michael Crute wrote:

> Colleen,
> Glad to see another Fedora user see the light! Here's the scoop... you
> haven't botched anything you just need to configure your X server. In
> theory it is very easy to configure your X server all you need to do
> is run "Xorg --configure" as root then copy the xorg config file from
> /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and startx again.

I was hopeful here.  I did as outlined and after running Xorg
-configure, the file /root.xorg.conf.new was produced.  I got a message
stating how to test the xserver.  And I still couldn't start x.

It's complaining a bit less than it did before, but I'm still getting
these lines of error messages:

>     (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
>     (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available.  Make sure your
>     kernel has
>     agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
>     (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
>     Fatal server error:
>     no screens found
>
If I need to reconfigure the kernel, fine.  However, I need to be told
specifically what to do.

To refresh, this is my graphics/video info:

Graphics integrated into the system board into the system board: - an
Intel i810 chip.
Specifics:

Integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator with Dynamic Video
Memory (DVM) technology architecture.

Other details are as follows (I provide this in case it is thought that
I should have installed an extra kernel module):

Graphics architecture:  Intel Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology

Graphics accelerator: Intel Direct Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
2D and 3D graphics accelerator

Display cache: 4 MB, 100-MHz synchronous dynamic random-access memory
(SDRAM)

Graphics memory: Dynamically assigned from system memory

Video resolutions

800 x 600 pixels; 85 hertz (Hz) refresh rate with 16.7 million colors
1024 x 786 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 64,000 colors
1280 x 1024 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
1600 x 1200 pixels 75 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors

The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX100 and the monitor is a Dell E551,

Regards,

Colleen
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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[Rumen Yotov]

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C.Beamer wrote:

>Hi Michael et al,
>
>Michael Crute wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Colleen,
>>Glad to see another Fedora user see the light! Here's the scoop... you
>>haven't botched anything you just need to configure your X server. In
>>theory it is very easy to configure your X server all you need to do
>>is run "Xorg --configure" as root then copy the xorg config file from
>>/root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and startx again.
>>    
>>
>
>I was hopeful here.  I did as outlined and after running Xorg
>-configure, the file /root.xorg.conf.new was produced.  I got a message
>stating how to test the xserver.  And I still couldn't start x.
>
>It's complaining a bit less than it did before, but I'm still getting
>these lines of error messages:
>
>  
>
>>    (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
>>    (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available.  Make sure your
>>    kernel has
>>    agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
>>    (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
>>    Fatal server error:
>>    no screens found
>>
>>    
>>
>If I need to reconfigure the kernel, fine.  However, I need to be told
>specifically what to do.
>
>To refresh, this is my graphics/video info:
>
>Graphics integrated into the system board into the system board: - an
>Intel i810 chip.
>Specifics:
>
>Integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator with Dynamic Video
>Memory (DVM) technology architecture.
>
>Other details are as follows (I provide this in case it is thought that
>I should have installed an extra kernel module):
>
>Graphics architecture:  Intel Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology
>
>Graphics accelerator: Intel Direct Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
>2D and 3D graphics accelerator
>
>Display cache: 4 MB, 100-MHz synchronous dynamic random-access memory
>(SDRAM)
>
>Graphics memory: Dynamically assigned from system memory
>
>Video resolutions
>
>800 x 600 pixels; 85 hertz (Hz) refresh rate with 16.7 million colors
>1024 x 786 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 64,000 colors
>1280 x 1024 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
>1600 x 1200 pixels 75 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
>
>The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX100 and the monitor is a Dell E551,
>
>Regards,
>
>Colleen
>  
>
Hi,
Beside reconfiguring the kernel you could try booting with some live-CD
(Knoppix worked for me)  and just copy its config "XFree86.conf" --->
"/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and try booting X. Later it's easier just to change
any parameters having some working base.
For a kernel-config see the links to Gentoo's documentation posted
previously on this thread.
HTH. Rumen

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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[Michael Crute]

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Indeed... that was what I needed every time. Try Bob's trick. I don't run 
craptel hardware (been burned too many times) so perhaps I2C IS required for 
their junk. Try to reconfigure the kernel per Bob's directions and see if 
that fixes things.

-Mike

On 8/4/05, C.Beamer <cbeamer@interlynx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael et al,
> 
> Michael Crute wrote:
> 
> > Colleen,
> > Glad to see another Fedora user see the light! Here's the scoop... you
> > haven't botched anything you just need to configure your X server. In
> > theory it is very easy to configure your X server all you need to do
> > is run "Xorg --configure" as root then copy the xorg config file from
> > /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and startx again.
> 
> I was hopeful here. I did as outlined and after running Xorg
> -configure, the file /root.xorg.conf.new was produced. I got a message
> stating how to test the xserver. And I still couldn't start x.
> 
> It's complaining a bit less than it did before, but I'm still getting
> these lines of error messages:
> 
> > (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
> > (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available. Make sure your
> > kernel has
> > agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
> > (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> If I need to reconfigure the kernel, fine. However, I need to be told
> specifically what to do.
> 
> To refresh, this is my graphics/video info:
> 
> Graphics integrated into the system board into the system board: - an
> Intel i810 chip.
> Specifics:
> 
> Integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator with Dynamic Video
> Memory (DVM) technology architecture.
> 
> Other details are as follows (I provide this in case it is thought that
> I should have installed an extra kernel module):
> 
> Graphics architecture: Intel Dynamic Video Memory (DVM) technology
> 
> Graphics accelerator: Intel Direct Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
> 2D and 3D graphics accelerator
> 
> Display cache: 4 MB, 100-MHz synchronous dynamic random-access memory
> (SDRAM)
> 
> Graphics memory: Dynamically assigned from system memory
> 
> Video resolutions
> 
> 800 x 600 pixels; 85 hertz (Hz) refresh rate with 16.7 million colors
> 1024 x 786 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 64,000 colors
> 1280 x 1024 pixels; 85 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
> 1600 x 1200 pixels 75 Hz refresh rate with 256 colors
> 
> The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX100 and the monitor is a Dell E551,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Colleen
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[Richard Fish]

C.Beamer wrote:

>Hi Michael et al,
>
>Michael Crute wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Colleen,
>>Glad to see another Fedora user see the light! Here's the scoop... you
>>haven't botched anything you just need to configure your X server. In
>>theory it is very easy to configure your X server all you need to do
>>is run "Xorg --configure" as root then copy the xorg config file from
>>/root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and startx again.
>>    
>>
>
>I was hopeful here.  I did as outlined and after running Xorg
>-configure, the file /root.xorg.conf.new was produced.  I got a message
>stating how to test the xserver.  And I still couldn't start x.
>
>It's complaining a bit less than it did before, but I'm still getting
>these lines of error messages:
>
>  
>
>>    (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
>>    (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available.  Make sure your
>>    kernel has
>>    agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
>>    (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
>>    Fatal server error:
>>    no screens found
>>
>>    
>>
>If I need to reconfigure the kernel, fine.  However, I need to be told
>specifically what to do.
>  
>

Yes, I think this is what you need to do.  From the documentation for 
the i810 X driver (man i810), it seems that agp or agpgart are required 
for your graphics architecture.

Normally you can check your current kernel configuration with 'zcat 
/proc/config.gz | grep AGP'.  That should have "CONFIG_AGP=y" and 
"CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y".

If you have them, but they are '=m', then you should just need to 
"modprobe intel-agp" and try starting X again.  Long term you can add 
intel-agp to /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6 to get it loaded 
automatically at system startup.

If they are not set, then you need to configure/build a new kernel.  
You'll find the AGP configuration options under "Device 
Drivers->Character Devices" in menuconfig or xconfig.  If you haven't 
built a kernel before, or if you want some more guidance here, feel free 
to ask.

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install

[Bob Sanders]

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:02:32 -0400
"C.Beamer" <cbeamer@interlynx.net> wrote:


Welcome to the fun.

> After attempting to connect to the xserver, I got my shell prompt back
> again with the following printed on the screen:
> 
> New driver is "i810"
> (==)Using default built in configuration
> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device --> I have no idea what this means
> (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
> (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available.  Make sure your kernel has
> agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
> (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> i

	/dev/fb0 is the framebuffer.  No need to worry about that if using X.  But if
	running a splash screen, then it needs to be defined in the kernel.  There is
	a how-to on gentoo-wiki.org explaining how to setup the system and kernel.

The other, you'll need to re-config your kernel to include -

	Device Drivers -->
		I2C Support -->
			<M> I2C support 
  			 <*>   I2C device interface 
			I2C Hardware Bus Support -->
				<M > Intel 810/815
 
And -

	Device Drivers -->
		Character Devices -->
			Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
 
The above should get you graphics, or at least closer.  I don't have your setup, so
I'm doing a best guess on the above.

Bob
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[Michael Crute]

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Bob,

I2C is not a prerequisite of running X he just needs to configure the X 
server and it should work. I have run into this before and solved it without 
building I2C into the kernel (or as a module). All I forgot to do was 
configure X.

-Mike

On 8/3/05, Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:02:32 -0400
> "C.Beamer" <cbeamer@interlynx.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Welcome to the fun.
> 
> > After attempting to connect to the xserver, I got my shell prompt back
> > again with the following printed on the screen:
> >
> > New driver is "i810"
> > (==)Using default built in configuration
> > (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device --> I have no idea what this means
> > (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or directory)
> > (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available. Make sure your kernel has
> > agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded
> > (EE)Screens found, but non have useable configuration
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> > i
> 
> /dev/fb0 is the framebuffer. No need to worry about that if using X. But 
> if
> running a splash screen, then it needs to be defined in the kernel. There 
> is
> a how-to on gentoo-wiki.org <http://gentoo-wiki.org> explaining how to 
> setup the system and kernel.
> 
> The other, you'll need to re-config your kernel to include -
> 
> Device Drivers -->
> I2C Support -->
> <M> I2C support
> <*> I2C device interface
> I2C Hardware Bus Support -->
> <M > Intel 810/815
> 
> And -
> 
> Device Drivers -->
> Character Devices -->
> Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
> 
> The above should get you graphics, or at least closer. I don't have your 
> setup, so
> I'm doing a best guess on the above.
> 
> Bob
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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install - but some progress

[C.Beamer]

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Hi All,

When I previously posted and got the response below, it may as well
have been hieroglyphics because I had no idea what Bob was talking
about.  However, when I went back to square one and got to the point
of compiling the kernel, I still used genkernel, but ran the
makemenuconfig utility and saw that the format was as below.  So, I
made the changes that Bob suggested.  Now, I _don't_ get the errors as
in my previous attempt and as displayed below.

Bob Sanders wrote:

>
>> After attempting to connect to the xserver, I got my shell prompt
>> back again with the following printed on the screen:
>>
>> New driver is "i810" (==)Using default built in configuration
>> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device --> I have no idea what this
>> means (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or
>> directory) (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available. Make
>> sure your kernel has agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel
>> module is loaded (EE)Screens found, but non have useable
>> configuration Fatal server error: no screens found i
>
>
> /dev/fb0 is the framebuffer. No need to worry about that if using
> X. But if running a splash screen, then it needs to be defined in
> the kernel. There is a how-to on gentoo-wiki.org explaining how to
> setup the system and kernel.
>
> The other, you'll need to re-config your kernel to include -
>
> Device Drivers --> I2C Support --> <M> I2C support <*> I2C device
> interface I2C Hardware Bus Support --> <M > Intel 810/815
>
> And -
>
> Device Drivers --> Character Devices --> Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx
> and E7x05 chipset support
>
>
However, x still won't start and I get the  message 'Cannot run in
framebuffer mode'.

I don't think that I changed anything related to framebuffers when I
ran makemenuconfig.

It was also my understanding that although I could use a vga statement
in my grub.conf file to specify a framebuffer device, that with a
gentoo patched kernel, I didn't need to.

So, any idea where I made my mistake?

Regards,

Colleen
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[gentoo-user] 'Cannot run in framebuffer mode'

[Benno Schulenberg]

C.Beamer wrote:
> However, x still won't start and I get the  message 'Cannot run
> in framebuffer mode'.

Well, what does your xorg.conf look like?  And the relevant things 
in the Xorg log and the kernel config?  In short, the output of the 
following commands:

cat  /etc/X11/xorg.conf
egrep  "WW|EE|--"  /var/log/Xorg.0.log
egrep  "FB_|FRAME"  /usr/src/linux/.config

Benno
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Re: [gentoo-user] Botched Gentoo Install - but some progress

[Robert Crawford]

On Tuesday 09 August 2005 08:13 am, C.Beamer wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> When I previously posted and got the response below, it may as well
> have been hieroglyphics because I had no idea what Bob was talking
> about.  However, when I went back to square one and got to the point
> of compiling the kernel, I still used genkernel, but ran the
> makemenuconfig utility and saw that the format was as below.  So, I
> made the changes that Bob suggested.  Now, I _don't_ get the errors as
> in my previous attempt and as displayed below.
>
> Bob Sanders wrote:
> >> After attempting to connect to the xserver, I got my shell prompt
> >> back again with the following printed on the screen:
> >>
> >> New driver is "i810" (==)Using default built in configuration
> >> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such device --> I have no idea what this
> >> means (EE) GARTinit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (no such file or
> >> directory) (EE)I810(0) AGPGART support is not available. Make
> >> sure your kernel has agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel
> >> module is loaded (EE)Screens found, but non have useable
> >> configuration Fatal server error: no screens found i
> >
> > /dev/fb0 is the framebuffer. No need to worry about that if using
> > X. But if running a splash screen, then it needs to be defined in
> > the kernel. There is a how-to on gentoo-wiki.org explaining how to
> > setup the system and kernel.
> >
> > The other, you'll need to re-config your kernel to include -
> >
> > Device Drivers --> I2C Support --> <M> I2C support <*> I2C device
> > interface I2C Hardware Bus Support --> <M > Intel 810/815
> >
> > And -
> >
> > Device Drivers --> Character Devices --> Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx
> > and E7x05 chipset support
>
> However, x still won't start and I get the  message 'Cannot run in
> framebuffer mode'.
>
> I don't think that I changed anything related to framebuffers when I
> ran makemenuconfig.
>
> It was also my understanding that although I could use a vga statement
> in my grub.conf file to specify a framebuffer device, that with a
> gentoo patched kernel, I didn't need to.
>
> So, any idea where I made my mistake?
>
> Regards,
>
> Colleen

I didn't see your earlier post(s). so I can only offer general advice.

When you configure the kernel, you need to be sure you have support  for all 
your specific hardware, like cpu, motherboard, video card, USB devices, etc. 
Also, any feature you want, like frame buffer support, different file 
systems, etc.  Once you get the correct .config file for your particular 
system and kernel, you can import it into menu or xconfig on subsequent 
kernel compiles, so save a copy of it somewhere once you get it right.

Some items do better compiled as modules, and some need to be built into your 
kernel. For example, the i2c sensors items do better as modules, and then you 
need to place entries for those modules in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel 
file so they autoload on boot.

You also need to configure X after you get Gentoo installed, and rebooted.
 This doc should help.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml

This only works if you have the kernel support for your card compiled in.

 If you still have trouble, another way to get a functional config file for X 
if is to boot to a knoppix-like live cd, which configures X automatically, 
and copy over the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file from it into your Gentoo /etc/X11 
directory, and reboot.

I've never liked genkernel myself, so I always do mine manually. To do this 
correctly, you need to know what hardware you have, and find it in 
menuconfig- Sometimes you need to dig down a level to find things. I prefer 
xconfig over menuconfig.

The kernel section in the Gentoo install doc is pretty good- review it again.

Robert Crawford
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