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 1RFdUK-00064n-GK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:03:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A30621C160; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9136221C188 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:02:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywm19 with SMTP id 19so2666871ywm.40 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:02:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y00kBtOFEOXH2NVpboGImLI4Td7jcd65yVvnsT5yGs8=; b=FGDSx/5+EG1JRd9keM5YgbyfZVC08vAgxtHF6davMKwMKmYE0wmVtn7VK/0Lyb6xuS ltFxvs1ApgR4GnacJgrjVuALaFDdVp6uDKRwFNGiJI9Y8R/kEA47/5or/BUjEFtjn57L 2A80h1rOhh1TXfffa4wa63L2qSiaoGBL1LpTE= Received: by 10.236.186.35 with SMTP id v23mr23958952yhm.80.1318820531118; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:02:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-215-244.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.215.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y72sm1452465yhj.7.2011.10.16.20.02.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:02:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E9B9AB0.2030007@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:02:08 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111013 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue References: <4E93504A.8090402@gmail.com> <4E99E80E.3020505@gmail.com> <1662567.MLaeLFogCY@pc> <4E9A0CB6.6070007@gmail.com> <4E9AF129.4080804@gmail.com> <4E9B3B35.7060909@gmail.com> <20111016221927.62ca2378@rohan.example.com> <4E9B4808.6020300@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E9B4808.6020300@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 381c34d6d21620d084f9f5668a7370e8 CJoeB wrote: > On 10/16/11 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:14:45 -0500 >> Dale wrote: >> >>> CJoeB wrote: >>>> On 10/16/11 08:06, James Broadhead wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the input. This issue is somewhat resolved. >>>>> On 15 October 2011 23:44, CJoeB wrote: >>>>>> (...) >>>>> If this is your first install, is FrameBuffer (pretty consoles) >>>>> really a vital component of getting your machine up and running? >>>> Not my first install - I've been running Gentoo exclusively since >>>> 2004. Framebuffer is not absolutely necessary I guess, but I really >>>> would like those penguins! What can I say? I'm female and I like >>>> animals! LOL >>>> >>>> Anyway, I got past the issue I was having where the boot hung. >>>> Now, I'm on to another issue. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Colleen >>>> >>>> >>> Wow, there is a Gentoo lady here. Howdy.< tips hat> I thought I >>> remembered there being one here but wasn't sure. >> Colleen's been here longer than I have :-) > Maybe, but I'm not as technical as some of you guys. I just have an > affection for computers and I'm a control freak - that's why I like > Gentoo! :-) > > > That's funny. Sort of the same here. First time that init thingy fails tho, I may be cured of my control issues. Then I can go back to a binary distro. lol Dale :-) :-)