[gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Rajat Gujral]

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Hi ,
 
I have downloaded image (Kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6) for x86 architecture from the gentoo website and complied the gentoo kernel for pentium 3 processor (coppermine). But while emering portages for gentoo, after compilation of KDE portage my computer hangs permanentally and nothing more is done after that. Everytime when i restart my computer and  emerge KDE,  it starts compilation from the same point . Also i keep getting DMA_INTR errors sometimes while installion . I have tried using -c option with mke2fs but the errors still keep coming . Is it because of that . Can anyone please help me and suggest what would be causing this problem and how can i carry on with the installation.
 
I was facing some compiler problem (i368 VS i686 ) which then was resolved by using fix_lib_tools . Is there something that i maybe missing as this is the first time i am installing gentoo.
 



Rgds & Thnx

Rajat Gujral


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Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Michael Kintzios]

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> From:: Rajat Gujral <natkhat_2k@yahoo.com>
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE
> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:18:03 -0700 (PDT)

> Hi , I have downloaded image (Kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6) for x86 architecture from the gentoo website and complied the gentoo kernel for pentium 3 processor (coppermine). But while emering portages for gentoo, after compilation of KDE portage my computer hangs permanentally and nothing more is done after that. Everytime when i restart my computer and  emerge KDE,  it starts compilation from the same point . Also i keep getting DMA_INTR errors sometimes while installion . I have tried using -c option with mke2fs but the errors still keep coming . Is it because of that . Can anyone please help me and suggest what would be causing this problem and how can i carry on with the installation. I was facing some compiler problem (i368 VS i686 ) which then was resolved by using fix_lib_tools . Is there something that i maybe missing as this is the first time i am installing gentoo. 

This could be a dodgy hard disk with bad blocks, or perhaps you haven't emerged hdparm and/or not added it to your default runlevel?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Hi,

the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a 
while - like 4h.

If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, try 
something different ;)

If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your 
problem... this little bastards are broken so fast and easily, it is 
sickening.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Rajat Gujral]

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hi,
 
i am not able to locate memtest86 ... can u pls guide me with it .. I have changed my ide cable but the DMA_INTR are still coming ..
 


Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> wrote:
Hi,

the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a 
while - like 4h.

If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, try 
something different ;)

If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your 
problem... this little bastards are broken so fast and easily, it is 
sickening.
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Rgds & Thnx

Rajat Gujral


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Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Michael Crute]

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When you boot the livecd at the kernel prompt (where you normally type 
gentoo) you should type memtest86 to start memtest. I'm pretty sure thats 
how I did it last time I needed it but I'm not gonna reboot to find out :)

-Mike

On 8/21/05, Rajat Gujral <natkhat_2k@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> hi,
>  i am not able to locate memtest86 ... can u pls guide me with it .. I 
> have changed my ide cable but the DMA_INTR are still coming ..
>  
> 
> *Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>* wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a 
> 
> while - like 4h.
> 
> If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, 
> try 
> something different ;)
> 
> If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your 
> problem... this little bastards are broken so fast and easily, it is 
> sickening.
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> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
> 
> 
> Rgds & Thnx
> 
> Rajat Gujral
> 
> 
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RE: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Michael Kintzios]

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From: Rajat Gujral [mailto:natkhat_2k@yahoo.com] 
Sent: 22 August 2005 04:52
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE


hi,

i am not able to locate memtest86 ... can u pls guide me with it .. I
have changed my ide cable but the DMA_INTR are still coming ..

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If I remember right, with Knoppix you just type memetest (look at the
cheat codes by pressing F2/F3 on bootup).

Memtest86+ will only show you dodgy memory, not device bad blocks.  For
that I think that you need to run badblocks.  Did you emerge and set up
hdparm?  You might as well do that before any test like bad blocks,
because without it access to your disks is going to be pedestrian.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Monday 22 August 2005 05:51, Rajat Gujral wrote:
> hi,
>
> i am not able to locate memtest86 ... can u pls guide me with it .. I have
> changed my ide cable but the DMA_INTR are still coming ..
>
>
>
> Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a
> while - like 4h.
>
> If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, try
> something different ;)
>
> If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your
> problem... this little bastards are broken so fast and easily, it is
> sickening.

emerge -s memtest:
sys-apps/memtest86
      Latest version available: 3.2
      Latest version installed: 3.2
      Size of downloaded files: 128 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.memtest86.com/
      Description: A stand alone memory test for x86 computers
      License:     GPL-2

*  sys-apps/memtest86+
      Latest version available: 1.60
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 143 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.memtest.org/
      Description: Memory tester based on memtest86
      License:     GPL-2

it des not matter which one you choose, just install it (mount /boot before 
you start emerging!), edit grub.conf so you have such a line:
title=MEMTEST86
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86/memtest.bin

and the next boot, choose it and let it run for some hours.

If memtest does not find any errors, check the harddisk.
smart should be enabled, smartmontools are a good collection to read out the 
smart data. Errors? Uh, time for a new harddisk.

And then there is badblocks, which you should run too.
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