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From: "Lord Sauron" <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New To Gentoo and Emerge, No ACPI in Kernel
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Hah! Think I found my problem! Correct me if I'm wrong!
I just was reading some documentation using KDE Help Centre and found
this thing called APMD. I tried typing "apmd" into Konsole, and it
said "No APM support in kernel." Does this mean this is going to be
as easy as "emerge apmd"?
On 3/24/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/24/06, Teresa and Dale <teendale@vista-express.com> wrote:
> > Gabriel Dain wrote:
> >
> > >>However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > ># cd /usr/src/linux
>
> Know how to do that...
>
> > ># make menuconfig
>
> I don't see a file called "menuconfig" in here. Will this work? All
> I see (that looks relevant) is Makefile, include/ and kernel/
>
> > ><!--- Add whatever support you need, i've never worked with ACPI, sorry --->
>
> No clue whatsoever how to do that. I've never built a kernel before,
> not on Debian, not on Red Hat, not on anything.
>
> > ># make && make modules_install
>
> What'll that do? Make and make modules_install? I don't see anything
> called "modules_install" either.
>
> > Addition:
> >
> > cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage<your stuff here>
>
> I think mine is a i686... I think I should say that I did just take
> the kernel off the live CD... I wasn't brave enough (at the time) to
> build a kernel.
>
> > Then add it or change it in bootloader, grub is easier on this one. ;-)
>
> I use grup.
>
> > Then . . . .
> >
> > ># reboot
> > >
> > >that should do it, if support is what you need. However, this will
> > >probably be more useful:
> > >
> > ># emerge -av acpid <!--- -av means --verbose and --ask, so you can see
> > >what you're actually emerging, and have to choice no to, if you want
> > >--->
>
> Okay...
>
> > >and read this for help on configuring it:
> > >http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_ACPI_basic_configuration
>
> Did so. However, the Battery Monitor for KDE still tells me to
> rebuild my kernel with this ACPI enabled, most specifically "AC
> Adaptor" and "Control Method Battery," though if it'll support more
> then I'd certainly love to do that.
>
> > >Gabriel Dain
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Other than that, pretty good start. May need more help though since you
> > are new to this. Welcome to Gentoo Linux. You'll get over that feeling
> > of being a 'long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs' after a
> > while. LOL
>
> I've been using Debian (Debian and Kubuntu) for the past 5 months or
> so to build my skills to the point that I can squeak through Gentoo
> with only minor injuries : ) I'm also in that odd area of learning
> C++ where I'm not ultra-good, but I'm not clueless, either : ) So
> eventually I'll be attempting to interrogate all of you about these
> fascinating bash scripts.
>
> Even so, I'm really loving Gentoo.... it leaves a smaller memory
> footprint than even Debian! Coming from ten years of Windows use,
> that's like... going to heaven without having to die, really.
>
> Thanks for your help. I'll try and see if I can get this to work the easy way.
>
> Also, emerge now tells me that I have 19 config files in /etc to be
> updated. How would I go about doing that? emerge --help config
> confused me more than anything else (that was what emerge reccommended
> I do).
>
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