From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hp7xY-0006BI-BA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 May 2007 19:17:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4IJFJoF002053; Fri, 18 May 2007 19:15:19 GMT Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4IJ5G83022479 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 19:05:18 GMT Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c30so625025ika for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 12:05:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kvrskK/ApfrO9pvK8jspSF/nh+BMVVXYuWKc3vKNVsnjsmykHTOFiNtvI64/zuwbL79/l50yqoAY+b9dVd+atahmwUPr20zeTA4AGeHV0UNcYS/QYAVfgZINj6SxRn0nRYOCSuqu+jd7aVTzTg4XGP1DZhdPzpDGp7u4o3uRwq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Wh4lYbhMBl4h/XhCCayDIsoZTsoZrgJmIlKmTp+OG+xhqFsG4XOCSUNYHC4hFWNetegacEr4Np2qWgX/d0N5oGknw/bco7oj5lv9HN+e3kQr4sSZVAVJHPWQUoPXts7Gw22TYYhW4ZnjZux6ULhaRu0qr9RgiWvNW8wODw8VK2k= Received: by 10.82.187.16 with SMTP id k16mr3486907buf.1179515115750; Fri, 18 May 2007 12:05:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.164.13 with HTTP; Fri, 18 May 2007 12:05:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 19:05:15 +0000 From: arnuld To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ? In-Reply-To: <200705181600.59802.faccenda@gmx.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200705181519.54195.faccenda@gmx.net> <200705181600.59802.faccenda@gmx.net> X-Archives-Salt: d6cd9c85-15d1-44a0-9d13-032d0cef0f2f X-Archives-Hash: ee1d40fd326fd5d489403a4be7f54f4b > On 5/18/07, Mauro Faccenda wrote: > well, none of those errors is Gentoo specific. It's kernel compilations > problems, and you'll have those in any distribution. Even the binary ones, if > you want to install a custom kernel. > > for the users that can't compile the kernel by himself, Gentoo provides the > genkernel, that works quite well (I never needed to use it, but I know some > guys that love it). i'm not sure, but the "default" kernel instalation method > in the handbook is using genkernel. so, it could be simplier (if with it you > mean easier) if you want it to. and seems that you don't (choosing the manual > method ;) ). i am talking of *both* methods. i don't remember anything *exactly* but with genkernel i had exactly same weired problems when i didn't choose VIA PATA in my kernel while compiling manually. i tried 2 times and after that i quit generkernel and decided always to do a transparent manual kernel-compilation. > > yep, 99% it was *my* mistake. > > > > > But I don't blame Gentoo. ;) > > > > hey.. i did not blame Gentoo in my earlier post. > > ok, fine. > > oh! about your "NOTE" on your earlier post: > > it happened to mee too. i tryied, but i couldn't go back to a "higher level" > distro. i felt really unconfortable. > > anyway, good luck. > > > []'s > .m > -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list