installing gentoo....

Lucifer · 5 Nov 2002 at 15:32

VIA 82C686 Audio Codec
VIA 82C686 MIDI

nothing looks similar in dmesg : /

Lucifer · 5 Nov 2002 at 15:36

doh... just hit ctrl+alt+f2 and i dunno how to get back to my desktop : /

Lucifer · 5 Nov 2002 at 15:42

woohoo!

right... think i'll leave recompiling 'till tomorrow, i didn't do anything with the sound after compiling support into the kernel, do i need to install anything else to make it work?

also, i need a file browser, any recommendations?

Lucifer · 5 Nov 2002 at 15:54

i meant like nautilus or whatever in RH, or *shudders* windows explorer.

now for the scary bit... first time i tried BSD, i fell over at the first hurdle cos i was used to dir... i never knew the "ls" command existed :eek:

Lucifer · 5 Nov 2002 at 16:53

rox is great

thx

now, how do i make X use truetype fonts? i think it installed freetype on its own

but the fonts still look dodgy. i have my windows partition mounted so i can use the fonts from there if thats any good

EDIT: xterm still shows just "bash-2.05a#"

Lucifer · 6 Nov 2002 at 11:02

kewl, pls

so, still to fix:
mouse scroll wheel
fonts
tweak of the PS1 thing....

at the mo PS1="[\\u@\\h:\\w]\\$ " looks right, exceps that it shows the entire path rather than the directory it shows (eg) [root@gentoo:/usr/src]# but i would prefer [root@gentoo:src]# if thats possible.
sound
uh... i'm sure i'll find more stuff

then i'll have you all scratching your heads later when i need to make my sendmail server accessible via POP3

Lucifer · 7 Nov 2002 at 15:43

added it to /etc/skel/.bashrc and it still starts with bash-2.05a#

Lucifer · 7 Nov 2002 at 16:00

doh
sorted

now to fix the rest : /

Lucifer · 7 Nov 2002 at 16:27

woohoo! i got sound working!!!
i "built in" sound card support rather than having it as a module, and included AC 97 support (i think) but its working

so i'm happy

now... XF86Config...

Code:

#**********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
#**********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "PS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/psaux
    Option "Button" "5"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "Resolution" "2000"

Lucifer · 7 Nov 2002 at 16:48

woohoo! got scrolly!

/kisses mpemba

Lucifer · 7 Nov 2002 at 16:54

is this the right line to add to /etc/fstab to mount my windows partition (/dev/hda1) as /mnt/win?

Code:

# <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>          <opts>          
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hda1               /mnt/win        vfat            defaults

Lucifer · 7 Nov 2002 at 16:55

oh yea... need purdy TT AA fonts