I love gentoo... but...

[silverpig]

It's so damn finnickey to install sometimes. I can't get a decent kernel compile for the life of me. It always fvcks up during the make clean bzImage part for some stupid reason. It gave some error like:

find 3c515 target changed during find operation

Now, I know the 3c515 is a 3com ethernet driver, so I disabled it in the kernel config. But I keep getting other stupid errors all over the place. This happens regardless of whether I do a manual config or just use the genkernel utility. *sigh*

I WAS using the 1.4 rc4 disks, so maybe that's the problem. I just finished d/l the 1.4 final ones so hopefully that helps.

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

 

[grassapa]

try slackware, its great

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My computer is so fast it proves the theory of relativity wrong...

 

[poorboy]

It must be a common problem, but I guess you've tried #gentoo

<i>Knock Knock, Neo</i>

 

[silverpig]

Naw. I just played around with some config files and got it installed. Just bought a new video card though, so that'll take a bit of time to reconfigure, and I still have to get networking up. I might just recompile the kernel again anyways... But after playing some games

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

 

[ufo_warviper]

I might just recompile the kernel again anyways... But after playing some games

I'm a gamer and I'm interested in Linux. What is the most reliable & fastest Windows to Linux Port? I'm also wondering which Linux to get, but I guess I'd outta read Grasspa's guide first


My OS features preemptive multitasking, a fully interactive command line, & support for 640K of RAM!

 

[grassapa]

if ure a gamer, then linux is a no. dual boot for now. unfortunately, windows is still better for games.

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My computer is so fast it proves the theory of relativity wrong...

 

[silverpig]

Yeah, gaming and linux generally don't go well together. I know you can get Halflife (and thus CS) to work well with wine, and you can get linux ports of UT and Quake series, but after that it's pretty much hit and miss with wine. One thing I like though is the default installs of mandrake and a few other distros give you some sweet oldschool arcade games that are just as fun as any 3d shooter you can get these days

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

 

[grassapa]

One thing I like though is the default installs of mandrake and a few other distros give you some sweet oldschool arcade games that are just as fun as any 3d shooter you can get these days

now thats what i call a hardcore gamer.

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My computer is so fast it proves the theory of relativity wrong...

 

[maalth]

You should do a search on http://forums.gentoo.org/ Chances are someone had the same problem and fixed this already.

 

[silverpig]

Old post. I had it fixed a long time ago

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