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mightymosping
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 Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:34 am Post subject: USB Mouse, Ethernet and all |
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hey guys... four days of trying to install Gentoo and IT'S STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY...
if it's not gonna work again... I might try to install Gentoo again...
My Specifications:
PIII 500Mhz
256MB RAM
CD-RW
nVidia GeForce 2 MX
Ensoniq Sound
Sound Blaster Live! Value
I've tried installing
stage3-pentium3-20030726.tar.bz2
portage-20030731.tar.bz2
manage to get the emerge working in local except for a few hiccups like unable to find cabextract... anyway... it's all solved
- installed and managed to run KDE
but:
Problem 1:
- got the mouse working but it's not moving properly
- i'm using a Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) on USB
- it's moving freakily... haphazardly... not proper... move to the left but the cursor moves about wierdly around the screen...
Problem 2:
- when i boot with the LiveCD the internet works... but upon installation and reboot... it doesn't work at all... WHY?!
- i'm using a RealTek bla bla bla i think it's the normal realtek one...
- can someone guide me to the right direction?
Problem 3:
- tried emerging emu10k1 BUT... wat? no sound? bla bla bla... i don't understand what to do...
PLEASE HELP ME... It's been 3 days... and i just felt like going back to Mandrake cause RedHat hangs at apm_bios...
Please help me... thank you in advance...
Does anyone have it journaled down on how he installed Gentoo? Maybe we (n00b) could follow the steps... and which stage installation would be the best? |
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massimo
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:19 am Post subject: |
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ad 3)
Try this for your sound card http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
ad 2)
Maybe you didn't compile the correct drivers into your kernel or as module. If you did what does dmesg or lsmod say?
ad 1)
Maybe you should try another driver, sometimes xf86cfg helps.
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FreeFly42
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:21 am Post subject: Re: USB Mouse, Ethernet and all |
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| mightymosping wrote: |
Problem 1:
- got the mouse working but it's not moving properly
- i'm using a Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) on USB
- it's moving freakily... haphazardly... not proper... move to the left but the cursor moves about wierdly around the screen... |
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Look for an entry like:
| Code: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" (or something else)
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
<other stuff...>
EndSection |
Change the "Protocol" entry to "auto":
| Code: | | Option "Protocol" "auto" |
Problem 2: Did you configure your network? The boot CD loads DHCP by default, but doesn't set up a new installation to do the same. You will have to edit /etc/conf.d/net and comment out (insert a '#' symbol at the start of the line) all the lines except one like the following:
This should be uncommented to use dhcp for your network config. To restart your network use:
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart |
Problem 3: (Sound card) Make sure your kernel is compiled with support for your SoundBlaster card (Sound-->Creative SBLive!) and with sound card support enabled. I'd recommend compiling them as modules. If it's already included, try 'modprobe emu10k1'
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lemon
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Should the device option be this:
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
for a usb mouse? |
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Gruffi
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Location: Antwerpen - Flanders - Belgium
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:56 am Post subject: Re: USB Mouse, Ethernet and all |
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| mightymosping wrote: | | if it's not gonna work again... I might try to install Gentoo again... |
Reinstalling and rebooting are microsoft-reflexes not usefull under linux. It either works, or it doesn't. If it doesn't work you have to fix the configuration.
OK, enough rant... I never got the emu10k1 from portage to work either. Under Kernel 2.4 i use the tenpin drivers from http://basic-rip.co.uk/tenpin/linux_audigy_faq.html
I have yet to try the alsa drivers from 2.6, i'll do that when i'm home.
What kernel are you using?
About the realtek and internet:
Did you compile in the right realtek card (there are 2 options, realtek & realtekC). If you compiled it as modules, have you loaded it?
Is everything allright in /etc/conf.d/net?
Is everything allright in /etc/resolv.conf?
Is net.eth0 added to the default runtime level?
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FreeFly42
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| lemon wrote: | Should the device option be this:
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
for a usb mouse? |
It is on my boxes, but that doesn't guarantee it! To make sure this is working try:
| Code: | | cat /dev/input/mice |
and move the mouse around. You should see characters appear as the mouse moves (and nothing if it's not moving).
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pjp
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| Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:49 am Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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