After installing gentoo

[cocozz]

Goodnight all ,

I just have install my gentoo ! , now I have some problems

1. When linux is booting the screen looks black background with white lines , so its impossible to read anything on the screen.

2. One of the only things I see , after Linux has loaded , is the bash , so :

bash >

I try to use "startx" for run Gnome but it says "Command not found" or anything like that.

Thanks for all !

PD : Congrats to the gentoo team , the manual is really easy to read for installing gentoo , like mandrake with a graphical installer

[meital]

did you configure your x server? if you don't have XF86Config or xorg.conf under /etc/X11/ then you really don't have the startx command.
if you are running xorg as your xserver

[mhodak]

cocozz:

1. Can explain better what you mean by "black background with white lines"? Do you mean standard linux boot in text mode with boot messages flying by?

2. If bash cannot find the startx command, then you do not have X server installed. You should emerge xorg-x11 (or xfree).

[cocozz]

Ok so I will install the X server.

But the other problem is my screen looks that :

www.cocozz.com/jpg/boot.jpg

So as u see , the sreen is unreadable !

PD : I know ... im not a proffessional painter

[CpuWhiz]

Usually you get a log-on prompt and after that you get a prompt like this:
user@host dir $
Are you using an initrd? If so, my guess is that it can't find your / and doesn't continue booting. Could you possibly post your dmesg or the information that is on the screen?

[cocozz]

No i can't , it's impossible to read anyting on the screen

[mhodak]

[br0mGreV]

[cocozz]

LiveCD is perfect , no problem.

So its sure one thing is bad configured ...

First Grub , so how can I edit the grub configuration file with LiveCD ? I have try it but it says this file doesnt existe !_!.

And maybe I have forget something in Kernel.

In fact it may be some graphical bad config at Installation.

Do you know what can it be ?

[CpuWhiz]

[cocozz]

Yes so I mounted the boot partition and after I tried to edit the grub config file but ... grub folder didnt exist ! (??)

So after all I reinstalled Gentoo , and ... more problems ...

When linux is booting I get some "Can't open dependencies file" , it seems the linux kernel folder adress isnt correct. ( linux-2.4.25-gentoo-r1 instead of linux-2.4.25-gentoo ).

Thanks

[mhodak]

You did not have to reinstall.

Well, now that you did give us some more info:

1. Is grub running OK (i.e. do you get menu where you can chose which kernel to run when you boot your machine (without liveCD))
2. Is your boot process OK untill you get to that dependency problem?
3. Did you run make modules_install after kernel was compiled?
4. DO you still get those white lines?

[cocozz]

1. Is grub running OK (i.e. do you get menu where you can chose which kernel to run when you boot your machine (without liveCD))

I have changed to LILO this time ( only for try ) and yes , its OK

2. Is your boot process OK untill you get to that dependency problem?

Yes , no problem

3. Did you run make modules_install after kernel was compiled?

Good question , i remember that after linux has been compiled , it said me : dond recognize command "modules"
That's a bit stupid because it runned OK with 1rst installation.

4. DO you still get those white lines?

No , now its OK , i think it was a problem of framebuffer

Thanks , one more time , sorry for my bad english ...

[mhodak]

You need to carefully redo your kernel. If you get any error messages (especially with respect to modules) you will run into problems.

Do you compile your kernel manually or do you use genkernel?

ALso, which kernel (2.4 or 2.6)?
Follow the handbook closely:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7

Donot forget to forget to run

[cocozz]

Do you compile your kernel manually or do you use genkernel?

I compile kernel manually , reading the Gentoo.org installation doc and use Kernel 2.4


I recompile my kernel on bash ( after booting linux ) or in LiveCD ?

[mhodak]

You need to compile it when you are in your system (not in livecd), i.e. boot form livecd (this is the only way to get into your system since it does not boot now), chroot into your system, go into /usr/src/linux and do whatever handbook says there.

[cocozz]

Ok , thanks ill try it now

[cocozz]

So i hace recompiled the kernel , its OK no problem.

No When Linux has booted i get into a command line, so now i think its time to install the X.

I printed a tutorial of this site for installing Xorg.

So the first step to do is : emerge xorg-x11

And it says :

There are no masked or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy "xorg" ; Error calculating depencies please correct.

Thanks

[mhodak]

Is networking in your install working?
If it is run

[cocozz]

Hmmm I dont know :S

"modprobe 8139too" dont work
ifconfig dont work too

Any idea ?

[mhodak]

[cocozz]

Can reach this module.

No , i dont have connection on ( it says it when booting )

How can i see the connection status ? Cause "ifconfig" dont work :S

PD : In Live CD i can get connection throught ethernet using this modprobe and "dhcpcd eth0"

[mhodak]

[cocozz]

Hmmm no I dont think I active this module :/

Where can I find it on kernel menu ?

[mhodak]

You need to enable options in Network device support menu and in its Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) ---> submenu.