cant install xorg-x11[SOLVED]

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

i installed gentoo with almost nothing so i could do everything manually(only way it doesnt fail). i want to install kde and the docs say to install xorg-x11 first. so i followed the doc to install xorg-x11. i rebooted, loggin in as root, set my VIDEO_CARDS and INPUT_DEVICES in /etc/make.conf as the doc said, checked for correct USE flags, saved and tried

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:10 am Post subject:

Hi!

You must first post here the error message you get while trying to compile x11-misc/util-macros. We need about the last 30 lines

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

how can i log/where is the log for when i reboot and try to install xorg-x11. 30 lines don't show up on my screen, so i cant write them down. thanks.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:06 am Post subject:

You can output the emerge with:

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

so i put

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:40 am Post subject:

It's xorg-x11 and not xorgx-x11...

mark_alec · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:30 am Post subject:

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suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

so i rebooted and typed in

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:16 am Post subject:

Well, you just post the first lines... I need the 30 last ones

There I will see the error message and try to find out why it fails.

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

the error message does not get logged for some reason, and the error is only partially on my screen so i can't write it down. all i can get is that it says emake failed, as you probably know.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:39 am Post subject:

Ohhh, my bad... Try this one:

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

i logged the errors, but the file is no where to be found.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

Well... I think that means the errors are supposed to be displayed on your first file... I don't understand why you don't see them...

Both output files are supposed to be created, even if no error was written in it. (Just tested it)...

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

so i tried it again,

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:40 am Post subject:

I just wrote exactly what you wrote, and it worked.

The files are on the current directory.

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

yes they are there, heres the error

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:57 am Post subject:

Could you post your make.conf file?

I guess you have that line wrong:

Change:

MAKEOPTS="-j 2"

for:

MAKEOPTS="-j2"

But post it anyway maybe there are other mistakes

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
#CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="2"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=""
USE=" X alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kernel_linux ldap libg++ mad mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv zlib"
FEATURES=""
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"

ill change it to "-j2", dont know where my -j went.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:02 am Post subject:

That should solve your problem

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject:

Don't forget to add [Solved] to your subject if that resolves your problem

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

it did let me install xorg-x11. but now i have an error when trying to startx.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:16 pm Post subject:

You must configure your Xorg.

Here is an howto: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml

Redhot · Apprentice Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 196

In VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" you has selected only nvidia driver.
Edit Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
And change "Driver" from "nv", "vesa" or something like that to "nvidia" and everything should be fine. Remember to follow to the nvidia-drivers handbook on gentoo.org before writing next post with problem

suicdman · n00b Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 34

this is what i get when i try

jeanfrancis · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject:

Did you follow Redhot's notice? Your configuration file is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf