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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:27 am    Post subject: kde can't come up. hangs after clock[SOLVED] Reply with quote

This is a new install of gentoo, pristine. I've had all sorts of dramas getting this far. Now that I've reached login, kde can't complete. I've done this a few times before and have not seen this occur.

Xorg.conf log reports it's missing virtually all the drivers;
nv,
fbdev,
vesa,
vga,
mouse,
kbd.

Where have they all got to? They've all been there on previous installs.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It must've been quite sometime since you've installed Gentoo and how they have been fine all this time is beyond me, but:

In /etc/make.conf:

Code:
INPUT_DEVICES="joystick keyboard mouse synaptics"
VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev i810 nv nvidia tdfx trident vesa vga"


Obviously, make those list what you have. That's the lists from mine on this laptop.

(I have a couple extra for other mahines at home. I use this machine to grab all packages for my home Gentoo machines also... long story... :( )

Anyway, there's your answer. You can do:

emerge -pv xorg-server

to get portage to show you all the optinos you have available.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it has been quite some time. It seems things change. Tx
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

idella4 wrote:
Yes it has been quite some time. It seems things change. Tx

:lol:

You're very welcome. :D
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Firstly, welcome back to Gentoo. Secondly, aside from the handbook, there are many supplemental documents that will help you get a working KDE:

Xorg configuration --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
nVidia drivers --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
ATi drivers --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
KDE --> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde-config.xml

Hope those documents help, and if you run into any specific problems, please don't hesitate to ask about them here. :)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks kalos :)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're certainly welcome. As said, please just post here on the forum if you run into any walls, and we'll certainly help you through them. :)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kalos, I checked the documents but they still don't answer all.
I"m still missing one driver for kde, and the other for best results.
The first is /dev/fb0, the frame buffer. Employing startx, I do get the three shells at a very fine screen resolution, but it's also missing xclock. I suspect it need be installed, but what package supplies xclock? On that point, is that related to boot up taking me to editing the local time file in nano??

Also, my motherboard is a new nvidia based motherboard. It has an on board graphic 'card'.
Suse-11 tells me the driver required is nvidiafb. Ubuntu simply misses it. I've installed the nvidia drivers but this one seems to be missing from the collection. Is it available in a package in portage??
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Enter
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echo "startkde" > ~/.xinitrc


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blessed be pappy, what about the /dev/fb0??

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you get xterm screens, you have basic X functionality. However, if I misread that, you would have to emerge xf86-video-fbdev. If you have X functional to this degree, then it is functional enough to run XFCE4, GNOME, KDE, or anything else you desire.

Yeah, I gave up on the TV after watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. It's either cruise the forums or watch The Mummy for the buzzillionth time. While Brendan Fraser isn't bad to look at, being here is infinitely more stimulating, intellectually speaking.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pappy, yes you make a good point. I'm trying to get my gentoo up in place of watching Oprah!

I've got a new problem. I just changed a setting in the time zone file on boot up, then it hangs on caching servie dependencies. Know what's going on here my good American man?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What exactly did you change in the timezone file?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What he said. :)

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i changed the time zone setting from factory to "Australia/Perth"
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That shouldn't cause any problems at all, but to make sure, you can go in and comment that line out or set the timezone to UTC.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you running with baselayout-2, or the stable version?

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know. How do I tell? I'll do emerge --search baselayout.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

emerge -av baselayout will also work, and it allows you to say no to the actual install.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you using the stable branch or the testing (~arch) branch? If you're using the stable branch, you aren't using baselayout-2 because it is still in testing.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

baselayout-1.12.11.1 is installed
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, then post your /etc/conf.d/clock file. Kalos is right, it shouldn't cause a problem...but there's something strange afoot.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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/etc/conf.d/clock

# Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as
# Greenwich Mean Time). If your clock is set to the local time, then
# set CLOCK to "local". Note that if you dual boot with Windows, then
# you should set it to "local".

CLOCK="local"

# Select the proper timezone. For valid values, peek inside of the
# /usr/share/zoneinfo/ directory. For example, some common values are
# "America/New_York" or "EST5EDT" or "Europe/Berlin". If you want to
# manage /etc/localtime yourself, set this to "".

#TIMEZONE="Australia/Perth"

# If you wish to pass any other arguments to hwclock during bootup,
# you may do so here.

CLOCK_OPTS=""

# If you want to set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time
# during shutdown, then say "yes" here.

CLOCK_SYSTOHC="no"


### ALPHA SPECIFIC OPTIONS ###

# If your alpha uses the SRM console, set this to "yes".
SRM="no"

# If your alpha uses the ARC console, set this to "yes".
ARC="no"


Oh it looks like I forgot to remove the # before my time zone setting. But that should mean no change and it should continue bootup.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That depends. Remove the # and see what happens. As far as I know, "caching service dependencies" just means that the file in question has been modified in some fashion. As to why it's causing things to choke so badly, that's really weird.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is quite strange, but the best thing to do would be to remove the comment hash from the TIMEZONE line. If you're still having trouble, please post the exact error message you receive (or the hanging point) and a few lines before it.
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