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 Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 2:56 am Post subject: Bus Error When Attempting to Initialize Links |
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First, let me say I've tried Google and my Google Fu has failed me. I also tried searching around here, but with an unspecified bus error from the program links, it's quite difficult to find anything. I'm not far into the install process, I've only setup an account, network settings, partitions, and filesystems; now I've found myself stuck already.  I have irssi going and I'm able to connect, so I'm guessing it isn't directly related to my network settings. It's an older Pentium 4 box. I'm trying to retrieve the Stage3 tarball to continue the install.
I'm probably going to facepalm when the answer is something basic, so thanks in advance for any advice offered.  |
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Cutless,
Welcome to gentoo 
Try using a live cd media like mint or ubuntu. It will make it a lot easier being able to use firefox to navigate the installation handbook and gentoo download sites.
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| I'm using the minimal install CD, and I'm doing this as a learning experience. Could you point me in the right direction as to how to troubleshoot something like this. Basically, I'm following a guide loosely and am here. I'm trying to do this GUIless, I want the challenge. Would you still recommend using a different distro's LiveCD? |
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BillWho
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| Cutless wrote: | | Would you still recommend using a different distro's LiveCD? |
Absolutely
The only thing you'll circumvent is having to use links to navigate the web. If you're a masochist and insist on using links then by all means we'll try to help you, but more information about the error would be required.
I've never used links and I'm not sure about others in the forum so try to reply with the error message that you get - pasting it here would be the best procedure.
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Cutless
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:09 am Post subject: |
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I don't get an error ID, unfortunately, merely a readout after I enter the command "links *link to tarball*" that reads "bus error." I'm more or less concerned that if that's happening now it may be a problem that rears its ugly head in the future.
Edit: I should mention that this old box doesn't boot from USB, and I've already altered the partitions so I'd have to do a decent amount of backtracking from a terminal to reset the partitions to the old default to boot into Linux Mint, my previous primary OS. |
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Cutless
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I told you I was going to facepalm at how easy the solution was. 
Now I've encountered another problem, when issuing the command "emerge gentoo-sources" I get error 12 (errno 12). A quick Google mentioned extending the swap partition, so I did, to 2GB. I just tried again and had the same issue. I issued the command "free" and it's showing no space left on my swap partition. I would think 2GB is plenty. Is there something I need to set to mark the swap partition as such? My fstab perhaps?
I really appreciate the help. Hopefully I'm not being too much of a nuisance. |
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Cutless,
The fstab for gentoo doesn't come into play until you boot the kernel. What live media are you using and what's the memory 
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MemTotal: 513580 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
VmallocTotal: 515728 kB
I'm using the latest minimal ISO burned to a CD-RW. |
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BillWho: that is a UUOC.
Cutless: it appears that you do not have swap activated, so the system is attempting to fit everything into physical memory, of which you have only 0.5GB. I believe running free showed that you have no active swap, which is why you have no free swap space. |
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Cutless.
Maybe you overlooked activating the swap partition If you had more memory it probably wouldn't matter, but in your case it is needed.
Naturally you're going to use the right partition.
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