Installing XFree86 and KDE on Gentoo?
 

I just setup Gentoo successfully (well except the XFree86 and KDE applications), and do emerge them, or do I have to download the sources myself from the respected web sites (I know emerging downloads and compiles the sources)?

This will download all needed libraries/dependencies including XFree86, etc.

emerge --fetchonly kde

emerge kde

will download if not already downloaded, compile, and install them.

Thanks, but that will have come later as I am having trouble getting my NIC to work in Gentoo.

I tried my best to follow the directions over at http://www.gentoo.org but when it comes down to the final networking configuration (after you compile the kernel and such) it tells you to edit /etc/conf.d/net but I can't tell what they want me to edit in to the file.

I already tried getting the OS to use 2 different driver modules for my NIC (tulip and dmfe) and that's not working. If the file (/etc/conf.d/net) is not the source of the problem what is?

My NIC is a CNet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, it's based on a Davicom chip.

When I type ifconfig into the console eth0 is listed.

That's for your network configuration. Edit that to reflect your network configuration.

Did you compile the nic support as a module and if so, have you loaded the module?

If you were installing from a live CD and it was configured so you could connect to install, you could use it and look at what config it uses and copy to your install.

You can also do the d/l and install in the chroot environment as well.

Thanks, I just ended up copying the /etc/conf.d/net file from the livecd to the /etc/conf.d/ on the partition, now I emerge vim, and in the process of compiling links.

Woo, my first post under Gentoo Linux, thanks very much.

Bye, bye rpm heck!
 

I emerged links as the first emerge after the system and I was posting while compiling fluxbox. :cool:

Did you post with links?

Yeah, I haven't gotten around to compiling a window manager when I posted (for some odd reason XFree 4.30 compiled when I compiled links).

I am now compiling KDE (I like it). Next will be Fluxbox.

It took me almost 2 days to compile kde.

Holy crap on a stick, that long? Sheash! Well I am off to bed, I'll check on it's progress when I wake up.

Well it took less then 24 hours to compile KDE on my machine.

I am liking Gentoo so far.

:D Well, I compiled at nice -n 19 since I am a heavy multitasker and I am usually runing tons of other stuff. That cuts out a lot of lag while building but at the cost of compiling speed.

Hmm, I can't seem to get my mouse wheel to work properly. I inputted

into the right place in my XF86Config, but my mousewheel does not work.

And it seems I can not use the IMPS/2 protocol with Gentoo. If I try to use IMPS/2 the cursor goes all over the place.

I got a MS Intellimouse Explorer. IMPS/2 works in just about every other Distribution of Linux I have tried.

Could if be your gpm configuration?

Check your /etc/init.d/gpm and make sure it is notMOUSE=imps2 as that can cause the jumpy mouse.

Configure gpm to use:

MOUSE=ps2

There's nothing in that file that states MOUSE=XX (xx = mouse protocol), could it be that it isn't configured correctly?

That's all there is in that file.

EDIT: Alright, I edited /etc/conf.d/gpm and uncommented MOUSE=ps2 while leaving MOUSE=imps2 commented.

Like that.