as I stated before it was a different machine, I did not type it in the command as I typed it to you, however I must have had a typeo somewhere because yours is working

The trick is the tidel (~). . . with some terms it shows up different then when in text. . .it has to do with the text encoding.

I had the same problem that you did when I was first using Gentoo. . . but I found the answer in the handbook and on a FAQ in their forums. Hehe, you'll shit yourself when that little trick does not work on something that is hard masked. But when you find yourself needing a program that is hard masked, pat yourself on the back for you have come a long way using linux.

Cheers!

" pat yourself on the back for you have come a long way using linux."

... I have been using linux for almost 6 years, I decided to switch to gentoo because of 2 reasons:
1) slackware 10 destroyed slackware
2) I already compiled everything I needed from source.

Cool,

I switched my desktop from Slack to Gentoo then to SuSE 9.1 then back to Gentoo because I wanted to try something different. . . Gentoo stuck. . .now I can't get enough of it.

Sure the install bugs the hell out of me (I did a stage 2 first then stage 1 after I dropped SuSE), but I like the way the system is setup. . .

my 2 problems now:

the java portage is to old a version (I am a java developer) and it gives me an error:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=208517

also dependancies, I installed alsa manually not through portage, unfortinately now to install another program it loosk liek I am gonn ahave to install it from portage.... is there a way to skip specific dependancies?

lol sorry for my typing in the last post, I have no clue what the hell happened....

Err. . .check you other thread. . .

USE=" -X -whatever" emerge -p foo

set the use just for one ebuild all you have to do is set it in the command.
So just unset a dep with USE. . .

thank you, I got it ;-) you have been very helpful.

No problem,

I can't program (well I do know a bit of Java) and Linux/open-source is about the community. I can't write code for the community (kernel, user-land apps, etc. . ) , and give back that way. So I try to help others with their problems on this forum when I can.

I feel that if everyone gives as much as they take this Linux thing just might work out.

do you know anything about custom startup scripts?

I know some basic scripting . . . but I leave the start-up scripts to the Distro.

I think you want this:
If that goes through without error, then just remove the '-pv', which stands for 'pretend' and 'verbose' I beleive.

wow.. 5 months since I posted this question I get a responce I ended up finding on my own a short time after giving up on the forum, thanx anyway gauntalus :-D