Gentoo Linux
 

I installed Gentoo twice becuase the first time i missed something in the kernel params and it screwed up.

I have Gentoo installed now and each time i boot with grub it says "error file not found".

I have bzImage stored in /boot/bzImage. this is my menu.lst file.




default 0
timeout 15
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda5

title=Windows NT Workstation
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Does it say which file it cannot find?

You have two files on which it could potentially fail:

/boot/bzImage and /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Re: Gentoo Linux
 

i'd presume it's the splash line, as you imply that the splash file is on hda1, which you later say is the NT drive.

Nevermind, i fixed it by recompiling the entire kernel and putting a new bzImage file.

Now a new problem...

Cannot load module "dev_fs".

And the system wont startup normally, only in ro mode..HELP

*EDIT* the splash line was fine, i copied the stuff wrong (oviously cant copy from linux ->windows)

What is this "dev_fs" anyways?

hey, how about Mr I-know-more-than-you-do-about-everything-even-tho-i'm-only-15 tries to find something out for himself for once???

? i'm asking a normal question, it cant load the module dev_fs and i have no idea how to load it. Chill out dude and have a qalude.

Ok guys don't know if it will help but here is the close-to-exact error message i get:

Can't load module dev_fs, filesystem type not supported [OOPS]

remove the module from loading and see if that boots up with no errors or problems.

also, a Q is always followed with a U after it.. just to let ya know. Like quaalude...

quaalude

How do you remove a module from loading? i didn't enable any modules when i compiled my kernel.

EDIT*************I finally found a tutorial BRB

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Post Deleted by therion12

Gentoo is working, omg its beautiful!

Re: Post Deleted by therion12
 

OFFICIAL DECLARATION
Therion12 proclaims Gentoo as the best thing ever ever ever at approximatly 8:30 GMT on the 19th on februrary 2002. :D

hey, i never said its the best thing ever :)

But it would help if my stupid mouse actually worked...

- Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical 5 btn

- Protocol (tried psaux, IMPS/2, and none work)

- device (tried mouse, sysmouse)

about your mouse problem. I have the same mouse and use /dev/psaux with the ImPS/2 protocol. But this didnt work until i uninstalled gpm. gpm is a program that allows you to use your mouse inside the console - it was fighting X (which im assuming is where you are having probs) for control of the mouse. I belive gentoo installs gpm by default. Try uninstalling gpm and see if your problems go away. Here is a snippit of my XF84Conifg-4

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Well i deleted the console drivers and it still didn't work in a desperate effort i decided to try the USB->PS/2 adapter and it works now but i am not satified with PS/2.

You can EASILY tell how UNPRECISE the ps/2 port is compared to the USB. I know there is a way to overclock the ps/2 port in windows but in linux there probably isn't such thing so i am here to report a Gentoo linux BUG!!!

i got it working, i messaged people on the Gentoo linux thing and they send me an email telling to use /dev/input/mice and it works.

Why would you want to? As far as I'm aware, the PS/2 port is used for mice, keyboards (and occasionally as IR ports). Since the rate at which you can type or move a mouse is invariably slower than the potential rate at which the port can take input, why would you want to bother overclocking them?

When you overclock the frequency of the mouse it increases the scans and therefore increasing accuracy of the mouse. I think the default ranges in the 70Hz... but 200Hz is achievable. Of course if you have a USB connected mouse then there is no point in this. Plus optical and usb are the best combination right now. I hope to see PS/2 obsolute soon since some keyboards are going usb too.

I don't understand this. I move my mouse, it moves, I click, it opens whatever I click. Why does there have to be pinpoint accuracy that the eye can't even see? ps/2 works like a charm, I don't understand why people insist on having usb mice and keyboards, the performance it may have is not noticeable to us humans. Oh well, USB sucks anyways and I steer clear of it.. I have my 10 dollar mouse and keyboard and they seem to do the job just right.. :D

True, most people like you won't notice it in everyday moving of the mouse. But if you play a game that needs pinpoint accuracy...every scan counts.

And trust me, when i put on the USB->PS/2 adapter i could automatically feel how much 'slower' it felt even in the desktop

Problems
 

I d/l this distro 2 or 3 times. Everytime I boot with the cd it starts to uncompress linux and I get a crc error and the install halts. This happened on both of the i686 fast binaries and on the build from scratch that I d/l.

CRC errors usually means a bad package or something. i can't imagine that would happen on both binary and build from scratch methods.

Umm when you do the build-from-scratch can you choose your mirror before it installs? becuase maybe one of the mirrors got a damaged file.

good luck.

I'm sorry, but I'm with Tricky on this. What games are there that require such a stupidly high level of accuracy? The most accurate I've ever had to be with the mouse is whilst playing Project IGI (which rocks, by the way), and that was more than happy with a bog-standard 70Hz (or whatever) PS/2 trackerball.

Quake2 running at 1600x1200x32bpp.

Yeah? How is it that you need to increase the accuracy for that?
Q2@1600x1200@32bpp works an absolute treat with my t/b running @ 70Hz. It just seems to me that you want to increase the scan rate of your mouse for the sake of doing so.

So there might be a reasonable requirement to o/c the mouse, or use USB, but the keyboard? Presumably the PS/2 keyboard port can theorhetically be increased to 200Hz, but do you know anybody that can type @ 200 key presses per second? There is no need for USB keyboards. Yes, they are 'plug and play', but, erm, so is the PS/2 port to a large extent.

Agree keyboards are keyboards..

Why don't you do it and try it for yourself. Jeezus, the difference is quite noticable ... true, it's not a night vs. day difference, but it does give the mouse a smoother feel. Soo...

1) Increase your PS/2 rate to 200hz.
2) STFU
3) Step 2; repeat.

Excuse me, Mr I'm-such-a-smart-ass but you might notice something fundamentally wrong with your post. You suggest that I up the clock-rate of my PS/2 port so that it gives the mouse a 'smoother feel' when you blatently quoted me on THE KEYBOARD ISSUE. Nobody likes a smart-ass know it all, especially when they don't read the bloody thing in the first place. I don't particularly appreciate people telling me to stfu, so I would ask you nicely to not do so again, and then go away.

Hey whats up neeyo, how you doing? (btw welcome to LQ)

thymox-
usb keyboards some times act as usb hub devices. would you count that as a benefit? usb keyboards can be plugged in and out and in again with out rebooting the computer (called "hot-swapping"). would you count that as a benefit? neither of these things can be done with ps/2 keyboards. just b/c you cannot think of a use for something does not mean that there is not a use for it.

I think everyone needs to calm down. This thread seems to be getting out of hand.

And to add though, I see how usb hot swapping for a keyboard can become useful, but I don't ever recall when I needed to unplug my keyboard in and out while my computer is on ??

Also, to overclock a keyboard to me would be useless, as you would never tell the difference ever..

-trickykid

PS. Also any member telling the other to STFU I will personally make sure will be banned from the site, as that is uncalled for especially when opinions are being stated.

how about if the keyboard breaks

do you beat your keyboard.. ?? :D

I have had computers for over 10 years.. never actually had a keyboard break by normal use.. hmmm.. good luck I guess.

-trickykid

This is the first I really read this thread and I have to agree with trickykid. Try to relax. Not everyone is going to agree on things, that is one of the great things about this site - you get to see each others differing opinions/approachs to things. Try to use that to your advantage instead of seeing it as a negative.

--jeremy