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Gentoo install problems
Hi, I have just completed a stage 3 gentoo install. After close to 20 attempts to install with problems each time, it all seemed to go fine, apart from etc-update just before rebooting , which had some problem and gave me 3 alternatives which all did nothing and came back to the same menu. So i ctrl+c 'd and continued. After reboot it seemed to boot fine apart from one message saying
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_XSERVTransSocketOpen: socket() failed for local _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for local _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for local/asylum:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for local Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running (An X server isn't already running) Can anyone help me here, I realy want to get gentoo up and running, but it seems to be out of my league Thanks -John |
The "some filesystems failed to mount" error most probably indicates that there is something wrong with your /etc/fstab - the file that tells your system what partitions shoulda be mounted where and how. Technically speaking it could also be because you have not the required file system types in the kernel, but if you followed the instructions to the point it is not likely.
When you fdisk'd your disk(s), did you type the partition names and types down on a note? It can help later when fixing up your /etc/fstab. Or type fdisk -l /dev/hda (where /dev/hda should be replaced by whatever devicename your hard drive has) to get a list of the partition names, sizes and types on a disk. You could also type cat /etc/mtab (do not edit that file!) to see what filesystems are mounted and compare to your fstab to see what didn't work out. The /boot partition isn't mounted at boot by default on Gentoo (so it shouldn't appear in /etc/mtab, which lists mounted filesystems), and since it's booting you already have that one covered. Hope that gets you started. Håkan |
yeah, I added 2 other partitions at /music and /games which are probably the ones not working in boot. Do you have any ideas on the startx problem? I will remove those to partitions and see what happens.
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I removed the /games and /music from /etc/fstab and the error was still there. Here is the mtab and the 2 fdisk drives:
/dev/root / reiserfs rw,noatime 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7943 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1028 7771648+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) /games /dev/hda2 1168 7943 51226560 83 Linux /music /dev/hda3 1029 1167 1050840 82 Linux swap Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/hdb: 8004 MB, 8004132864 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 973 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 5 40131 83 Linux /boot /dev/hdb2 6 973 7775460 83 Linux / I should realy post the /etc/fstab too shouldn't I. I will need to reboot into gentoo get that, but if anyone can help me out with either of the problems I would appreciate it. thanks -John |
Yes, the fstab would be nice to compare to what you have posted already.
As for the X error, it seems that perhaps your kernel doesn't support UNIX domain sockets? I was under the impression XFree86 uses TCP/IP sockets but these options should make sure you have both. In the kernel configuration (I use make menuconfig), verify that you have these options enabled: Go to this location: Device drivers --> Networking support --> Networking options Check these: Unix domain sockets, Packet socket, and of course TCP/IP Networking. Håkan |
So can I make menuconfig after i have done what I have already or do I need to start again from scratch?
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this is my fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/fstab,v 1.12 2003/03/11 02:50:53 azarah Exp $ # # noatime turns of atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to # switch between notail and tail freely. # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass> # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hdb2 / reiserfs noatime,notail 0 0 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 #/dev/hda1 /music ext3 noatime 0 0 #/dev/hda2 /win vfat noatime 0 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! none /proc proc defaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
I get the same error during boot (and my system works fine)... I believe it's because there is no floppy in my floppy drive, and a (removeable) drive won't mount without media. The floppy drive is of course listed in my /etc/fstab by default.
If that's your problem as well, I wouldn't worry about it. The X problem is more of concern (if you want to use X). I've never seen this error before (so you're clearly trying to use some option that I've never enabled or tried to use), but hw-tph's suggestion seems a good place to start. Have you searched the Gentoo forums for more information on this error? |
Ok, thanks - thats good to know. I will sign up for a Gentoo forums account and see if anyone there can help me.
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I have started again from a fresh format, and am up to menuconfig. Those 3 options were enabled be default. Should I enable their sub menus aswell? Also is there anything else I should enable while I am here??
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Read the Help for each of the kernel options you want to know about. They usually give you an advisory as to what to do, and the explanations are clear enough that if there's no advisory, you can figure out what to do. If there's no Help for that function, unless I know I need it, I leave it off and have had no problems with that.
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ok i will remember that for next time :) hopefully that wont be too soon if all goes well
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same XFree86 problem...
hello all
I've had the same XFree86 problem not being able to open sockets, and it is indeed rare... All filesystems are mounted correctly, the two networking options are compiled in the kernel, but that doens't help... I haven't managed to get this working yet, I've tried many different kernel options and none of them work (except using my old kernel, which doesn't let me boot on SATA nor does it recognise eth0 - which kinda sucks doesn't it) oh, and my distro is debian, so it's not gentoo-specific.. hope you have a clue :-) |
it works...
yup it does.
I don't really know what I've done (again), compiling the kernel over and over seems to have made it change it's mind. at some point I rebooted (with a kernel I thought I had already tried, with no success) and it worked! anyway, for the helpful bit, my last .config comes from some website, you can get it here. it's a config that gives you a small and nicely done kernel, you basically just need to set a few things like cpu type, chipset, ethernet and sound card... (and reiserfs support). See the whole how-to on this page but it's in french (I can hear you say "aarghh", you should have paid more attention to what you french teacher said muahaha I can laugh it's my mother tongue) hope this helps, it has helped me a lot and now my debians run like babes |
I have found a solution on the startx problem on an other forum:
http://www.debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=191568 There is told that Unix domain sockets have to be compiled in the kernel. There it was a kernel 2.6.8 problem and the people had problems if just compiling it as module. The location where to configure it: /usr/src/linux-"whatever" make menuconfig Device Drivers-->Networking support-->Networking options--> <*> hope this helps mga |
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