Forum: Gentoo Linux

Hi all Im on about my 3rd or 4th attemp to install gentoo now, each time have failed upto now. I come down to the concluesion that my system...

Hi all, I have decided that I am going to try and tackle Gentoo this week. I was wondering...for a novice/intermediate Linux user, which stage...

I am ready to bootstrap my system but I first was wondering if anyone has any approximations as to how long it may take?? Athlon xp 2800+ cpu...

I am thinking of switching from Debian to Gentoo and figured this would be the best place to ask for pointers before I finalize my decision and begin...

Well, I have emerged kde on my gentoo-box and just wondered how I get to completely remove it from my box again? And with completely, I mean removing...

Ok here is my problem. I have emerge xscreensaver and it works just fine when I type xscreensaver in a console. But I want the screensaver to...

Hi, I have a quick question: What is the smallest Gentoo distribution I can get? I have a very slow internet connection, and was wanting to...

Hey Everyone, I recently installed Gentoo. Everything went okay apart from /boot refusing to mount from /dev/hda1 on startup when it says mounting...

I am attempting to extract a portage snapshot from the 2005.0 cd. I am using this command tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20050303.tar.bz2...

I was curious if Gentoo had a default standard between KDE or Gnome? Is one recommened over the other for Gentoo?

Strange... if i play a cd as root i have no problem. If i use xmms as a regular user the cd plays.... but all i hear is static. All the settings in...

I have a fairly major Problem here.... I have AOL :cry: While using Debian, I am able to connect using PengAOL. How can I use it to get online...

Look this isnt one of those "I am A Newb, Tell ME which stage" Umm Ok, yesterday I got gentoo running, 2004.3, problem is it was pissed because...

Ah... this might seem like a rather long setup before I get to the actual questions... I apologize in advance, I'm just trying to explain where I'm...

I have fvwm installed along with KDE and I was just wondering how do you get fvwm running without first starting a different window manager I get an...

~new to forum~ Hmm... Well first off hello to all. Soo, I've trudged my way through my first gentoo install. I don't think I've had that much...

I am using Vidalinux. I did "emerge system --update". Everything went well, until the end. It said there were six files that needed to be updated in...

Hi all, Everytime I try to change the properties of the GNOME panel by right clicking and going to propeties, the panel crashes. Any ideas as to...

Lately, I've been getting annoyed at the bias toward Linux -cough- Blizzard -sneeze- so I put Windows XP on my second hard drive. Now, to switch...

Will Gentoo have a graphical loader for '05? I've always been too lazy to read the handbook so I never wanted to do the old hellish install of text...