A newbie qestion: install gnome error

favora · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 6

hi, all

I am installing gnome these days, but it frustrate me at this problem, I am really sad. I can't know how to solve this, I googled it but had no lucky.
so I came here, hope can get solved about the problem. I really want to get into the gentoo world. I am inspired by its package system, I like that it can compile packages personally what I like.

firstly, I login into gentoo console, and set my USE flag like this:

Clad in Sky · l33t Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 887 Location: Germany

Hello,

as far as I can see you did nearly everything right.
Read the end of what you posted, it tells you where you went wrong:

cach0rr0 · Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:45 am Post subject:

take the 'avahi' USE flag out
you will not likely ever need it, and itll make your install a pain
if at some point down the road you need it, pull it in, but otherwise scrap it.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject:

favora,

Welcome to Gentoo.

From your first post, you have chosen the wrong profile. Gentoo provides three profiles for you to choose from.
10.0, 10.0/server and 10.0/desktop. The first is pretty bare - you have to set all your own USE flags.
The other two have some sensible defualt settings for a server or a desktop system.

Do

favora · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 6

hi,

I removed avahi support, it's a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network. I think I don't need them at present. my USE setting looks like:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject:

favora,

Circular dependencies are a feature rather than a bug. They are worked around in two ways.
In system (emerge system) portage is told to assume that certain packages are present, so it doesn't check for them.
Gentoo provides them so it works. If you do manage to remove one of these packages and you can, then things break.

Later, circular dependences are caused by building things with options that create circular dependences.
The fix now is to do the builds twice, once with the circular dependences broken by turning off some options and again with the options you really want.

X docs and cups are all well known for causing circular dependences.

A word about USE flags. USE flags can se set in several places. First, the gentoo developers set them in your profile.
Next, you set them globally in make.conf. On a per package basis, USE flags are set in /etc/portage/package.use.
Lastly, USE flags can be set on the command line but this is a very bad idea.

To see the flags set in your profile and in make.conf, run

d2_racing · Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject:

After you changed your profile, can you post this :

favora · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 6

Hi,

I have add hald and consolekit already. my gnome compilation is ok now, and I am updating after I type "emerge -auDNv world ".

and I am waiting for update processing. after updating process, I will see if gnome can run successfully

Below is my "emerge --info" messages. I removed avahi, and the circle dependencies was gone.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject:

favora,

d2_racing · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:59 am Post subject:

favora, can you post this :

favora · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 6

hi,
at present, I have done these things: emerge gnome, emerge xorg-server. After then, I can use "startx" to enter into gnome environment.
but the application menu has nothing actions.

here is my cpuinfo: which argument should I set to replace for "-march=i686", for using my architecture more effectively?

and if I change my gentoo profile to ddefault/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, what should I do later, maybe I need to update the whole gentoo again, right?

at least, I can see the gnome desktop right now, Can I stick on the current profile settings, though maybe it's a bit problems, but this require me the least changes to do. If I changed to desktop profile, it can do every thing for me, maybe I just need "emerge xorg-server gnome", after that, just type "startx" to enter the gnome, right?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject:

favora,

Set -march=native and gcc will work out what it best for your CPU.

Add

favora · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 6

hi,

my gentoo is working on my pc now.
I built gentoo from bottom to top (I mean from kernel, grub, to desktop environment), and have no package build errors.
it indeed is a outstanding system

.

Thanks all your help. I would like to thinks gentoo's developers too.

d2_racing · Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

Nice, good luck and welcome aboard