Ah, ok I got it working. I guess I had something muted in the mixer since I just tried enabling everything, even the weird options.

Where is the "Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack" option found? I can't seem to find it.

And I do have everything compiled in except the emu10k1 module.

I tried settup up ALSA according to the ALSA guide for my Audigy 2 ZS, which I believe uses the emu10k1 driver.

I ran alsaconf without any problems, and a lsmod seems to show that the modules are loaded:
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_midi 6560 -
snd_emu10k1_synth 6696 -
snd_emux_synth 34664 ...

If I try running smbd and nmbd they start fine without errors, so I'm not sure why the rc scripts are complaining.

I was using the Gentoo Samba guide, but when I try to start samba I get this error:

# /etc/init.d/samba start
* samba -> start: smbd... [ !! ]
* samba -> start: nmbd... [ ok ] * Error: stopping services (see system logs)
* samba -> stop: smbd... [ !! ]
* samba -> stop: nmbd... [ !! ]

I am ...

Does no one have a solution? Bah.

Yes, I do.

It's weird, and I'd really like to solve this :\.

Yes, I'm using it now.

I can use startx just fine.

When I run xdm/gdm/kdm and login, it doesn't actually load anything--it just returns me back to the login screen. This is regardless of who I login as and what session I try to start.

If anyone had any ideas, that would be helpful.

Thanks.

All right, thanks.

I have an Athlon 64, however I heard that not all apps are working under that architecture. Should I just stick to x86 for maximum flexibility? If so, when I set up my system should I just do it as if it's an Athlon XP?

Thanks.

I have a script that compiles the latest kernel I've installed (since I tend to do 2-3 a week). To change the symlink automatically you can do this (taken from the script):
cd /usr/src
KERNEL=`ls --sort=time -1 | head -n 1`
rm linux 2> /dev/null
ln -s $KERNEL linux

Is it possible to have Thunderbird use a different profile directory (on Windows) so I can put it on a FAT32 drive?

Try reading this guide.

You could try it with an already running session by doing something like:
# killall metacity
# fluxbox

I would guess that it can't find the sources for the package. Try posting the actual output of the emerge command.

Try looking at the output of these commands:
sensors -f | grep SYS | awk '{print $1, $2, $3}'
sensors -f | grep 'CPU Temp' | awk '{print $1, $2, $3}'

Try searching/post here first, since likely you are not the only one with the problem. Otherwise submit a bug to http://bugs.gentoo.org/.

Either way, include at least the output of "emerge info".

You should have probably posted this in the portage forum, where there is already a current thread about this.

There is a program called GraphCalc, that I have used on Windows for some time, and it is really cool. I just checked the site and the author has posted an early linux version. It might be cool to get this into portage.

The source is here.

The easiest way to do this if you only want to compile it once is to do (e.g.):

# cd /usr/portage/ebuilddir
# ebuild myprog-1.0.ebuild unpack
# cd /var/tmp/portage/myprog-1.0/work/
# cp ~/mypatch.patch .
# patch -p0 < mypatch.patch
# cd -
# ebuild myprog-1.0.ebuild compile
# ebuild myprog-1.0 ...

This worked for me with:
cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 --driver mmc_cdr

Thanks for the guide.

lndir is much less flexible than cp, since it always recurses and can't do some of the other nifty things that cp can.

It compiled fine this time, thanks a lot .

Oh, thanks a lot, I do have -freduce-all-givs. I will recompile.