Seren Install Guide V1 "New Level"

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seren · Post by **seren** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:13 am

optimix wrote:Thank you for this guide. Very nice

when emerging glibc, it tries to emerge sandbox and if you are on x86_64 (amd64), it will fail if you don't use a kernel with x86 (ia32) emulation enabled; apparently it tries to compile the sandbox package on i686. The same problem occurs for the grub package; I don't know why but it compiles it for 32 bits.

Thanks I haven't had the chance to get around to testing AMD64 if you have some workarounds and tips I can include int he guide pm them to me.

StifflerStealth · Post by **StifflerStealth** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:48 pm

seren, this should answer a lot of your questions on -march=native including how it speeds up applications

: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-60 ... ight-.html

Cheers.

gigs94 · Post by **gigs94** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:16 pm

optimix wrote:Thank you for this guide. Very nice

when emerging glibc, it tries to emerge sandbox and if you are on x86_64 (amd64), it will fail if you don't use a kernel with x86 (ia32) emulation enabled; apparently it tries to compile the sandbox package on i686. The same problem occurs for the grub package; I don't know why but it compiles it for 32 bits.

Do you have FEATURES="-sandbox" turned on in /etc/make.conf? It's on by default, so you have to turn it off manually. I don't know much about sandbox other than it gave me issues and I read to add that to make it stop. I don't have any issues with compiling things now.

On a compile-time performance note, I turned added ccache in FEATURES to speed things up as well.

optimix · Post by **optimix** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:02 am

gigs94 wrote:
optimix wrote:Thank you for this guide. Very nice

when emerging glibc, it tries to emerge sandbox and if you are on x86_64 (amd64), it will fail if you don't use a kernel with x86 (ia32) emulation enabled; apparently it tries to compile the sandbox package on i686. The same problem occurs for the grub package; I don't know why but it compiles it for 32 bits.
Do you have FEATURES="-sandbox" turned on in /etc/make.conf? It's on by default, so you have to turn it off manually. I don't know much about sandbox other than it gave me issues and I read to add that to make it stop. I don't have any issues with compiling things now.

I had no result with FEATURES="-sandbox".

markus42 · Post by **markus42** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:52 am

Hi! I'm up to stage 8 in the guide - updating GCC
I get the following error:
* Messages for package sys-devel/gcc-4.2.2:

* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is:
*
* /usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch
* ( gcc-configure-texinfo.patch )
*
* ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-4.2.2 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 1701: Called dyn_unpack
* ebuild.sh, line 817: Called qa_call 'src_unpack'
* ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_unpack
* gcc-4.2.2.ebuild, line 55: Called gcc_src_unpack
* toolchain.eclass, line 1100: Called epatch '/usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch'
* eutils.eclass, line 161: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Cannot find \$EPATCH_SOURCE!"
* The die message:
* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE!
*

This has happened twice now. Any thoughts?

Jupiter1TX · Post by **Jupiter1TX** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:21 am

markus42 wrote:Hi! I'm up to stage 8 in the guide - updating GCC
I get the following error:
* Messages for package sys-devel/gcc-4.2.2:

* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is:
*
* /usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch
* ( gcc-configure-texinfo.patch )

This has happened twice now. Any thoughts?

Yep same here. I copied the patch from the portage gcc and it worked fine.
/usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files

If anyone has any clue on the glibc sandbox error i would greatly appreciate it.
The FEATURES fix does not work for me either.
This seems to happen to me on a x86_64 build

seren · Post by **seren** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:11 am

markus42 wrote:Hi! I'm up to stage 8 in the guide - updating GCC
I get the following error:
* Messages for package sys-devel/gcc-4.2.2:

* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is:
*
* /usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch
* ( gcc-configure-texinfo.patch )
*
* ERROR: sys-devel/gcc-4.2.2 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 1701: Called dyn_unpack
* ebuild.sh, line 817: Called qa_call 'src_unpack'
* ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_unpack
* gcc-4.2.2.ebuild, line 55: Called gcc_src_unpack
* toolchain.eclass, line 1100: Called epatch '/usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch'
* eutils.eclass, line 161: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Cannot find \$EPATCH_SOURCE!"
* The die message:
* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE!
*

This has happened twice now. Any thoughts?

looks like there is a patch missing from the overlay ill add it and reupload

markus42 · Post by **markus42** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:39 am

When I manually copy the patch files from /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files to /usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files,I get this error when compiling gcc:

mharch / # emerge gcc
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild Manifests...
!!! A file is not listed in the Manifest: '/usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch'

I'm pretty sure I tried this in my previous attempt as well and got the same error.

seren · Post by **seren** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:48 am

markus42 wrote:When I manually copy the patch files from /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files to /usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files,I get this error when compiling gcc:

mharch / # emerge gcc
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild Manifests...
!!! A file is not listed in the Manifest: '/usr/local/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/gcc-configure-texinfo.patch'

I'm pretty sure I tried this in my previous attempt as well and got the same error.

That error is normal, when you see something like that you have to remember portage checks directories for all the files needed, if it finds more than it expects (whats stored in a manifest) if will error out, assuming something may be there that is a security risk. when you add a file to the overlay you need to 're digest' the manifest by running emerge --digest gcc, its safe to ctrl-c (kill) the emerge at the configure stage by then the manifest has been generated; its then safe to run the step you left off at.

markus42 · Post by **markus42** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:23 am

Done! Compiling gcc now.

Thanks all

Jupiter1TX · Post by **Jupiter1TX** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:19 pm

Has anyone found a fix for the amd64 glibc sandbox error mentioned above?

Buddman · Post by **Buddman** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:46 pm

Jupiter1TX wrote:Has anyone found a fix for the amd64 glibc sandbox error mentioned above?

I found that switching to GCC 4.2 would work. I was getting the error before I would switch from the previous version of GCC, but after switching did not have the problem. All is up and running using this guide except for that one little burp.

sneakerski · Post by **sneakerski** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:39 am

your best bet for the amd64 error is to use a kernel with ia32 emulation built-in. as mentioned, grub only builds on 32bit anyway, so you'll need the emulation support anyway

Seventjah · Post by **Seventjah** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:28 am

Just a small question, does this livecd support wireless network ? If not, could you tell me what livecd to use?

Thanks!

seren · Post by **seren** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:37 pm

I would recommend using Sabayon Mini edition. It should have the features and support almost all hardware out of the box.

Seventjah · Post by **Seventjah** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:20 am

Thanks! I'll try out this install guide very soon, when I have some time <3

eremini · Post by **eremini** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:36 am

are you going to update the guide to use zen sources?

sneakerski · Post by **sneakerski** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:55 am

eremini wrote:are you going to update the guide to use zen sources?

zen-sources is in the custom-kernels overlay just the same as kamikaze-sources is. simply emerge zen-sources instead of kamikaze and the rest is the same.
EDIT: ahh i see, kamikaze is dead. seren will most likely update the guide when he gets a chance. thanks for the tip!

eremini · Post by **eremini** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:28 am

Yeah, I know how to install it, was just hinting that it would be good for new users of the guide who don't follow the "Unsupported Software" forum as much as I do

muxav · Post by **muxav** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:28 am

Hallo,
first of all I want to thank seren for his detailed guide! I'd really love to setup this kind of high performance configuration on my computer but it doesn't work the way it should: As soon as I try to emerge the kernel sources I get the following error, no matter whether I use kamikaze, zen, dark, whatever...

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small-gentoo_amd64 / # emerge kamikaze-sources
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild Manifests...

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1 to /
>>> Downloading 'http://www.at.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2'
--02:24:07--  http://www.at.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2'
Resolving www.at.kernel.org... 81.223.20.167
Connecting to www.at.kernel.org|81.223.20.167|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 45,488,158 (43M) [application/octet-stream]

100%[========================================================================>] 45,488,158   745.02K/s    ETA 00:00

02:25:17 (742.78 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2' saved [45488158/45488158]

>>> Downloading 'http://www.uk.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2'
--02:25:17--  http://www.uk.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2'
Resolving www.uk.kernel.org... 212.219.56.131, 212.219.56.146, 212.219.56.162, ...
Connecting to www.uk.kernel.org|212.219.56.131|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://www.uk.kernel.org/sites/ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2 [following]
--02:25:17--  http://www.uk.kernel.org/sites/ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2'
Reusing existing connection to www.uk.kernel.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 9,161,681 (8.7M) [text/plain]

100%[========================================================================>] 9,161,681    744.88K/s    ETA 00:00

02:25:30 (674.28 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2' saved [9161681/9161681]

>>> Downloading 'http://kamikaze.waninkoko.info/patches/2.6.24/kamikaze1/linux-2.6.24-rc2-kamikaze1.bz2'
--02:25:30--  http://kamikaze.waninkoko.info/patches/2.6.24/kamikaze1/linux-2.6.24-rc2-kamikaze1.bz2
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/linux-2.6.24-rc2-kamikaze1.bz2'
Resolving kamikaze.waninkoko.info... 87.106.193.63
Connecting to kamikaze.waninkoko.info|87.106.193.63|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1,280,697 (1.2M) [text/plain]

100%[========================================================================>] 1,280,697    741.66K/s             

02:25:32 (739.79 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/linux-2.6.24-rc2-kamikaze1.bz2' saved [1280697/1280697]

 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                          [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                         [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                        [ ok ]
 * checking patch-2.6.24-rc2.bz2 ;-) ...                                                                      [ ok ]
 * checking linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2 ;-) ...                                                                      [ ok ]
 * checking linux-2.6.24-rc2-kamikaze1.bz2 ;-) ...                                                            [ ok ]
>>> Preparing to unpack ...
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/work

 * FATAL: unable to locate:
 * /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/distdir/linux-.bz2
 * for read-only. The file either has incorrect permissions
 * or does not exist.
 * 
 * ERROR: sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   35:  Called src_unpack
 *             environment, line 3032:  Called kernel-2_src_unpack
 *             environment, line 2235:  Called unipatch 'src_unpack'
 *             environment, line 3450:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                       diefunc "$FUNCNAME" "$LINENO" "$?" Unable to locate ${i};
 *  The die message:
 *   Unable to locate /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/distdir/linux-.bz2
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/temp/environment'.
 * 

 * Messages for package sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1:

 * FATAL: unable to locate:
 * /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/distdir/linux-.bz2
 * for read-only. The file either has incorrect permissions
 * or does not exist.
 * 
 * ERROR: sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   35:  Called src_unpack
 *             environment, line 3032:  Called kernel-2_src_unpack
 *             environment, line 2235:  Called unipatch 'src_unpack'
 *             environment, line 3450:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                       diefunc "$FUNCNAME" "$LINENO" "$?" Unable to locate ${i};
 *  The die message:
 *   Unable to locate /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/distdir/linux-.bz2
 * 
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/temp/environment'.

I have absolutely no idea what this wants to tell me. I hope somebody can help me...

seren · Post by **seren** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:48 am

I need to update the guide this weekend. but i would say to use zen-sources as a replacement to kamikaze sources so any references to kamikaze replace with zen for now. any other questions let me know.

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:55 pm

muxav,

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 *   Unable to locate /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/kamikaze-sources-2.6.24_rc2-r1/distdir/linux-.bz2

Suggests that the ebuild is looking for the wrong file. Its unlikely a file called linux-.bz2 exists.

hurricane · Post by **hurricane** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:19 pm

Is it normal that on step 8.2 - Re-Building Toolkit - the command "emerge portage" does nothing?

I only get the following:

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These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies         ... done!

Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB

Nothing to merge; would you like to auto-clean packages? [Yes/No] y
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...

>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.

I could force a recompile by changing a use-flag. (eg doc)
But would that make sense? (It would certanly pull in packages that i don't want do be installed this early.)

hurricane · Post by **hurricane** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:13 pm

At the end of "sh ~/emwrap.sh -sb1" in step 8.2, i get the following output

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 these failed to build
net-misc/openssh-4.7_p1-r3
net-misc/openssh-4.7_p1-r3
sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.4
sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc4
sys-apps/portage-2.1.4_rc4
net-misc/openssh-4.7_p1-r3
x11-libs/libXmu-1.0.3
x11-libs/libXt-1.0.5
sys-devel/autoconf-2.61-r1
app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.2-r2
app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.4-r1
x11-libs/libXt-1.0.5

 these remain to build

and then a whole screen of nothing. (So that the above stuff goes into the scroll buffer.)

Now i don't want to continue with the guide, as if nothing happened... until someone (Seren?) can tell me what to do...

kernelOfTruth · Post by **kernelOfTruth** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:47 am

I'm curious: what does your livecds include beside kamikaze5? (I'll probably will be dependent on it for my new laptop (esp. the x86 version))

many thanks in advance

Seren Install Guide V1 "New Level"

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Is this normal?

Another problem: