Gentoo: 10 years compiling - Testers for liveDVD enter here

[gerard27]

@likewhoa,
I ran rescuecd memtest for 12 hours:zero errors.
I tried the livedvd again but it still freezes kde.
I mounted the partition containing my /home to /mnt/gentoo.
I wanted to copy .xsession errors to my regular /home directory but I
couldn't return to console.
Had to fsck my /home partition on booting into my regular Gentoo.
Docache doesn't work.
Gerard.

[likewhoa]

@likewhoa,
I ran rescuecd memtest for 12 hours:zero errors.
I tried the livedvd again but it still freezes kde.
I mounted the partition containing my /home to /mnt/gentoo.
I wanted to copy .xsession errors to my regular /home directory but I
couldn't return to console.
Had to fsck my /home partition on booting into my regular Gentoo.
Docache doesn't work.
Gerard.

you do not have enough ram for docache as the uncompressed squashfs image is over 8G and you only have 4G of ram. You will have to just do without docache. The final image will be a lot smaller, these images are just for testing and are not final.

[gerard27]

@ likewhoa,
Well thanks for telling me now.
If you had told me this before I wouldn't have had to do the memtest!
Gerard.

[likewhoa]

@ likewhoa,
Well thanks for telling me now.
If you had told me this before I wouldn't have had to do the memtest!
Gerard.

yea, sorry about that. I have been so busy that I over looked that fact and it was mentioned in #gentoo-ten.

[90si]

Works well, only thing is the ati (flogged to death)
and any glx apps wont run (blender) but other then that
it's awesome, boots the q6600 with 16gb , finds the radeon hd 2600
and flies..it's dual head which it only shows the mirror (which is fine)
thanks for the hard work!

[Raze]

You already got a fix for the IA32 Emulation?

[likewhoa]

You already got a fix for the IA32 Emulation?

coming in later today, along with gnome-2.26

[hook]

I've been trying to download the latest snapshot for hours now from:

ftp://mirrors.sfo1.gni.com/Gentoo/ten/

and it just keeps timing out before it reaches 25%, so I have to start from anew everytime ...I've tried using Firefox as well as its DownloadItAll! plugin.

Can anyone suggest a better mirror or a better download manager? Is there a torrent somewhere?

[comprookie2000]

Mirrors LiveDvd Testing iso #1952
x86
amd64

[didomax]

In my case everything works perfectly! My configuration (lshw) is reported below.

Keep it going, Gentoo is the best dist!
Max

livecd
description: Mini Tower Computer
product: SCENIC W
vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
version: CELM
serial: YBNQ082121
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31 vsyscall64
configuration: boot=normal chassis=mini-tower uuid=BBE3FCC5-553C-11DA-A511-003005AB285C
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: D1837
vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS
physical id: 0
version: S26361-D1837
serial: 18936886
slot: Serial-1
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: FUJITSU SIEMENS // Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
physical id: 0
version: 5.00 R1.11.1837 (04/05/2005)
size: 111KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU
slot: CPU
size: 3200MHz
capacity: 3200MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1 Cache
size: 16KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: burst synchronous internal write-through data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2 Cache
size: 2MiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back unified
*-cache:2 DISABLED
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3 Cache
capacity: 16MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 25
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: Slot-1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: Slot-3
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
physical id: 2
slot: Slot-2
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
physical id: 3
slot: Slot-4
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: 82915G Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list

[NuGearz]

can I blindly copy the content of the squashfs image and fix up a bootloader and other hardware configs to

The only changes you would need to do after copying the contents of image.squashfs into your hard drive would be:

• fdisk /dev/$ROOTDEVICE # Normal gentoo stuff first..
• mount /dev/$ROOTDEVICE /mnt/gentoo # Mount your / partition, if you have more then mount at will to their correct destination
• mkdir /tmp/loop # Temp directory for squashfs contents
• mount -o loop,ro /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tmp/loop # Mounts the contents of the livedvd squashfs image to /tmp/loop
• rsync -a /tmp/loop/ /mnt/gentoo # Copy squashfs contents to hard drive
• Grub # Setup your bootloader
• Kernel Sources "You can use the .config from the dvd or just use genkernel"
• /etc/fstab
• /etc/hosts
• /etc/conf.d/net
• emerge -C livecd-tools mkxf86config sys-apps/hwsetup
• /etc/make.conf
• set root password
• Light a candle then reboot

Hey all, i'm fairly new to nix, been playing somewhat successfully with gentoo. I tried this and probably cause I don't have a good understanding couldn't get it to work. Could someone post a dummies guide to this?

[comprookie2000]

Of these steps which number did you get errors and can you post / paste them.

1. fdisk /dev/$ROOTDEVICE # Normal gentoo stuff first..
2. mount /dev/$ROOTDEVICE /mnt/gentoo # Mount your / partition, if you have more then mount at will to their correct destination
3. mkdir /tmp/loop # Temp directory for squashfs contents
4. mount -o loop,ro /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tmp/loop # Mounts the contents of the livedvd squashfs image to /tmp/loop
5. rsync -a /tmp/loop/ /mnt/gentoo # Copy squashfs contents to hard drive
6. Grub # Setup your bootloader
7. Kernel Sources "You can use the .config from the dvd or just use genkernel"
8. edit /etc/fstab
9. edit /etc/hosts
10. edit /etc/conf.d/net
11. emerge -C livecd-tools mkxf86config sys-apps/hwsetup
12. edit /etc/make.conf
13. set root password
14. Light a candle then reboot

[comprookie2000]

Hi everyone, I am putting together a FAQ. Looking for errors, suggestions, comments.
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dabbott/pr/gento ... vd-faq.xml

[hook]

OK, I somehow managed to get that 20091003-r3 snapshot ...I saw your post only after that :\

Problems that I encountered are:

• xorg-video-intel repeatedly reported an error with DRI and composite blinked so hard, that I had to turn it off in KDE to see anything at all. I'll post the details when I get hold on an "official" testing snapshot and find time to play more.
• Wicd doesn't support RFKILL yet (AFAIK) and therefore I was unable to get my wireless up. Although I like Wicd a lot more, until it gets support for the newer drivers (because of RFKILL), I think including NetworkManager is a must.

Otherwise it seems like quite a huge beast ...I kinda like it :]

[NuGearz]

It wasn't so much errors than complete confusion, also is there supposed to be a chroot in here somewhere?

Here's what i did:

1. Fdisk :
SDA1 boot ext2
SDA2 swap
SDA3 / ext4
2. Mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
(do I need to mount /proc, /boot /dev)? I didn't
3. as written
4. as written
5. as written but when it completed I was left with a dir called loop in mnt/gentoo. Inside it was all the files and dirs (etc, usr, dev etc...) I don't think this was right, is it?

6. Grub: root(hd0,0) then setup (hd0)
7. Got lost here... so I honestly didn't do anything
8. Not sure if this is different from the handbook so I just used what the handbook had (with the correct file systems)...
9 and 10 as written
11. I ran it but didn't save the error and i'm not home at the moment.
12 and 13 done...
14. The candle blew out all I was left with was a grub shell and dead in the water...

Of these steps which number did you get errors and can you post / paste them.

1. fdisk /dev/$ROOTDEVICE # Normal gentoo stuff first..
2. mount /dev/$ROOTDEVICE /mnt/gentoo # Mount your / partition, if you have more then mount at will to their correct destination
3. mkdir /tmp/loop # Temp directory for squashfs contents
4. mount -o loop,ro /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tmp/loop # Mounts the contents of the livedvd squashfs image to /tmp/loop
5. rsync -a /tmp/loop/ /mnt/gentoo # Copy squashfs contents to hard drive
6. Grub # Setup your bootloader
7. Kernel Sources "You can use the .config from the dvd or just use genkernel"
8. edit /etc/fstab
9. edit /etc/hosts
10. edit /etc/conf.d/net
11. emerge -C livecd-tools mkxf86config sys-apps/hwsetup
12. edit /etc/make.conf
13. set root password
14. Light a candle then reboot

[likewhoa]

It wasn't so much errors than complete confusion, also is there supposed to be a chroot in here somewhere?

Here's what i did:

1. Fdisk :
SDA1 boot ext2
SDA2 swap
SDA3 / ext4
2. Mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
(do I need to mount /proc, /boot /dev)? I didn't
3. as written
4. as written
5. as written but when it completed I was left with a dir called loop in mnt/gentoo. Inside it was all the files and dirs (etc, usr, dev etc...) I don't think this was right, is it?

6. Grub: root(hd0,0) then setup (hd0)
7. Got lost here... so I honestly didn't do anything
8. Not sure if this is different from the handbook so I just used what the handbook had (with the correct file systems)...
9 and 10 as written
11. I ran it but didn't save the error and i'm not home at the moment.
12 and 13 done...
14. The candle blew out all I was left with was a grub shell and dead in the water...

Of these steps which number did you get errors and can you post / paste them.

1. fdisk /dev/$ROOTDEVICE # Normal gentoo stuff first..
2. mount /dev/$ROOTDEVICE /mnt/gentoo # Mount your / partition, if you have more then mount at will to their correct destination
3. mkdir /tmp/loop # Temp directory for squashfs contents
4. mount -o loop,ro /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tmp/loop # Mounts the contents of the livedvd squashfs image to /tmp/loop
5. rsync -a /tmp/loop/ /mnt/gentoo # Copy squashfs contents to hard drive
6. Grub # Setup your bootloader
7. Kernel Sources "You can use the .config from the dvd or just use genkernel"
8. edit /etc/fstab
9. edit /etc/hosts
10. edit /etc/conf.d/net
11. emerge -C livecd-tools mkxf86config sys-apps/hwsetup
12. edit /etc/make.conf
13. set root password
14. Light a candle then reboot

You missed 7 very important and I need log for 11, go back and do 7 then try again.

[ArneBab]

The FAQ misses a link to the ISOs

Anyway: Looks nice!

[hron]

The artwork is available from Portage or some overlay?

[RevJack]

I downloaded the .iso for the anniversary test release of Gentoo 10.0, burned it to DVD and ran the live DVD. Everything seemed ok, but when it got to the desktop, this release of Gentoo would not work with my Logitech wireless keyboard and Logitech wireless mouse. They were not recognized at all. I could not type anything or move the pointer with the mouse. The only way I cour shut down my system is by a hard shutdown with the button on the computer. My system is a Gateway 5420 desktop with 1.8GHZ Core 2 duo processor, 6GB of RAM, Intel 985G chipset. Is there a fix for this issue with the wireless keyboard and mouse?

[ArneBab]

Does the LiveCD work with Open Firmware like the one from the OLPC?

-> Info: http://gentooxo.org/

[berg]

The artwork is available from Portage or some overlay?

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/10-liv ... aphics.xml

[ArneBab]

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/10-liv ... aphics.xml

The dark version is fantastically intense! Many congrats to the artist!

[likewhoa]

I downloaded the .iso for the anniversary test release of Gentoo 10.0, burned it to DVD and ran the live DVD. Everything seemed ok, but when it got to the desktop, this release of Gentoo would not work with my Logitech wireless keyboard and Logitech wireless mouse. They were not recognized at all. I could not type anything or move the pointer with the mouse. The only way I cour shut down my system is by a hard shutdown with the button on the computer. My system is a Gateway 5420 desktop with 1.8GHZ Core 2 duo processor, 6GB of RAM, Intel 985G chipset. Is there a fix for this issue with the wireless keyboard and mouse?

Final iso should have a working wireless setup.

[RevJack]

That would be great!

[VikingB]

I have used the DVd on two different PC's and also re-burned the ISO . Same problem .
See here the messages ( picture from the screen) :
http://www.culbutte.be/content/gentoo-1 ... omment-422