I am doing a fresh install from recent minimal install CD on a notebook following gentoo's instructions. I found 3 points which are not fully correct in docs, most serious first: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml # emerge xorg-server # startx >If you see an ugly, loathsome, repulsive, deformed window manager, that's twm. But twm and xterm is not installed at this time, so we get an empty black screen when we test display prior to installing Gnome, KDE etc. >http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=8 >rc-update add net.eth0 default Seems to be obsolete now. I need this to suppress autostart: LR500 ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/rc |grep eth RC_PLUG_SERVICES="!net.eth0 !net.wlan0" http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=11 >games be able to play games >plugdev Be able to mount and use pluggable devices ... LR500 ~ # useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio,plugdev,games -s /bin/bash john useradd: unknown group games I think plugdev is unknown too without hal. Best wishes, Stefan Salewski Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install from minimal CD following instructions from Gentoo Handbook. 2. 3.
And here is one more typo: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml Code Listing 3.2: Editing 10-x11-input.fdi <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>> I think there should be only one ">" at the right.
(In reply to comment #0) > But twm and xterm is not installed at this time, so we get an empty black > screen when we test display prior to installing Gnome, KDE etc. Right, latest stable stuff does not install twm or xterm and a couple other packages. > >rc-update add net.eth0 default > > Seems to be obsolete now. I need this to suppress autostart: > LR500 ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/rc |grep eth > RC_PLUG_SERVICES="!net.eth0 !net.wlan0" That's your own unique case. Nearly everyone else uses it. > >games be able to play games > >plugdev Be able to mount and use pluggable devices ... > > LR500 ~ # useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio,plugdev,games -s /bin/bash john > useradd: unknown group games > I think plugdev is unknown too without hal. Nope. That's your own error. HAL is installed by default with xorg-server, so if you don't have it, that's your own configuration choice. Upstream expects HAL to be installed, as do our X packagers. The games group is something else; it's only relevant once you install a game. The other points have been fixed in CVS for the xorg guide.
On 2009-12-17 Stefan Salewski wrote: >>http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=8 >>rc-update add net.eth0 default >Seems to be obsolete now. Please check, seems that "rc-update add net.eth0 default" is still advertised in Gentoo documentation. But it is obsolete, most net interfaces are started without this. And please note: People get confused if they remove net interfaces from rc-update list but interface is active again after reboot.
