This is related to 89143. You follow the prompts and it doesn't work. The response to 89143 was follow the handbook. I did but you still get to places where the commands generate errors and you can't go on. If you try to follow the emerge -pretend instructions this also gets to a place where it won't work any more. In the steps to reproduce I tell you what I did the first time. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1.live cd setup 2.get to 7.e. 3.try for ati drivers, get instructions. 4. These instructions: livecd linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r5 # emerge --pretend ati-drivers These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0-r2 [ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.8 [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.9-r1 [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r2 [ebuild N ] x11-base/opengl-update-2.1.1-r1 [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 [ebuild N ] media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 [ebuild N ] sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.5-r1 [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-197 livecd linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r5 # 5. get to this part: emerge =media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 6. Get this error: * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. livecd linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r5 # emerge =media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 to / >>> Downloading http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo/distfiles/fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm --05:35:34-- http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo/distfiles/fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm => `/usr/portage/distfiles/fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm' Resolving mirror.datapipe.net... 64.27.65.115 Connecting to mirror.datapipe.net[64.27.65.115]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 3,787,977 [application/x-rpm] 100%[=======================================>] 3,787,977 187.26K/s ETA 00:00 05:35:54 (185.33 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm' saved [3787977/3787977] >>> md5 src_uri ;-) fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Unable to find kernel sources at /usr/src/linux * This package requires Linux sources. * Please make sure that /usr/src/linux points at your running kernel, * (or the kernel you wish to build against). * Alternatively, set the KERNEL_DIR environment variable to the kernel sources location !!! ERROR: media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 failed. !!! Function linux-info_pkg_setup, Line 509, Exitcode 1 !!! Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. livecd linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r5 # ls COPYING Makefile System.map fs kernel net sound CREDITS Module.symvers arch include lib patches.txt usr Documentation README crypto init linux scripts vmlinux MAINTAINERS REPORTING-BUGS drivers ipc mm security livecd linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r5 # cd usr livecd usr # cd src bash: cd: src: No such file or directory livecd usr # ls Makefile gen_init_cpio.c initramfs_data.cpio.gz built-in.o initramfs_data.S initramfs_data.o gen_init_cpio initramfs_data.cpio initramfs_list livecd usr # emerge =media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Unable to find kernel sources at /usr/src/linux * This package requires Linux sources. * Please make sure that /usr/src/linux points at your running kernel, * (or the kernel you wish to build against). * Alternatively, set the KERNEL_DIR environment variable to the kernel sources location !!! ERROR: media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19 failed. !!! Function linux-info_pkg_setup, Line 509, Exitcode 1 !!! Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. livecd usr # Actual Results: As you can see from my copy paste I tried to find if the command would work in other directories. I think the setup has put the files the command is looking somewhere but I don't know where. I AM following the instruction in order, but the stuff it needs is not where the instructor thinks it is, or is not there at all. Expected Results: When you follow the instructions it should continue with the install. I will try the attachment. I am ssh into the whitebox which is the target of the install from a MEPIS notebook. Both ar PII 400, the whitebox has 384 ram the notebook 296 ram. It I can't install gentoo in the first place I can't use it. It seems that following the instructions should get me there. I copy/paste the commands from the handbook or the prompts directly into the ssh console, there is no possibility of typo error.
Created attachment 56490 [details] Everything about this is klunky, I think that is the file in Kmail, but I can't tell I don't know if this process is compatible with Kmail or not. I have a full description in the drafts which has a *subject* but the subject doesn't show in the browse but rather this meaningless number. Is someone intentionally trying to make this more difficult than it has to be?
Docs Team: can you make any sense of this? I can't. It looks like he is trying to force the masked version of the ebuild to install, but I really am having a tough time following this.
The attachment gives some output on kernel compilation, but the prompt (livecd ~#) makes me wonder if you're chrooted or not. Also, is /usr/src/linux a symbolic link to the kernel source you are using?
Hi Pete, I almost missed your e-mail. So you're chrooted allright. What about the symlink? """ ~# ls -l /usr/src/linux """
Pete, please answer in the bugreport... Anyway, if the symlink is missing, you need to recreate it. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7#doc_chap2 code listing 4. Make sure you are chrooted!!
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