On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:51, you wrote: > You first have to copy all the packages from the CDs to > /usr/portage/packages/, then your copy of the portage tree will match up > with the versions of the packages already on your computer. Once copied, > then run emerge gnome. Please, read the docs more carefully. This is > well covered, last time I looked, and they don't delete stuff from the > docs. Thanks! I must admit I skipped some of the instructions for stage 1 and stage 2 installs, since I was attempting a stage 3 install. Still not sure why my connection kept getting refused. Maybe the servers were really busy over there in France, which is where it seemed to be getting a lot of the packages. Vaughn > > On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 07:23, Vaughn Treude wrote: > > On Saturday 06 March 2004 18:07, you wrote: > > > To install Gnome, just run `emerge gnome`. (This is mentioned in the > > > Gentoo Handbook) > > > > True, but I was trying to be lazy and do the install from CD, since I'd > > bothered to download both CD images! But I decided, OK, I'll do it the > > right way. I got the network started and ran the "emerge gnome." The > > first time it aborted due to symbol conflicts (unfortunately I didn't run > > it to a log.) When redoing it, I noticed that many of the servers refused > > my login as "anonymous", that same of the URL's returned a 404 error, > > and that some of the other sites (particularly one with in the ".ro" > > domain - romania?) didn't respond at all. This is with following the > > instructions on the "Gentoo Linux Desktop Configuration Guide." Well, > > it's been educational. :-) It's certainly not critical, since I'm just > > configuring this as a test platform, but if anybody else has any clues, > > I'd appreciate it. > > > > Vaughn > > > > > On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 13:20, Vaughn Treude wrote: > > > > Well, I followed all the instruction and got gnome installed and > > > > booting. (Woo hoo!) I also got X installed and working. But I > > > > wanted a real desktop manager. I went to CD 2 and untarred every > > > > package that started with "gnome." Then I changed the last line of > > > > the /etc/rc.conf file to make the X session a Gnome sesssion. It > > > > tries to start, gets the "X" cursors and fails without any error > > > > messages, not to the screen or the the log file. There was formerly > > > > a failure from the "Hostname" command - the host name is set but the > > > > NIC is not yet configured - so I added the hostname to the "hosts" > > > > file, and that went away. I think that's a red herring, though, or X > > > > wouldn't work at all. Do any of you gentoo gurus out there know if > > > > there are any other necessary steps (that I may have missed) to > > > > getting gnome to work? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Vaughn > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > ---------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss