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OK I know people are going to tell me I haven't searched, but I have searched my butt off. Here Is the first search i did: http://forums.shallax.com/search.php?mode=results http://forums.shallax.com/search.php?mode=results http://gentoox.shallax.com/ http://shallax.com:2000/ http://gentoox.shallax.c...

Hi, I am having trouble understanding what is taking up so much space on my Gentoox? I have a 4GB loopback file, with nothing on it other than X, the Kernel, Fluxbox, Samba, Proftpd Mplayer - Mplayer's codecs, and the basic compilers and tools (although these have been updated) that came with the sh...

Hi, I tried this method - but after I mount the image, I don't seem to be able to ping anything. (I can't do emerge sync). Is this because my network settings have somehow changed? If so how do I enable networking? If config says: linux1 / # ifconfig Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (No such file ...

Well I already thought of mounting the lopback file system and chrooting. But I wasn't sure if it was possible. Anyway i found out how to use distcc on my own - so i am not just the irritating n00b you seem to think I am. I am newish to Gentoox - but not to Gentoo which I have used for 3 years (prio...

You are not big on conversation I see. ;) As I explained I have three files there. drwxr-xr-x 3 root portage 128 May 13 15:29 . drwxr-xr-x 72 root root 5152 May 13 10:34 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 12 11:53 .keep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 20 2005 package.mask drwxrwsr-x 2 root portage 48 Jan ...

Oh you are real helpful you are.

I did. I found nothing specific. Clearly you 'l33t' searching skills are better than mine.

Why waste your energy hitting the reply button if you couldn't be bothered replying?

GJ

Hi I read this tutorial on how to install masked packages: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=3. Unfortunately I don't have any of the files it mentions in /etc/portage. I only have three files there called .keep package.mask and a folder called 'sets'. I want to ...

Hi, is it possible to upgrade to a 2.6xx kernel when Gentoox has been installed on my E partition as a loopback install? If so, how can this be achieved? Does anyone have any tips or instructions for doing this? (i can handle the kernel compile - it's how to install the kernel on a loppback install ...

I may just have found the answer to my other question too: http://forums.shallax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2778&highlight=digital The problem is that I don't have a file in /etc/called: /etc/asound.conf I do have a similarly named file in: /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsasound.confd So w...

Edit: resolved this issue by installing ALSA OSS Package and selecting OSS sound out in LastFM player - now lastFM player plays natively! I still would welcome advice on getting digital sound working though.... > Speaking of LastFM player can anyone actually get it to work too? >http://www.last.fm/d...

Hi, I am really impressed with Gentoox, it is a terrific piece of work. However I installed Gentoox on my xbox, so that I could listen to LastFMplayer on a very quiet system with full digital audio support. Unfortunately digital audio support seems to be non functioning. This is a major set back - a...

Hi I was contemplating doing an 'emerge system' on the Xbox - however after installing sveral basic apps - and this taking nearly 6 hours to complete, I was wondering if there might be another way? For example, I have another much faster PC - so would it be possible somehow to quickly and easily pas...

Yes I know what gentoo is about. I used it for about 3 years prior to using Debian - which I have now used for two years. What put me off then though was the long compile times. AFAIK (since I never used any binaries in Gentoo in the past and simply do not know) it is possible to use binaries - and ...

Is there a way to install gentoox without having to compile everything?

I mean, what if I just wanted to install binaries. Is this possible?

GJ

Hi, when was the last version of gentoox released?

The home page appears to imply that the last version was released on the 23-Aug-2003 (or at least it says 'added on the 23-Aug-2003'. is gentoox really that old - or is that just the last time the web page was updated?

GJ