[huskerlug] Re: Gentoo (Sabayon) questions
- From: "Paul Andrews" <pandrews@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:54:02 -0600
I'd been waiting for the new version of sabayon to come out to give it a
try... looks like it's been out for almost a month now:
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sabayon
Sounds like it ran smoothly up to the wireless problem... which is
encouraging.
From a quick google, it sounds like you should check to make sure your
hardware works under the BCM43xx driver (I'll refer you to sources I use
for information as I am not familiar with the sabayon website):
http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_BCM43xx
> Ndiswrapper was not loading properly so I tried
> "modules-update force." That somehow stopped bcm43xx from loading (I
> get error messages now), but ndiswrapper still was not loading.
This command (`modules-update force`) checks the /etc/modules.conf file to
see if all the lines in it are currently loaded. If your order of
operations is correct, this should come after writing `ndiswrapper` to the
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file.
If your /etc/modues.conf file is still in tack, you should not have loaded
any "extra" modules as this file (at least for my installation) is
automatically generated through `modules-update` (note: the [force] command
is not usually needed in this case. To temporarally load a module (ie until
next reboot) simply use the command `modprobe <module_name>` instead of
editing the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x )
I'm still new to the RAID world, so I haven't figured out exactly what is
needed/not needed (I just followed the guides from the gentoo website:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm2.xml
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Software_RAID_mirror_and_LVM2_on_top_of_RAID)
and haven't played with it more (read: intentionally broken it). My
first
guess would be that you could simply remove the LVM2, mdadm, and raidtools
packages... (help anyone?)
You could also check to make sure `raid0` or similar are not in your
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file as that is what I had to add to mine
to get software raid working.
I don't know about lirc, but as I am link happy today:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Lirc
Paul
On 2/2/07, Boian Berberov <berberov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am new to the list. I have been using Linux, on some level, since
> Mandrake 7.2. Currently I am using a mixture of OpenSUSE 10.2, Ubuntu
> 6.06 and 6.10 and now Sabayon Linux 3.26.
>
> First, I have a few questions about Sabayon Linux. It is apparently a
> Gentoo derivative, (I am not sure what word is appropriate). When it
> installs to the hard drive it "becomes" Gentoo from what the forum
> says. This is the first time I have installed Gentoo in any form and I
> am unfamiliar with how to properly maintain it.
>
> I was unable to use the bcm43xx module to set up my wireless so I
> configured ndiswrapper. Ndiswrapper was not loading properly so I tried
> "modules-update force." That somehow stopped bcm43xx from loading (I
> get error messages now), but ndiswrapper still was not loading. I added
> the line "ndiswrapper" to "/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6" and that
> seems to work. However, I have been noticing decreased performance ever
> since I did "modules-update force." I think a few additional modules
> are loaded now and I have a few I did not need from before. What should
> I do? How do I properly manage modules?
>
> Sabayon, also seems to load both LVM, and software RAID support
> automatically, I have looked through "/etc/runlevels", but I have not
> been able to find anything. I do not need to have these features all
> the time and I was wandering if there is a way to turn them off.
>
> I have a SMC IrCC port on my laptop and have been trying to get lirc to
> work for a long time. I also have a Creative RM-900 remote from an old
> SB kit, which is supported by lirc. It would be great to be able to use
> lirc for presentations in class, and as a side-effect, it would also
> promote Linux. Has anyone been able to get lirc to work with an
> Irda/CIR port on any distribution?
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.
>
> Boian Berberov
>
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