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moneyslap03 · 08-29-2007, 10:10 PM

i installed gentoo already and login as root but it gives me a 1970s computer menu interface can someone post on how to get the good looking desktop menu

**Sinfulfate** · 08-30-2007, 06:22 AM

type in the terminal

Code:

emerge gnome

Gentoo is a bare bones linux distro which it allows you to customize it to your liking. Installing Gnome will give you a desktop environment so it will look like this.

moneyslap03 · 08-30-2007, 11:19 AM

It was going fine in the begining of the process then I got error messages and it stopped the emerge process help

EDIT: Should i start all over again or is there a solution

EDIT2:Im starting over

**Sinfulfate** · 08-30-2007, 09:42 PM

Did it work?

moneyslap03 · 08-31-2007, 02:50 AM

no it didnt work but this time it went to 103 of 257 and then i got errors and it stopped i need serious help
EDIT: the gentoo install is easy from the wiki but the gnome thing is hard i tried kde and got masked package errors i formated my hard drive i will setup gentoo when more instructions come in for gnome

and i like your menu can you give me process you went through with no errors

thanks

**Sinfulfate** · 09-01-2007, 08:00 AM

I just typed in emerge gnome and it didnt have any errors. I have seen a few people here have problems installing gnome or KDE the only thing I can think of is that something went wrong during the install the gentoo.

TacticalFart · 09-01-2007, 01:35 PM

The following message has nothing to do with the problems you are having, but it was a problem I ran into and I had to reinstall 7+ times before I noticed it. When you edit rc.conf (I think) the wiki tells you to change the XSESSION from "Gnome" to "fluxbox". When you do this... DELETE THE WHOLLY UNHOLY "#" FROM I FRONT OF IT!!! I didn't figure it out untill I tried several installs, but it tricks the booting process into thinking that line is unimportant and is just note for the user, and ignores it. When it does this it boots under a "vanilla" xsession, whitch I thought was fluxbox. And when I would install kde (too impatiant for gnome) and change it, it wouldn't boot under kde.

Also question for sinfulfate. I think I know how to my external hard drive now. When I use mount /dev/whatever, do I need to type in a flag or something to allow me to write? I figure out how to mount now, I just can't write.

explosions · 09-01-2007, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TacticalFart

The following message has nothing to do with the problems you are having, but it was a problem I ran into and I had to reinstall 7+ times before I noticed it. When you edit rc.conf (I think) the wiki tells you to change the XSESSION from "Gnome" to "fluxbox". When you do this... DELETE THE WHOLLY UNHOLY "#" FROM I FRONT OF IT!!! I didn't figure it out untill I tried several installs, but it tricks the booting process into thinking that line is unimportant and is just note for the user, and ignores it. When it does this it boots under a "vanilla" xsession, whitch I thought was fluxbox. And when I would install kde (too impatiant for gnome) and change it, it wouldn't boot under kde.

Also question for sinfulfate. I think I know how to my external hard drive now. When I use mount /dev/whatever, do I need to type in a flag or something to allow me to write? I figure out how to mount now, I just can't write.

Well I'm not Sinfulfate

, but is it NTFS?

TacticalFart · 09-01-2007, 05:19 PM

No. It's FAT32 I believe. I can mount and read it, but I can't write to it. That's my only problem. I don't care if I can pull a "plug-and-play" trick with it, even though I would like to, and have to mount it repeatedly, but for now I just want to be able to write to it.

08-29-2007, 10:10 PM	#1
moneyslap03 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6 Trader Feedback: 0	Gentoo Help i installed gentoo already and login as root but it gives me a 1970s computer menu interface can someone post on how to get the good looking desktop menu

08-30-2007, 06:22 AM	#2
Sinfulfate Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: End of the World Posts: 5,150 Trader Feedback: 0	type in the terminal Code: emerge gnome Gentoo is a bare bones linux distro which it allows you to customize it to your liking. Installing Gnome will give you a desktop environment so it will look like this.

08-30-2007, 11:19 AM	#3
moneyslap03 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6 Trader Feedback: 0	It was going fine in the begining of the process then I got error messages and it stopped the emerge process help EDIT: Should i start all over again or is there a solution EDIT2:Im starting over Last edited by moneyslap03; 08-30-2007 at 12:28 PM..

08-31-2007, 02:50 AM	#5
moneyslap03 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6 Trader Feedback: 0	no it didnt work but this time it went to 103 of 257 and then i got errors and it stopped i need serious help EDIT: the gentoo install is easy from the wiki but the gnome thing is hard i tried kde and got masked package errors i formated my hard drive i will setup gentoo when more instructions come in for gnome and i like your menu can you give me process you went through with no errors thanks Last edited by moneyslap03; 08-31-2007 at 03:14 AM..

08-30-2007, 09:42 PM	#4
Sinfulfate Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: End of the World Posts: 5,150 Trader Feedback: 0	Did it work?

09-01-2007, 08:00 AM	#6
Sinfulfate Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: End of the World Posts: 5,150 Trader Feedback: 0	I just typed in emerge gnome and it didnt have any errors. I have seen a few people here have problems installing gnome or KDE the only thing I can think of is that something went wrong during the install the gentoo.

09-01-2007, 01:35 PM	#7
TacticalFart Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Trader Feedback: 0	The following message has nothing to do with the problems you are having, but it was a problem I ran into and I had to reinstall 7+ times before I noticed it. When you edit rc.conf (I think) the wiki tells you to change the XSESSION from "Gnome" to "fluxbox". When you do this... DELETE THE WHOLLY UNHOLY "#" FROM I FRONT OF IT!!! I didn't figure it out untill I tried several installs, but it tricks the booting process into thinking that line is unimportant and is just note for the user, and ignores it. When it does this it boots under a "vanilla" xsession, whitch I thought was fluxbox. And when I would install kde (too impatiant for gnome) and change it, it wouldn't boot under kde. Also question for sinfulfate. I think I know how to my external hard drive now. When I use mount /dev/whatever, do I need to type in a flag or something to allow me to write? I figure out how to mount now, I just can't write.

09-01-2007, 05:19 PM	#9
TacticalFart Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Trader Feedback: 0	No. It's FAT32 I believe. I can mount and read it, but I can't write to it. That's my only problem. I don't care if I can pull a "plug-and-play" trick with it, even though I would like to, and have to mount it repeatedly, but for now I just want to be able to write to it.

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