gentoo login problem

[~PSPIMPIN~]

when i get to the login part on gentoo, where it says:

Welcome to localhost

Login:
Password:

i don't know what to type in for Login, i set my password, but on the gentoo howto, it never gave instructions to make a login, so if anyone knows what to put in at Login, please help me

[asong26]

Originally Posted by ~PSPIMPIN~

when i get to the login part on gentoo, where it says:

Welcome to localhost

Login:
Password:

i don't know what to type in for Login, i set my password, but on the gentoo howto, it never gave instructions to make a login, so if anyone knows what to put in at Login, please help me

See what I mean? You're having way too many problems. And as I've pointed out and suggested before, you're not following the directions. If you follow the directions, you wouldn't have these login issues.

In the Gentoo, install instructions, there is a section that walks you through setting up password for root. Open up your browser, go to the site where you see the gentoo install instructions and do a text search for 'passwd'

[~PSPIMPIN~]

Originally Posted by asong26

See what I mean? You're having way too many problems. And as I've pointed out and suggested before, you're not following the directions. If you follow the directions, you wouldn't have these login issues.

In the Gentoo, install instructions, there is a section that walks you through setting up password for root. Open up your browser, go to the site where you see the gentoo install instructions and do a text search for 'passwd'

no, i set the password, but i dont know what to type in where it says:

Login:

[asong26]

Originally Posted by ~PSPIMPIN~

no, i set the password, but i dont know what to type in where it says:

Login:

What the heck? How are you installing Gentoo? Are you installing it using the official stage4 tarball?, or are you installing it from scratch using only the liveCD? If you're installing it from scratch from liveCD, I can't help you.

You should be using the offical stage4 tarball, unless you really know what you're doing. If you follow the official instruction set with the official tarball, then you won't have these problems:

http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/cell...allGentooOnPS3


During my install process, there was no prompt that asked me for "login:"

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You don't give up.... I like that (vigilance). My offer to walk you through it still stands. PM me with your phone number... It's only a 30 minute process. This way, you will get to enjoy Gentoo fairly quickly. I know how frustrating it can be when you're misguided, and trying to figure it all out on your own....
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Wait... One more point of clarification: Are you talking about the login screen after Gentoo has been installed? If so, use root as userid, and whatever passwd you've set using passwd command during the install.

During the install, when you are setting the passwords, you are actually setting the password for ther user 'root'

[~PSPIMPIN~]

yes, after i installed it, but i just tried using 'root' for the user id and when i type in my pass word, it says incorrect login... soooooo, i guess i did something wrong when installing it

do you have and AIM account, if so than you can send it to me in a private message if you want and walk me through it via AIM

[asong26]

Originally Posted by ~PSPIMPIN~

yes, after i installed it, but i just tried using 'root' for the user id and when i type in my pass word, it says incorrect login... soooooo, i guess i did something wrong when installing it

do you have and AIM account, if so than you can send it to me in a private message if you want and walk me through it via AIM

No AIM.

[~PSPIMPIN~]

do you have a cell phone, if so, what service (verizon, cingular, t-mobile, etc)

[asong26]

Originally Posted by ~PSPIMPIN~

do you have a cell phone, if so, what service (verizon, cingular, t-mobile, etc)

Cingular.
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PM Sent.

[cyanide]

LOL dude, just LOL!
Keep going though, I like that you won't give up. Linux needs more people like you

[asong26]

Originally Posted by cyanide

LOL dude, just LOL!
Keep going though, I like that you won't give up. Linux needs more people like you

Horray! PSPIMPIN is up and running on Gentoo!

Whew, felt like giving birth......(not that I know what that feels like)

Go tear up those linux codes PSPIMPIN!!


PSPIMPIN: Now that you're running Gentoo, and have portage configured, it is vital that you replace the /etc/make.conf file with the one that I sent you.

First, birng up a command prompt. Type su / password.

type: rm /etc/make.conf

While you're on root permission, type konqueror. Once the browser launches go to your email inbox, and download the file, and save it on /etc/

Now just to make sure you've got the file copied in the correct directory do this:

ls -l /etc/make.conf

if you see make.conf return, then you're set. You can now emerge VLC, MPlayer, xmame, gxmame, snex9x, or whatever else you want without worrying about getting the use flags correct. Since, I've done all that for you already, all you need to do now is 'emerge' , and enjoy.

Best of luck to you.

[~PSPIMPIN~]

Originally Posted by asong26

Horray! PSPIMPIN is up and running on Gentoo!

Whew, felt like giving birth......(not that I know what that feels like)

Go tear up those linux codes PSPIMPIN!!


PSPIMPIN: Now that you're running Gentoo, and have portage configured, it is vital that you replace the /etc/make.conf file with the one that I sent you.

First, birng up a command prompt. Type su / password.

type: rm /etc/make.conf

While you're on root permission, type konqueror. Once the browser launches go to your email inbox, and download the file, and save it on /etc/

Now just to make sure you've got the file copied in the correct directory do this:

ls -l /etc/make.conf

if you see make.conf return, then you're set. You can now emerge VLC, MPlayer, xmame, gxmame, snex9x, or whatever else you want without worrying about getting the use flags correct. Since, I've done all that for you already, all you need to do now is 'emerge' , and enjoy.

Best of luck to you.

asong26, when i type in "ls -I /etc/make.conf", it says;
dead.letter livecd

[asong26]

Originally Posted by ~PSPIMPIN~

asong26, when i type in "ls -I /etc/make.conf", it says;
dead.letter livecd

It's -i and not -I

[~PSPIMPIN~]

alright, thanks man...

now it says;

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1236 Feb 13 21:54 /etc/make.conf

is that what its supposed to say?

[asong26]

Yes, it means that the file is there.

[~PSPIMPIN~]

Great!
So now when I want to emerge something, do I still have to edit anything in the '/etc/portage/package.use' or the '/etc/portage/package.keywords'?

[cyanide]

No. Just type in emerge -vg nameofapp