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Bruce wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm about to manually configure a kernel when I install Gentoo on my |
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> AMD64 machine. Would like a few tips on what kernel options I should |
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> use. |
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> I've got an Athlon64 3000+, a VIA k8t800 chipset, onboard realtek ac 97 |
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> audio, radeon 9600 pro AGP card (I know I know), VIA SATA RAID |
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> controller, PROMISE SATA RAID controller, CD-RW, CD-ROM, FDD, VIA |
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> firewire controller, USB2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse & keyboard, old 36k |
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> dial-up modem (temp modem for linux), Realtek TRL8169/8110 Gigabit |
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> Ethernet NIC. |
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> Any suggestions? |
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> Bruce |
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Hi Bruce, |
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I have basically the same system...on a MSI K8T NEO FS12R mobo, except |
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I'm using a NVIDIA Geforce 2 card. I am running 3 PATA drives, 2 off the |
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onboard IDE controller and one off a PCI Promise 20269 controller. I am |
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not using the onboard SATA or RAID controllers. I had an issue with the |
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Promise controller (which was running my / partition) and had to build |
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that into the kernel but that won't get in the way on your system. |
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You want the module r8169 for the ethernet interface. I got quite stuck |
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on my first kernel build in not being able to access the network and |
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install packages. Someone on the list suggested that my IEEE1394 |
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interface might be getting assigned to 'eth0'. Sure enough, the kernel |
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had used eth0 for firewire and I stupidly configured it be my main |
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internet connection while I had the wire stuck in the 'real' network |
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interface (assigned 'eth1'). |
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Now I've built Realtek 8169 support into the kernel (so I don't need to |
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load the module) and it now gets assigned first, aka, 'etho'. So watch |
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out for that one. |
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I've got sound going. The appropriate alsa driver is 'snd-via82xx' (but |
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I built that in also on the second go). |
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I've read of some config issues with SATA drives but since I don't have |
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any I'm a happy camper. |
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Can't think of any other issues. Good luck. |
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Terry Smith |
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