From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26810 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2004 20:57:05 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 2 Dec 2004 20:57:05 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CZy0f-000505-Mn for arch-gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:57:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 7358 invoked by uid 89); 2 Dec 2004 20:57:05 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-mips-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 12326 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2004 20:57:04 +0000 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: andy set sender to afinley@gis.umn.edu using -f From: Andrew Finley Reply-To: afinley@gis.umn.edu To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <41ADDBE5.7040904@gentoo.org> References: <1101332151.12250.17.camel@populus> <41A5307E.3060507@gentoo.org> <1101660743.27092.2.camel@populus> <41AA3D7F.1030504@gentoo.org> <1101763820.18017.5.camel@populus> <41AB98BD.6030203@vt.edu> <1101767520.18017.63.camel@populus> <41ABA500.3010506@gentoo.org> <1101769623.18017.104.camel@populus> <41ABB203.6080305@gentoo.org> <1101911550.18404.10.camel@populus> <41ADDBE5.7040904@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: umn Message-Id: <1102021016.4337.44.camel@populus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 02 Dec 2004 14:56:57 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] R5000 o2 X11 and kde X-Archives-Salt: 20291b41-ed8b-4b0b-a26d-54f713483bb2 X-Archives-Hash: f2df1fddeed21a7454cd9f8d4afa779e Hi Guys, Thanks for the help, X build just fine and gdm looks o-so-nice. I tried to emerge kde, but got the (masked by: ~mips keyword). How do I get around this? Should I get around this? Do I need to put something in my /etc/portage/package.unmask? With with all my questions, you made a mini-howto for dummies:-) -andy On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 08:57, Stephen P. Becker wrote: > Andrew Finley wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > I went back through and double checked everything, rebooted, and > > resetenv, and presto, arcboot booted properly. Now we're cooking! > > > > Then tried to emerge X-org, which compiled fine but could not build a > > config file. I looked for some documentation on the gentoo mips site > > but didn't see much (and elsewhere). Is it possible to get X and > > eventually kde running? Thanks again for your help. > > > > > > See Ian's message about the config file and building X with the static > USE flag. As for kde, it should work just fine, although it may take > two to three days to build it all. > > Steve > > > -- > gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list