Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Trifu Catalin Florin <sviatovigt@×××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:50:11
Message-Id: 1316018913.84249.YahooMailNeo@web112005.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng by Michael Schreckenbauer
1 Hi Michael
2
3 I have 1.9GB left and it works to create a new file.
4
5 BTW: What means don't top-post if possible?
6
7
8 ________________________________
9 From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
10 To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
11 Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 7:12 PM
12 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng
13
14 On Wednesday, 14. September 2011 09:00:02 Trifu Catalin Florin wrote:
15 > Hi
16 >
17 > the version of portage:
18 >
19 > Portage 2.1.10.11 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.5,
20
21 2.1.10.11 is the latest. So no error here
22
23 > glibc-2.12.2-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686)
24 >
25 > USE="-emacs" emerge -av1 sys-devel/autoconf - ir doesn't work; same error
26
27 Is there space left on the device?
28 If so, does something like
29 touch /var/tmp/portage/foo.stamp
30 (as root) work?
31
32 > Nilesh, can you please be more explicite?
33 >
34 > Thank you!
35
36 Best,
37 Michael
38
39 BTW: please don't top-post if possible.
40
41 > ________________________________
42 > From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
43 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
44 > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 6:27 PM
45 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to
46 > install syslog-ng
47 >
48 > Hi,
49 >
50 > On Wednesday, 14. September 2011 08:01:56 Trifu Catalin Florin wrote:
51 > > Hi everyone!
52 > >
53 > > I have a big problem trying to install Gentoo. I have completed all the
54 > > steps from the manual, as I have did it so many times, and I'm stuck
55 > > trying to install syslog-ng. The machine is very old, it has an Athlon
56 > > processor and 256MB of RAM, but it worked fine with gentoo. The error
57 > > can be seen bellow:
58 > > <snip>
59 > > The same error I get for vixie-cron.
60 >
61 > this is sys-devel/autoconf failing, building some emacs related things.
62 > Try
63 > USE="-emacs" emerge -av1 sys-devel/autoconf
64 >
65 > If that works, add
66 > "sys-devel/autoconf -emacs"
67 > to /etc/portage/package.use
68 >
69 > > Some other things worth mentioning:
70 > > - portage didn't request for an update
71 >
72 > What version is installed?
73 >
74 > > - mirrorselect -i -o faild with error: cannot download a list of mirrors
75 > > or something similar.
76 >
77 > No idea.
78 >
79 > > I will really appreciate your help as my "server" is down for two days
80 > > now. Thank you!
81 > > Best regards!
82 >
83 > Regards,
84 > Michael

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng "Sebastian Beßler" <sebastian@××××××××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@×××××.com>