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> I'm very very new to Gentoo. I managed to squeak through a install |
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> from the live CD, however, this gave me a kernel with little or no |
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> ACPI support - I have a laptop, so I'd like to have this support |
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> enabled. |
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> However, I don't know how to rebuild the kernel, or do so enabling |
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> ACPI support. I only know a few precious things about emerge, like |
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> --sync, --search, and even --help, but beyond that I'm not that good |
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> at all, and the man pages didn't offer much help for me. |
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There's a chapter on kernel config in Gentoo handbook: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml |
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If LiveCD kernel works for you, |
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you may use its config as a starting point for your custom kernel. |
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There's a couple of articles on Gentoo wiki which may be helpful: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/Index:HOWTO#ACPI_.26_APM |
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HTH, |
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Sasha |
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