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Another question: I can't find Macromedia Flash in the portage tree anywhere. Do I install it with tar??

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$ emerge -s flash

Searching...   

[ Results for search key : flash ]

[ Applications found : 3 ]



*  media-libs/libflash

     Latest version available: 0.4.10-r1

     Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]

     Size of downloaded files: 172 kB

     Homepage:    http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/

     Description: A library for flash animations



*  net-www/gplflash

     Latest version available: 0.4.10-r2

     Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]

     Size of downloaded files: 350 kB

     Homepage:    http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash

     Description: GPL Shockwave Flash Player/Plugin



*  net-www/netscape-flash

     Latest version available: 6.0.79

     Latest version installed: 6.0.79

     Size of downloaded files: 1,374 kB

     Homepage:    http://www.macromedia.com/

     Description: Macromedia Shockwave Flash Player

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Thanks for the tip. I had forgotten about the relationship between flash and netscape and linux, etc. Now, on to my usb issues!

 

Again, thanks to everyone.

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If I compile a kernel that loads the correct modules for by usb, I lose my nic and X melts!! I recompile the nvidia driver, modprobe, and startx----crashola!!! The keyboard still response, but the system doesn't. When I crash, load the kernel that works, and reboot, I get no indication that it ever crashed! All I am changing in the usb section is making a bunch of mods that I didn't make before. I have no idea why I lose my nic and network. Any clues where I can look to sort it out?

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I'm using what ever sources were available last weekend,rc5, I think. I'm at work right now and can't look. Irq conflict is the best possiblity, if perhaps it is conflicting with the vid card.

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what i meant was:

vanilla-sources

gentoo-sources

mm-sources

etc.

tho i doubt which one of these you are using would really make a difference.

 

I'd stick with the IRQ issue, that's my best guess :-/

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gentoo sources. I looked at the mandrake make.config and I decided to try and duplicate the usb section, since my palm works flawlessly in mandrake. But I am getting weirdness. I'm looking at irq's, although I do not know why that would be a problem.

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Well, it only took me 10 days, but I broke gentoo! I need to reverse an emerge, but can't get into the system. Isn't there a way for me to boot with the cd, mount my partitions, and then use emerge to remove the problem software? Do I mount the / and swap, and then chroot like the install process? Will emerge still know the software installed?

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yea, just boot up with the CD as if you're doing an install, mount your / and swap (and any other necessary partitions) into /mnt/gentoo and then chroot, just like in the install process. after you chroot it'll be as if you're on the system (because, well, you are :wink:), so emerge will work properly.

 

i've done this more times than i can remember :)

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well just to add to the confusion:

 

I have never had any luck with gentoo-sources.

 

every time I've install them I've got kernel panics :-(

 

I use vanilla-sources , and patch them myself

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