gnupic: Re: [gnupic] best OS for gnupic
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] best OS for gnupic
From:
Jon Fox ####@####.####
Date:
12 May 2006 05:20:04 +0100
Message-Id: <20060511170313.GA30940@dalek.drfox.com>
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 09:46:39AM -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I'm having trouble getting started. gentoo is causing me mucho frustrations.
> FWIW go to bugs.gentoo.org and have a peek at #132141. Something's broke and
> no-one seems to be able to fix it. It's like this: the new kernel
> 2.6.16zimage is installed and booted to but no modules will load and
> uname -a or
> modprobe -v <some_module> point to the _former_ kernel 2.6.12 !? I showed
> them the evidence but I think they think I'm making it up
>
> Is it something to do with my gcc version 3.4.5?
> an example from dmesg:
> <...>
> May 7 10:55:38 localhost forcedeth: version magic '2.6.12-gentoo-r6 586
> gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.12-gentoo-r6 586 gcc-3.3'
> May
> <...>
>
> I'm ready to chuck it and try something else. Got to get into micros!
As a gentoo user and lover I must admit that it is a difficult to use and
administer distribution for new GNU/Linux users. I really would
encourage you to start with Debian or Ubuntu distributions if you want a
working gputils/gpsim/sdcc/gcc development suite for Microchip PICs and
haven't administered Linux systems before.
If you need some gentoo help, I can try off-the-list to help you get
your kernel working and your system booting. I dislike the gentoo modded
kernels (in general I run the vanilla-sources) and the genkernel tool,
but am familiar with these. I'm available to help by email
####@####.#### by Yahoo! chat (jonfox) or IRC (drfox on freenode).
You might try running genkernel on one of the vanilla-sources.
Again, using a generic kernel in a Debian distro is much easier than
doing everything the gentoo way.
Best of luck,
Jon
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.*. Dr. Jon R. Fox KC2ODW
..* http://www.drfox.com
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