I had a similar with the intel video driver, it took me some time to get it all working smoothly. First, read this wiki page: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA, and follow to the latter, including the specific versions of everything, and parameters that need to be passed to the kernel (yes, I know they say you should either set it when configuring the kernel, or when starting it. Do both!). It worked for me, and I had the same problems.
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Alan E. Davis <lngn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you, Volker. > > I'm uncertain what did it: I have fluxbox working now. Many > intervening steps, lots of error messages. Somehow, it just works. > > Thanks again. > > Alan > > On 2009-09-06, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: > >> I got caught, apparently like many others, installing Gentoo to another > >> PC. > >> I've been running Ubuntu (probably Intrepid Ibex, two versions ago), so I > >> know this video adapter is supported. But various issues have ambushed me > >> in trying to get this working. > >> > >> 1. On first install, the keyboard didn't work. I followed the > >> instructions to the letter, the mouse even worked, but the keyboard > >> didn't. I killed off the windows one by one with the mouse, and the > >> machine was then stalled in that state. > >> > >> 2. I remembered a keyboard issue from my home machine, involving a new > >> version of xorg, so I (unwisely perhaps) added the ~amd64 keyword to > >> make.conf. Thereupon followed a series of issues, involving one > >> hypothesis > >> after another. I never saw a screen with the "X" cursor again. > >> > >> 3. There is an issue surrounding HAL. I added a hal keyword, recompiled, > >> tweaked the kernel: no good. I got a black screen. Keyboard wasn't > >> working, so I followed a few more hunches. I was unable to read the docs > >> in a nice screen, as I was using links. > >> > >> 4. Eventually I decided to put the hal keyword back in, and recompiled. > >> In > >> the interim I had removed the ~amd keyword from make.conf, and I ran > >> emerge > >> -uDav --newuse world. Thinking better of it, a few merges into that, I > >> replaced the ~amd64 keyword, and started the same process. I found along > >> the way that I needed to serially recompile the kernel, re-merge > >> xf86-input-*, etc., again. I then decided to enable evdev, even though I > >> was intimidated by that from my earlier issue with an nvidia card. > >> > >> 5. I finally read some forum topics and mailing list threads. Apparently > >> this is not uncommon at ALL. A gentoo wiki article about the Intel cards > >> was referred to, but is unavailable. Interestingly, even the google cache > >> is clear of these missing gentoo wiki articles! > >> > >> I've finally left the machine overnight to run it's course of > >> re-installation etc. If that doesn't work, I have already copied over the > >> grub.conf entry for the ubuntu install on the same disk, so that's an > >> option. > >> > >> I guess my question is what is the correct way to go about installing > >> gentoo on a machine with these on board Intel adapters? > >> > >> [I can reinstall the whole system once I figure out what's going on. I > >> must have this machine working within 24 hours, though, hence Ubuntu > >> looms > >> on the horizon.] > >> > >> > >> Alan Davis > >> > >> You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but > >> when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the > >> bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing---that's what > >> counts. > >> > >> ----Richard Feynman > >> > > > > > > the same as always, You emerge your base system. Then kernel. Then X. X > > drivers. Graphics, Mouse, Keyboard. You can either use evdev or kbd for > > keyboard. I prefer the later one. Hal or not doesn't make much of a > > difference. > > > > The important thing is: after an X update you must reinstall the input > > drivers! > > > > > > > -- > Alan Davis > > You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, > but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever > about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's > doing---that's what counts. > > ----Richard Feynman >
