Monthly Archives: August 2006

Ring around the rosey: Part 1

Since coming back to school, the install of XP on my laptop has gone to pot. I can’t log in as admin. Thats as good as gone as far as I’m concerned. Imagine not being able to su to root … Continue reading

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Moved in and getting things started

Well, it’s official, school has started. Which is great because I was getting tired of being home to be honest. I love my home, but I need something to do besides play on my computer. If I were working on … Continue reading

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Things are looking up

I’ve got everything reinstalled without problem. Well everything I can remember needing or using. I’m sure there are going to be those programs I forgot or thought I emerged but didn’t. Either way though all I have left to do … Continue reading

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Its time to go graphical

After much delay, which was totally on purpose, I have finally moved on and I am currently in the process of setting up a graphical environment. Almost exactly like before, I’m going to use Fluxbox and GDM. I really like … Continue reading

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Making it mine

I finally have a fresh working install. By that I mean the computer boots the command line and works perfectly after that. I had a problem with the modules not having been created when I compiled my kernel, but I … Continue reading

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Patience is a gen-tue

OK, I’m sorry about the bad pun, but it was to good to pass up. If there is one thing that Gentoo teaches you though, its that when using Gentoo you have to be patient. After I crashed my system … Continue reading

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Its all going to pot…

My fresh install of Gentoo is slowly going to pot. I don’t know what happened really. I’m at the, “I’ll issue any command just to make it work” stage. Somewhere I’ve been once or twice before. I really wish I … Continue reading

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Well things were going ok…

I compiled the kernel I had before the crash last night. Version 2.6.17-gentoo-r4. I thought everything was dandy. Until this morning when I came down and tried to configure ALSA. Apparently I’ve not put my sounds cards drivers in my … Continue reading

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Back up and running

Well, my computer is just about back to normal. I have almost all of the programs I want and/or need re-emerged. Like Gimp, aDesklets, ruby, firefox, etc. I’ve just about got everything setup properly too. The last thing I really … Continue reading

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The reinstall has begun…

First off, I have good news to report. Only my root file system crashed, not my home’s too. So I booted up Knoppix and burned everything that was on /home to a CD-R. Which is awesome because I must of … Continue reading

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