How to Install Gentoo Linux

Great post ! I have tried this method following your howto: but it failed for me! prolly cos I'm a complete Linux nOOb somewhere after the # emerge --sync it all went wrong for me, but was quite easy upto that point. I found myself struggling to edit the /etc/kboot.conf & the etc/stab so I think partition information isn't being read or sommit, I'll figure it out someday I'm learning

However I have found a complete liveCD on the official Gentoo site http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimenta...ppc64-beta/iso


It is a beta and according to the official site is for PS3.

I'm assuming this will do a graphical install? but I guess I'll find out, I am going to try this install myself tonight! I will report back on my progress.

This is for all you Linux/PS3 nOOb's out there! keep plugging away turn you PS3 into an awsome box

[haxen]

Another Gentoo user here. Successfully installed Gentoo basic system last night. I boot into localhost prompt text mode still, no windows manager yet. I want a perfectly clean system and spent some time on editing kboot.conf and fstab so that they are 100%.

I actually mounted my digital camera 1 gig memory card connected via USB during the install process, and had the overlay and portage file on there and tarred them to the PS3, lmao ! I have to get KDE going tonight.

I want a perfectly clean system and spent some time on editing kboot.conf and fstab so that they are 100%.

Any chance you can post a copy of these up as I think this is whats preventing my previous attempt from booting! also a quick howto: whereto: ! would be eternally grateful

many thanks

[asong26]

Here's my kboot, and fstab. Keep in mind that I am using 60GB version (memstick, sd). Also, I am using the 32bit userland.

kboot:

# The following is an example kboot configuration file. Edit it
# to suit your needs before attempting to reboot your system or
# you may be unable to boot the new install.

# default: the default kernel label to boot should the user not make
# a selection.

default=gentoo

# timeout: number of seconds to wait for user input before the default
# kernel label is booted.

timeout=5

# The format from this point on is within a kernel label. At a minimum,
# you must pass the kernel and root device. The syntax is as follows:
#
# label='device:<path_to_kernel> initrd=device:<path_to_initrd> kernel_options'
#
# You should also pass the video options as well. An example of video
# options are as follows:
#
# 480i = ps3fb:mode:1
# 576i = ps3fb:mode:6
# 720p = ps3fb:mode:3
# 1080i = ps3fb:mode:4
# 1080p = ps3fb:mode:5
#
# You can review all possible video modes using the ps3videomode application
# provided by the ps3pfutils package. i.e. ps3videomode -v will display
# possibilities.

# The following is an example kernel label. Edit as needed.

gentoo='sda1:/boot/kernel-genkernel-ppc-2.6.16-ps3 nitrd=sda1:/boot/initramfs-genkernel-ppc-2.6.16-ps3 root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda1 init=/linuxrc video=ps3fb:mode:3 rhgb'

fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't
# needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage
# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
#

# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/sda1 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto.ro 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/memstick auto noauto,user,exec,sync 0 0
/dev/sdd1 /mnt/sd auto noauto,user,exec,sync 0 0
/dev/sdf1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,user,exec,sync 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0

# NOTE! next line is critical for boot!
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
none /spu spufs defaults 0 0

Pretty standard really...

[haxen]

OK ladies, I am on Gentoo with KDE compiled now. Going to configure some apps tonight. asong26, i removed the LDFLAGS from make.conf, they cause small compile errors. Also, you have a confilct with your USE flag for theora, it is included and excluded. Thanks for posting your fstab. I am going to rewrite the first post in the How To thread. cheers to all.

[asong26]

Thanks for pointing that out. Whew, good to finally have someone help me with gentoo!

What sort of errors? I have no compile issue here.... The only time I had a compile issue with the 64-bit userland. It's been smooth sailing....

[haxen]

asong26, please post up your xorg.conf file. thx.

[asong26]

My xorg is vanilla. I've attempted to modify this in hopes to override the default ps3videomode so that full screen without overscan can be displayed, but no dice. You haven't explained what sort of errors are you seeing? I've compiled KDE, XFCE, Samba, VLC, xine-lib, mplayer, firefox-2 not a single problem.

Regarding my vanilla xorg.conf, here it is. Let me know if you see anything different (32-bit userland)

# XFree86 4 configuration - mtb test for ps2 livecd
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection


Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Unknown monitor"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fbdev"
Option "ShadowFB" "false"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
DefaultFbBpp 32
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

[hsimp239]

hey guys im trying to install gentoo on my ps3 but i ran into a problem pretty quickly. I have my ps3 hooked up to an hdtv via hdmi and linux starts up perfectly. i get to the kboot prompt and hit enter like it says in the gentoo howto: [Please register to see this link. ]. Once i hit enter the signal is gone but i can hear the ps3 reading the gentoo install cd. ANy ideas of what i can do? thanks

[ubisoft]

dude, instead of hitting enter, you have to hit tab and tab through the various display options like gentoo720p and try that and if that doesn't work try another one. Now if you have gentoo all loaded up, dont do anything at kboot, just let it load itself after a default wait of 20 seconds or so, it will go past kboot on its own and goto localhost login prompt.