X11 w/Scroll Mouse

I changed my xorg.conf file section for the mouse to:

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

It is now working fine. The forward and back buttons on it don't work, but that is a project for a later date.

X11 Problems

I recently restarted my computer, no remembering that I had previously edited the xorg.conf file, but I dont remember what I changed. X failed to start.

I re-ran xorgconfig. These are the options I chose for my hardware which is a Samsung SyncMaster 174V and an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro:

-Mouse: 1 Auto
-MouseEmulate3Button: No
-Mouse Device: /dev/mouse (I created a symlink from /dev/misc/psaux)

-Keyboard: 3 Generic 104-key PC
- 1 U.S. English
-Variant Name: just pressed enter
-XKB Options: No

-Hsync: 9 31.5 - 79.0; Monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz
-Vsync: 2 50-90

-Video Card: 6 ** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon] -
-Video Memory: 10 131072K

It displayed:

"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" for 8-bit
"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" for 16-bit
"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" for 24-bit

I answered: 4 The modes are OK, continue.

Color Depth: 5 24 bits (16 million colors)

Unfortunately after doing so, my scoll mouse isn't working again. Gotta find the directions for it.

Updated will be posted soon...

On a Side Note (Contd.)

It worked. I just synced up the portage tree using:

emerge --sync

as described and it worked fine.

SSMTP

I found this page which discusses the setup of the config file which is why it wasn't working: ssmtp

SSMTP

For some reason I am having problems getting an SMTP server to work. I have tried both sendmail and ssmtp with no luck. I get getting the error:

ssmtp: Cannot open mail:25

when trying to send a message.

On a Side Note

Im installing Gentoo on my girlfriends computer. I was having problems when bootstraping. Nothing seemed to work, and it kept erroring saying it could not find a particular file.

I had restarted the computer so she could boot up in windows just to use it for now. Then I restarted it to work on it and give it a shot, a hopefully search for the particular error she was getting.

Before I started the bootstrap, I decided to:

emerge --sync

and I'm not sure what happened and it that fixed it or not, but it seems to be working fine now. I'll post an update later as to whether it worked or not.

Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Linux

I am currently working on installing oscommerce on to my local web server. This way I can play around with it, and hopeful build a cool site. Unfortuantely PHP is not working out of the box.

It is currently installed, but I am trying right now to install the apache module for PHP using Portage. Well see how it goes. If it doesn't work, I'm going to try the directions as this site using the pre-installed version of PHP.:

Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Linux

Waiting...

Well it seems I simply have to wait for the x11-drm drivers to become available for the 2.6 kernel. I havent been able to find anything else about it.

Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Hardware 3D Acceleration Guide

If nothing else, this page should fix the problem: Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Hardware 3D Acceleration Guide

Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ

When I try to play quake I keept getting an error about the OpenGL subsystem. Figured I might find out the answer here. If not I am reinstalling the ati drivers

Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ