Configuring a static IP address in Gentoo?

[Cloudy]

How would I go about doing this from a terminal prompt? I'm assigned a static IP, DNS server, default gateway etc. and I just thought I'd learn how to configure it all from a terminal prompt in Gentoo just.. well, because I wanted to know how.

Would something like entering "ip address 192.0.0.0" in the terminal prompt work?

[mips]

From the terminal you can run:

net-setup

or manually edit the config file

kdesu kate /etc/conf.d/net

or you could maybe use ifconfig (never tried it so I dont really know)

Check the gentoo wiki and official documentation.

[zaratustra]

cleanest method is this

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.101

where eth0 can be arbitrary interface

[Cloudy]

Ahhh, cheers guys, I'm just dumb though. I just noticed that there's documentation provided within Gentoo that tells you how to do exactly what I'm wanting to do. It's

net-setup eth0

Do you think dualbooting XP and Gentoo on a 20gb laptop hdd would be a stretch?

[zaratustra]

Depends what do you have or need installed inside. If you don't clean disfiles and using buildpkg option, gentoo can't grow to 10 GB, but if you maintain it (see documentation) properly, it should stay in about 5 GB. You must know that you need some empty space for compiling. For example, huge thing like openoffice won't start compiling if you don't have at least 5 GB of empty space, so maybe you will have to use binary packages for something like that. This space is temporarily used. On the other side, do not count that you will have full Visual Studio (or something big like that) installed in Windows. I would buy a bigger disk, but in case I had no money, I would make an 6-7 GB ext (or reiser) and all other would be NTFS, used for Windows and for data (music, pics) readed by ntfs-3g from Gentoo. In that way, you will get some flexibility on Windows (delete some data if you need big program. No flexibility with ext because it is not readable from Windows(AFAIK).

[Cloudy]

Originally Posted by zaratustra Depends what do you have or need installed inside. If you don't clean disfiles and using buildpkg option, gentoo can't grow to 10 GB, but if you maintain it (see documentation) properly, it should stay in about 5 GB. You must know that you need some empty space for compiling. For example, huge thing like openoffice won't start compiling if you don't have at least 5 GB of empty space, so maybe you will have to use binary packages for something like that. This space is temporarily used. On the other side, do not count that you will have full Visual Studio (or something big like that) installed in Windows. I would buy a bigger disk, but in case I had no money, I would make an 6-7 GB ext (or reiser) and all other would be NTFS, used for Windows and for data (music, pics) readed by ntfs-3g from Gentoo. In that way, you will get some flexibility on Windows (delete some data if you need big program. No flexibility with ext because it is not readable from Windows(AFAIK).

Thanks for the opinion, zaratustra. I'm seriously considering replacing my current HDD with a $70, 60GB Hitachi drive but I have no idea how reliable Hitachi is. I may just go with a larger Fujitsu ATA hdd since the drive I have in right now is a 20gb ATA hdd.

What I wound up doing is resizing my Windows partition with QTParted to about 11gb and using about 6.5gb for Gentoo.

However, I am either dumb or have done something wrong.. I can't get xdm to start on my Gentoo partition.

When I do startx I get a clock and 3 terminal windows. Is that normal?

[zaratustra]

maybe you should install gdm (exapmle), append/edit this line

DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"

to /etc/rc.conf file, and execute this

rc-update add xdm default

to add xdm(this will add gdm, or whichever you have) to runlevel, or maybe you want to do it in gentoo way

eselect rc add xdm

.
If you don't want X to start at boot time, ignore what I have wrote above and read this. Don't "startx", maybe you could try "gdm" or whichever display manager you have. (slim, kdm...)

[mips]

Originally Posted by Cloudy Thanks for the opinion, zaratustra. I'm seriously considering replacing my current HDD with a $70, 60GB Hitachi drive but I have no idea how reliable Hitachi is. I may just go with a larger Fujitsu ATA hdd since the drive I have in right now is a 20gb ATA hdd. What I wound up doing is resizing my Windows partition with QTParted to about 11gb and using about 6.5gb for Gentoo. However, I am either dumb or have done something wrong.. I can't get xdm to start on my Gentoo partition. When I do startx I get a clock and 3 terminal windows. Is that normal?

I would take hitachi over fujitsu anyday. My first choice would be Seagate/WD for desktops & for laptops Hitachi only.

[Cloudy]

Originally Posted by zaratustra maybe you should install gdm (exapmle), append/edit this line DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" to /etc/rc.conf file, and execute this rc-update add xdm default to add xdm(this will add gdm, or whichever you have) to runlevel, or maybe you want to do it in gentoo way eselect rc add xdm . If you don't want X to start at boot time, ignore what I have wrote above and read this. Don't "startx", maybe you could try "gdm" or whichever display manager you have. (slim, kdm...)

"gdm" worked. However, I am still having some problems.

First off, I have duplicate entries in GRUB: Gentoo and Windows are both listed twice. When I check the bootloader options, both are listed twice -- is it alright to delete the second Windows & Gentoo entries? I just want to make sure before I do anything. >_>

Second, and most importantly:

Whenever I try to login as my user I get this:

User's $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users.

What's that all about?

And thanks for the opinion, mips.

[mips]

Originally Posted by Cloudy "gdm" worked. However, I am still having some problems. First off, I have duplicate entries in GRUB: Gentoo and Windows are both listed twice. When I check the bootloader options, both are listed twice -- is it alright to delete the second Windows & Gentoo entries? I just want to make sure before I do anything. >_>

Just backup the file first before you delete anything. Should be ok though.

Originally Posted by Cloudy Second, and most importantly: Whenever I try to login as my user I get this: User's $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users. What's that all about?

Some sort of problem with permissions. You should be able to use chown & chmod to correct it.