should be google indexed, as the knowledge does not only apply to Gentoo.

   -- Regards, Klavs Klavsen, GSEC

     "Open Source Software - Sometimes you get more than you paid for."
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Gentoo Installation

   Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:48:31 -0700 (PDT)
   William Lutts ([37]wilebill from yahoo.com)

   Just saw your article on Gentoo Installation, by coincidence, just as I was
   in the process of giving up on my own install of Gentoo. Been working on it
   off  and  on  all day, finally got the kernel compiled. Yeah, I did it
   manually. Think I got it right, although the manual does not look the kernel
   config I was running. Wonder why? (the latest .4 kernel, r9, just downloaded
   today.)

   Then  I noted that loading some of the kernel packages like the Nvidia
   packages may well drag in stuff I wanted excluded in the USE variable, so I
   should use the pretend option to see what might possibly go wrong. This made
   me feel dizzy, even dizzier as I looked at what still lies ahead. In my
   present ill-tempered state, I feel like making the snide remark that so far
   I have not done anything far as I can tell that a good installation script
   could not do.

   Guess I'll go get something to eat, replenish my blood sugar, and then think
   about it. I am learning quite a lot ... probably good for me ... but ...
   what  keeps occurring to me is, since I am doing all this the long way
   around, why am I not installing [38]FreeBSD instead? Keeping in mind that I
   am starving and the question may not be rational:

     Eh ... not putting you on the spot ... but in a sentence or two, why would
     I want to run Gentoo instead of FreeBSD, nevermind that one is Linux and
     one  is  Berkeley  UNIX.  And  both Gentoo and FreeBSD seem to have
     outstandingly brilliant groups of people supporting them. Just curious.

   And  don't  ask if I'm a man or a mouse! "Got any cheese, sir? Squeak!
   Squeak!"

     Thanks for the counterpoint view, William. There's lots of people, and no
     need to do things just one way. For that matter ... this may be Linux
     Gazette, but those BSDers are fellow open source'rers too. (If this makes
     you wonder where their magazine is, dear readers, it's called DaemonNews -
     [39]http://ezine.daemonnews.org and it's a good read.) -- Heather
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[ERRATUM] How to make a stereogram

   Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:55:36 +0000
   Leonardo Della Pietra ([40]dpietra from physi.uni-heidelberg.de)

   Hello, 

   A  reader has written in with an erratum for the article on generating
   stereograms. I am forwarding it with his permission. 

   Kapil. 

     Hi,  I'm  learning  Blender,  and  found  your  howto  really nice.
     [41]http://linuxgazette.net/104/kapil.html

     Only : from stereograph I get the error message

initializing renderer...FAILED;

     to have the stereogram stereograph needs another parameter: the texture
     width to use; it works by adding the option:

-w 64

     Ciao, Leo
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Tripwire

   Tue 07 Sep 2004 20:45
   Greg Bell ([42]gregbell from znet.com)

   Hi Barry, 

   Thanks for the article on tripwire in Linux Gazette. 

     Hi Greg,

     First of all, thanks for the feedback. It's always good to know someone is
     reading the articles!

     A fun and informative chat back and forth ensues... see this month's
     Answer Gang column for the juicy bits. -- Heather

     Would you have any objections if I forwarded your e-mail and my response
     onto TAG (The Answer Gang)? Heather and the other editors use material
     from TAG to put together the one-cent tips, mailbag, etc. It's perfectly
     fine to say no.

     Thanks again for the feedback,

   no objections.