Linux on a Dell Dimension 9150


Technical specs:

  • Pentium D 820 @ 2.8 GHz
  • 2GB RAM
  • HS SATA 250GB
  • Ati Radeon X600
  • On-board Intel GB Lan

1. make.conf
This is a special Gentoo file, which sets the architecture, compiler options, use flags and such. Nocona is the architecture for Pentium D and Xeon. If you have less than 4GB of ram, then x86 is recommended. Otherwise, I have been told amd64 is better, because it can handle the memory adresses beyond 4GB.

>CFLAGS=”-O2 -march=nocona -pipe”
CHOST=”i686-pc-linux-gnu”
CXXFLAGS=”${CFLAGS}”
MAKEOPTS=”-j3″
GENTOO_MIRRORS=”ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.ngi.it”
USE=”svg dvdr hal curl gstreamer xine debug doc X qt kde cups samba ssl acpi alsa
artswrappersuid oss encode jpeg divx xvid cdr dvd java japper apache2 imlib php
sql subversion wxgtk win32codecs dvd -gtk -gnome -bindist -sis -rage128
-matrox -gamma -i8×0″
FEATURES=”nostrip”
LINGUAS=”en it”

Delete the “debug” flag and the FEATURES=”nostrip” if you don’t care about debug symbols. This will render the executables (much) shorter, but your backtraces in bug reports will be useless.

CFLAGS are rather conservative. I have not experimented with that.

2. xorg.conf
to configure X and 3D acceleration. Gentoo right now suffers a bug with ati-drivers which renders the acceleration useles, but I hope they’ll resolve it shortly.
Dowload: xorg.conf

3. kernel configuration
Name it .config and put it in the kernel base directory. This is in particular for linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1, but any 2.6.15 should be OK, and even newer or older ones should accept it, provided it’s a 2.6 tree.
config-linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1

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Misty
Posted on:
02/02/2006 at 13:07

Ehm.. SI!

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Written by:
El Master!
Posted on:
02/02/2006 at 14:21

Mi resta da svelare un piccolo mistero ovvero perchè periodicamente a caso Palla scrive un articolo informatico in inglese…
E poi era la regina a darsi delle arie…
Ma guarda a sti due arieggiatori :P

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Written by:
Elisabeth II
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 01:12

That’s great! I was going to install Gentoo on my Dell Demention 9150! Thank you so much, little rocking Ball! You saved the Queen! Windows sucks, Gentoo rulez!

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Written by:
Palantir
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 08:49

Come no… :P Marlisabeth the II… :P

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El Master
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 12:29

Eh?Have we more than a Queen? O_o

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Written by:
Regina Misty
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 13:03

PIAN.. di queen ce n’è una sola! :P Tzé!

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Written by:
The Queen
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 14:25

Oh my God! What my royal Ears hear! Lady Misty is going to steal my crown! Charlie, did you heard what she said? Dear filthy creature, if you want to become the queen, you should merry young William, but I am not sure that Mars would agree with you! MUAHAHAHHAHA

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Written by:
El Master!
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 14:47

And God saves the Q…err…one of those! ;)

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Nordic Queen Misty
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 18:41

Ahahaha :P ma tieniti il tuo William, chi lo vuole, e poi io non aspiro al regno d’Inghilterra, ho già il mio di regno: tzè! Se proprio dovessi sacrificarmi, mi sposerei l’erede al trono di Norvegia :D

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Written by:
El Master
Posted on:
03/02/2006 at 18:52

Ohe!Regine dei miei chip!Qui si parla d’informatica :D

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Written by:
Margelo
Posted on:
05/02/2006 at 13:17

Ma il Nord è una fregatura. Io pensavo di arrivare qui (Edimburgo, Scozia) tra le nevi perenni, invece è sempre Primavera (senza rondini, ma con i gabbiani)! E non piove nemmeno così tanto. Tzè California! Non so se la Norvegia sia migliore. Se vado sulla torre più alta del castello e guardo verso est mi pare di scorgerla in lontananza dall’altra parte del mare.

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Written by:
Misty
Posted on:
06/02/2006 at 12:32

Come non so! Io so,ci sono stata : la NORVEGIA è il top! :)