Gentoo base install


I now have a (working) basic gentoo installation.
Feel free to ask questions if you have any.

I used the following /etc/make.com settings:

# For M-10000 Nehemia
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"

I also made use of the evtouch driver to get the USB touchscreen working:

http://stz-softwaretechnik.com/~ke/touchscreen/evtouch.html
http://linux.chapter7.ch/touchkit/mini-howto.txt

Its not callibrated perfectly, but it's very usable already.

The only problem is the device used in the configuration of X is variable. (I plan to foresee USB ports in the car to temporarily connect things: Keyboard, mouse, digital camera, ...)

Fortunately, there is a solution for this. I didn't try it yet:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-55727.html

Sound is working also perfectly with alsa.

For in-car use, I plan to use an RF-modulator. (I already have one.)
However, I foresee situations where I will be using radio and Car-PC simultaniously. Any pointers on what the possiblilities are to connect them to the same speakers are appreciated.
Note: I'm not an audio freak, so no expensive things. ;-)

Currently I use KDE as a frontend.
I know it's a little heavyweight, but you can do cool stuff with DCOP.
I only have to find out how... :-)

Next step will be to get software suspend working...

Johan.