Source Mage

[GhostDawg]

Has anybody tried/using Source Mage Linux? I'm getting ready to install it and give it a try. It's a source based distro and looks somewhat easier to try then other source based distros to me.

Any suggestions/ideas or negatives about it?

Thnx.

[freakmn]

I've been using it for a while now. I have it running as a server on one computer and a workstation on another. I've found it quite easy to get going. Installing programs is easy. You just do a:
cast <programname>
to install.

If libraries somehow get messed up, somewhere in the process of installing, uninstalling, upgrading, whatever you do to your system, you can simply do a:
cast --fix
and it looks through your system for broken programs and fixes them.

A couple nontangible requirements I would recommend are:
1. Patience: compiling can take a while depending on the speed of your processor and RAM.
2. Basic knowledge of the CLI (Command Line Interface): you start with the CLI on the install, and work from there.

If you need any help with it, feel free to PM me and/or post on the sourcemage forums. I've found that this is my distro, and I am sticking with it.

Greg

[GhostDawg]

Well I had to start over with the installation. I got up to the point of doing the sorcery rebuild and cast xfree86, then had a bunch of messages about some spells didn't rebuild and it seem like some commands stopped working.

Anyway I started over and its going through the rebuild at this point. I'm at work so when I get home I hope everything went good and I can start adding programs.

I'll keep you in mind if I need some help!

Thnx.

[GhostDawg]

I reinstalled again and ended up with the same problems as listed above. I guess I'll wait for the next release and see what happens, as I'm tired of reinstalling and starting over!

[GhostDawg]

Well I'm finally able to boot without any problems. I cast xfree86, no problems, cast fluxbox, no problems.

I started to run xf86config to configure my mouse, video card etc and received this error message:

Error loading shared libraries: libXext.so.6 can not open shared object file: No such file or directory.

How can I fix this? I did a search on hd and the libXext.so.6 file is on the hd.

Any suggestions?

Thnx.

[bluemoth77]

the /usr/X11R6/lib/ path may be missing from the /etc/ld.so.conf.

cat /etc/ld.so.conf

if it's missing add the path and run ldconfig

If you need help try irc.freenode.net #sourcemage. People there are willing to help.

[GhostDawg]

That last post was posted 10/03, I've since been using it without further problems. But thnx for the suggestion.