Configuring Gentoo Linux

This article lists the various configuration steps required to obtain a nice working Gentoo Linux system.

Installation Guide

• A complement to the official Gentoo Install Handbook
• Gentoo on a laptop
• KDE customization and theming

Various tips and HOW-TOs

Basics

• Startup Configuration
• Portage Advanced Usage
• Clock configuration
• GCC and toolchain issues
• Sudo and passwords configuration
• Using UTF-8 (Unicode) in Gentoo

Hardware

• General Kernel Configuration
• RAID setup
• Virtualization
• Hard drives
• GPUs
• USB
• Digital camera
• Sensors, CPU & Fans Control
• Touchpad

Console and terminal

• Configuring the console

Multimedia

• ALSA Configuration
• Xorg configuration
• Xorg Fonts Setup
• Mpv, Mplayer
• Webcam Setup
• Beryl in Gentoo
• Scanner configuration
• File format conversions

Networking

• Wifi & Networking Configuration
• Bluetooth
• Network File System
• Samba, Active Directory

Desktop environments

• KDE
• Gnome
• Uncompress files directly from Konqueror
• Automounting support in KDE

Others

• Java in Gentoo
• Wine in Gentoo
• Warcraft III in Gentoo
• CUPS Configuration
• NTFS support
• Old libraries required by a binary program
• Writing a DVD with a pure UDF filesystem
• Debugging low level kernel crashes
• System Resource Limits
• Antidote HD on Gentoo

Current Problems

• Current Gentoo Linux Problems

Useful Links

• Make links in Thunderbird open with Firefox, and vice versa