Systemd & Installing Gnome3 from scratch

Systemd & Installing Gnome3 from scratch

Required systemd system instead of openrc.

1. Choosing the right profile

2. Select the profile ending in gnome/systemd

# eselect profile set default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome/systemd

3. Updating the system

# emerge --ask --update --deep --newuse @world

4. Configuring the kernel

Do not install genkernel when using systemd, Use genkernel-next instead

# emerge --ask sys-kernel/genkernel-next

# emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmware

# genkernel --menuconfig all

Enable systemd config.

Gentoo Linux ---->

Support for init systems, system and service managers ---->

[*] Openrc

[*] systemd

5. Create mtab file

# ln -s /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab

6. Configure the bootloader/grub

Append parameters to the Linux kernel command line

FILE : /etc/default grub : Example grub-mkconfig config for systemd

# Append paramters to the Linux kernel command line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd"

# mkdir /boot/grub

# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

# grub-install /dev/sda

7. Installing necessary system tools

# systemctl enable syslong-ng

# systemctl enable dhcpcd.service

8. Install X

Append config for X driver

FILE : /etc/portage/make.conf

INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"

Install xorg-drivers packages

# emerge --ask x11-base/xorg-drivers

Verify x operation using by xterm and twm

# emerge --ask x11-terms/xterm x11-wm/twm

# startx

# emerge --ask --unmerge x11-terms/xterm x11-wm/twm

Install Gnome and register gdm servcie

# emerge --ask gnome

# systemctl enable gdm.service

References

1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd/Installing_Gnome3_from_scratch (2016.11.07)

2. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd/ko (2016.11.07)