Those distfiles... /usr/portage/distfiles can get pretty big, and cleaning it out periodically can save a lot of disk space. The brute force approach is to just clear out the whole thing, which can be more practical if you have a fast connection. If redownloading what you need is no big deal, then cleaning out distfiles can be the faster way to go.

I’m finally getting around to setting up multi-channel audio. I’ve had this machine for awhile now, and most things are humming along.

ISO, CDR, and CDRW in Linux [cpqlinux.com]

An old page, but full of handy tips (more like quick references) nonetheless.

Just in case, it's also here. [waybackmachine.org]

Also:

• HOWTO ATAPI CD Burning [gentoo-wiki.com]
• CD burning with a 2.6 kernel [www.debian-administration.org]

OK. getting ACPI to work properly needed to be revisited.

Suspend/Resume on T40 [bellet.info]

This guy originally used APM, but his update on 2004/07/15 makes some good notes, which I followed, notably:

• Local APIC is required for USB to function properly, but it borks all over suspend/poweroff processing. There is a simple enough referenced patch to make it behave…

So, I have gentoo up and running on my T40, and thought I'd share the resources that helped me get there.

For those interested, here's the currently running kernel config.