Gentoo on a PowerBook G3
The effort is futile.
Use grub as bootloader
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1082746-highlight-powerbook+grub.html
External firewire drive doesn't mount at boot. portage tmp partition and swap partition on external FW hard drive must be mounted manually.
This was a result of the swap partition not having been mounted:
Larger builds like spidermonkey failing potentially due to lack of memory. Chaning makeopts from 2 to 1
MAKEOPTS="-j1"
VIDEO_CARDS="r128"
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1078182-highlight-startx+module+r128.html
webkit-gtk errors on compile:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1060688-highlight-webkitgtk+error+relocation+overflow.html
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8044312.html#8044312
echo 'LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-fuse-ld=bfd"' >> /etc/portage/env/force-bfd.conf
echo 'categoty/package force-bfd.conf' >> /etc/portage/package.env
Browser alternatives
netsurf (recent updates)
falkon
otter based on opera 12
http://scan0017.net/gentoo_ibook.php#misc_files
I recently installed Gentoo on an old Pismo PowerBook G3 and thought I'd share a handful of observations for anyone out there that might be attempting this going forward.
The good news is, it's still entirely possible to get a functional Gentoo installation up and running with internet connectivity and an X interface.