Gentoo IRC

Yes, ladies, Gentoo has its own IRC channel(s)! All of them reside on irc.freenode.net. The main support channel is #gentoo.

Getting proper troubleshooting
The Gentoo community is often said to scream "rtfm" too often. This may or not be the case, but before just asking things in the IRC channel, you should consider answering a few questions:
 * Since when (specifically, since what action) are you experiencing your problem?
 * Is this the only issue you're experiencing? Did something else go wrong before your current issue?
 * Did you completely, until the tiniest details, follow the guides you've been solving? It's not a problem if you haven't, but at least tell the people who're trying to help you.
 * What have you tried in order to solve your issues? What have you searched for? What do you think is the cause?

Just four questions! Keeping an eye on them makes the life of troubleshooters in #gentoo a whole lot easier, plus, it'll help you get troubleshooted quicker.

Stuff to keep ready
Often, just explaining your problem isn't enough. You'll often need to upload logs and such.

Upload logs and output to a paste site like this one. Keep the following material at hand:
 * Output of the program causing errors
 * Logs of relevant other software (for example, if glxgears doesn't run, then prepare to upload )
 * If your problem is related to build problems, the output of
 * If you know the package causing trouble, its exact version number. You may be asked to try a different version.
 * If your problem is related to hardware support (ie, drivers), the output of, and
 * If your problem is related to X.org,
 * If your problem is related to alsa, and
 * If your problem is related to apache, and
 * If your problem is related to booting problems, and the output of  (or whatever your boot device is)
 * If your problem is a kernel panic, the exact text of the kernel panic, and
 * If your problem is related to a building problem,, where "SOMEFILEHERE" is a filename probably given at the end of emerge's output
 * If your problem is related to a daemon, you might be able to find its logs in

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