any gentoo users out there?

[Jude DaShiell]

If so, did you manage to get gnopernicus working on gentoo?  I tried it 
with a networkless advanced install so I could enable speakup but since 
gnopernicus and dependencies were not on the livecd, I tried doing an 
emerge gnopernicus after the install.  Since hal cannot find a useable 
kernel configuration file it can't calculate the linux version and will 
not finish emerging.  The hal package for kernel 2.6.17 is a dependency of 
gnopernicus.  I did the networkless install to help avoid as many security 
problems as not having your computer open to the internet for several 
ahours and automated cracking software would provide.