Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update: Keyboard and mouse dead
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:38:20
Message-Id: 200901021537.53945.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
1 On Friday 02 January 2009 15:11:07 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > > > Since the box is dead after starting X (I only can reboot
3 > > > with sysrq keys) I see no way of retrieving a logfile
4 > > > for the xorg-server.
5 > > >
6 > > > How can I get back a functional X?
7 > >
8 > > - boot into maintenance mode / runlevel 1 / single-user mode
9 > > - move xorg.conf out of the way
10 > > - reboot and restart X
11 > >
12 > > Recent X.org servers should autodetect stuff giving you a working X and
13 > > allowing you access that that nice man with answers who works at Google
14 > >
15 > >
16 > > --
17 > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
18 >
19 > From the rhetorical point of view an interesting answer, Alan.
20 > Nonetheless: Not working:
21
22 Are you using evdev and hal?
23 hal is the important one for autodetect to work.
24
25 --
26 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update: Keyboard and mouse dead Andrew Gaydenko <a@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server update: Keyboard and mouse dead meino.cramer@×××.de