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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 24 June 2009 15:47:44 John P. Burkett wrote: |
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>> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>>> On Wednesday 24 June 2009 02:39:33 John P. Burkett wrote: |
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>>>> At that point I had the impression that the machine was not up-to-date |
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>>>> but nonetheless functional. However, the next morning I noticed that |
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>>>> the computer would not print to my local printer. Using the CUPS menu |
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>>>> did not rectify the problem. When I rebooted, the machine wouldn't |
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>>>> start X and the mouse wouldn't work. Rebooting again, I used the Grub |
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>>>> menu to select an old reliable configuration which allowed me to login |
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>>>> at a command line interface but did allow me to start X. |
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>>> This has been dealt with ad-nauseam on this list over the last few weeks, |
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>>> with many many threads covering these issues (they are very common) |
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>>> |
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>>> Please check the mail archives for the full story in all it's |
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>>> excruciating detail. |
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>> Thank you, Alan, for the pointer. Going to |
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>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ and using Firefox's "find" |
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>> facility, I searched for each of the following expressions: udev, |
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>> cryptsetup, host address, distrfiles.shea, filesize, printer, startx, |
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>> mouse. I have not found the threads to which you refer. If you could |
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>> point out a relevant starting point in the archives, I would be very |
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>> grateful. |
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> |
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> Try looking for threads started by user "Dale" and working from there. He's |
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> not alone in his woes, but he's certainly the most vocal. His threads also |
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> tend to stay on-topic, leading to answers instead of natter. |
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> |
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Alan, thanks for calling Dale's contributions to my attention. Going to |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ and using Firefox's "find" |
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facility, I searched for "Dale" on the first 10 pages sorted by thread |
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and the first 10 pages sorted by date. The later goes back to May 31. So |
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far I have not found a thread started by Dale that deals with problems |
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similar to mine. If you could identify a specific thread, I would |
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appreciate it. |
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-John |
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John P. Burkett |
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Department of Economics |
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University of Rhode Island |
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