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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:02:45
Message-Id: 4A56CB6D.8000408@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes by Kevin O'Gorman
1 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
2 > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 >> James wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman <at> gmail.com> writes:
7 >>>
8 >>>
9 >>>
10 >>>
11 >>>>> 'emerge -e1 world' did the trick
12 >>>>>
13 >>>>>
14 >>>
15 >>>> Okay, I was hoping for variable mileage, but maybe no dice.
16 >>>>
17 >>>>
18 >>> Have you rebuilt HAL?
19 >>>
20 >>>
21 >>> It might help....
22 >>>
23 >>> I have rebuilt version hal-0.5.11-r9....
24 >>>
25 >>> try to get back to what you had before your last (broken)
26 >>> upgrade. Make sure you are using gcc-4.1.2, as 4.3.2 is
27 >>> borked (many folks have different issues)....
28 >>>
29 >>>
30 >>> hth,
31 >>>
32 >>> James
33 >>>
34 >>>
35 >>>
36 >>>
37 >>>
38 >> If all else fails:
39 >>
40 >> x11-base/xorg-server -hal
41 >>
42 >> Put that in package.use and re-emerge xorg-server. You may have to
43 >> re-emerge mouse and keyboard too.
44 >>
45 >> Dale
46 >>
47 >>
48 >
49 >
50 > Okay, I'm re-emerging hal. I was already using gcc-4.1.2. I still
51 > have mouse and keyboard emerged, but not mentioned in the xorg.conf.
52 >
53 > Crossing my fingers.
54 >
55 > Is there any other advice?
56 >
57 > Is there any hope?
58 >
59 > ++ kevin
60 >
61 >
62
63 If you find yourself without a keyboard or mouse and can't get back to a
64 console, press and hold alt + sysreq then hit R and E. I did this the
65 other day and it took me back to a console.
66
67 Since I have yet to get xorg and hal to work, good luck.
68
69 Dale
70
71 :-) :-)

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