Re: [gentoo-user] I am tired of this one.

[Willie Matthews]

On 08/02/12 21:47, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>
> Try Kernel 3.0.x. But I suspect hw is the cause. 8400.... Bumpgate
> Material? Maybe Not but i would replace it. Send from phone. Nightmare.
>
> Am 03.08.2012 06:30 schrieb "Willie Matthews"
> <matthews.willie@×××××.com <mailto:matthews.willie@×××××.com>>:
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>     On 08/02/2012 05:26 PM, Alecks Gates wrote:
>     > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Alan McKinnon
>     <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com <mailto:alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>> wrote:
>     >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:24:06 -0700
>     >> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com
>     <mailto:markknecht@×××××.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>> That means your machine could be 100% testing software. At
>     your skill
>     >>> level I do not think this is a good idea. It works for some
>     but not
>     >>> for others.(me)
>     >>>
>     >>> I'm on my Kindle so more help is hard right now. Consider how
>     to get
>     >>> to stable, if that is even possible.
>     >> Hmmmm, yeaaaaaahhh, I don't think so, he's a newbie
>     >>
>     >> I once switched a host from unstable to stable and I sweated blood
>     >> and bricks to do it. IIRC correctly it involved a whole lot of
>     manual
>     >> package masking, and that took a whole lot of grep sed and awking
>     >> emerge output.
>     >>
>     >> It was horrible. It would have been easier to reinstall. But,
>     being a
>     >> pigheaded Gentooist, I just had to try!
>     >>
>     >> What he could do is switch ACCEPT_KEYWORDS then not do much
>     updates for
>     >> 6 months and let stable catch up to unstable. Not ideal from a
>     security
>     >> update POV, but better than nothing
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> Alan McKinnon
>     >> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com <mailto:alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
>     >>
>     >>
>     > I'd have to agree with you, Alan.  I tried switching from
>     unstable to
>     > stable once (and I'm still a newbie, so I was even more of a
>     newb when
>     > I tried) -- I just ended up reinstalling to keep my mind from
>     melting.
>     >  This was on a standard Desktop/Gnome system, of course.
>     >
>     Yeah I don't know if I really want to take the time to reset up entire
>     machine again. It is not only my XBMC machine but it is all my network
>     services and routes the internet. I think I like the idea that
>     Alan has,
>     switch the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS and not update for a couple of months.
>
>     --
>
>     Willie Matthews
>     matthews.willie@×××××.com <mailto:matthews.willie@×××××.com>
>
>
>
>
I am pretty sure it is the hardware failing. I just booted from a disk
using the nouveau drivers and had the exact same problem.

Thanks everyone for your help!

-- 

Willie Matthews
matthews.willie@×××××.com