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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] no keyboard no mouse
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:34:47
Message-Id: BANLkTiniQ-t1qzVErNoGwiD79pOcEeU8gw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] no keyboard no mouse by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 05:00, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:43:02 +0200 (CEST), Alain DIDIERJEAN wrote:
3 >
4 >> I solved the problem by rebuilding xf86-input-evdev after booting on an
5 >> unbuntu livecd then chrooting... Took some time. As for using portage
6 >
7 > Why did you need to chroot, just boot your normal system without X (add
8 > gentoo=nox to the kernel paramaters).
9 >
10 >> 2.2, it's listed as ~*2.2.0_alpha41, too early for me. Thanks all for
11 >> the help
12 >
13 > Don't let the ridiculous version number fool you, 2.2 has been
14 > generally usable for a couple of years.
15 >
16
17 Honestly, the "alpha" designation also made me shy away from 2.2
18
19 Really, someone should rebrand that as "beta", if 2.2 is indeed usable
20 for a couple of years.
21
22 That said, thanks for the heads-up. I'll unmask it on my systems :-)
23
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