Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

[J. Roeleveld]

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:57:02 PM Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 23/03/2016 12:53, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 07:46:09AM +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote
> >
> >> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 04:51:52 PM Grant Edwards wrote:
> >>> You're probably right, the magick sysrq feature pretty much obviates
> >>> the need to boot to console to protect against buggy X11 servers. But,
> >>> it's fairly recent and Linux-specific. So, the boot-to-console trait
> >>> (which evolved pre-sysrq -- and even pre-Linux, and has very little
> >>> "cost") hasn't died out yet...
> >>
> >> Yes, but it Xorg isn't that buggy to warrant the inconvience of
> >> a console boot on a desktop/laptop.  Even with proprietary nvidia
> >> drivers.
> >>
> >   How much inconvenience is it, really?  I have a short script ~/bin/x
> >
> > #! /bin/bash
> > startx -- -nosilk -config ${1}xorg.conf &
> >
> >   At the commandline I simply type "x" and hit the {ENTER} key.  Note
> >
> > the "-config ${1}xorg.conf".  The default (i.e. no parameters passed to
> > script) is to go with the regular xorg.conf.  But if I want to go with a
> > lower resolution (e.g. 640x480) from "640xorg.conf", I would start with
> >
> > x 640
> >
> >   This allows me to easily start up not only with different resolutions,
> >
> > but different colour depths, etc.
>
> Most users in this day and age would probably reply "why do I need to
> start with different resolutions and colour depth?"
>
> It's been many years since I myself fiddled with any of that, all my
> displays are now LCD where only one resolution makes any sense - native

Even before I did that, I always opted for the highest resolution the screen 
could give me with a decent refresh-rate. (anything lower than 75hz on a tube 
gives me a headache)

I never understood why anyone would want a lower resolution than the max 
possible. 

--
Joost