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On Saturday 25 June 2011 11:31:50 Pandu Poluan did opine thusly: |
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> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 05:00, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:43:02 +0200 (CEST), Alain DIDIERJEAN wrote: |
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> >> I solved the problem by rebuilding xf86-input-evdev after |
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> >> booting on an unbuntu livecd then chrooting... Took some |
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> >> time. As for using portage |
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> > Why did you need to chroot, just boot your normal system without |
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> > X (add gentoo=nox to the kernel paramaters). |
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> >> 2.2, it's listed as ~*2.2.0_alpha41, too early for me. Thanks |
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> >> all for the help |
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> > Don't let the ridiculous version number fool you, 2.2 has been |
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> > generally usable for a couple of years. |
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> Honestly, the "alpha" designation also made me shy away from 2.2 |
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It's not alpha as in alpha |
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The rc point releases hit -99 sometime ago so Zac switched to a |
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different prefix. Most other projects would have been a release by |
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now. |
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> Really, someone should rebrand that as "beta", if 2.2 is indeed |
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> usable for a couple of years. |
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> That said, thanks for the heads-up. I'll unmask it on my systems :-) |
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> Rgdsm |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |