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Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 29 December 2008, Dale wrote: |
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>> Norberto Bensa wrote: |
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>>> Do you use evdev? |
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>> This is what I have installed according to equery: |
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>> root@smoker / # equery list dev |
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>> [ Searching for package 'dev' in all categories among: ] |
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>> * installed packages |
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>> [I--] [ ~] kde-base/kdewebdev-meta-3.5.10 (3.5) |
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>> [I--] [ ] sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1 (0) |
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>> [I--] [ ] sys-fs/udev-124-r1 (0) |
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>> root@smoker / # |
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>> Point is, the only thing that changes is the kernel. Same KDE, same |
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>> user, same everything except for the kernel. Is there something |
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>> different that the new kernels require with regard to udev? Do I need a |
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>> newer unstable udev installed for the new kernels? |
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> The package/driver is evdev (not udev). |
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> I wouldn't be joining the chorus of disgruntled users pointing at half baked |
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> kernels with problematic drivers because kernels (for me) have been pretty |
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> stable for years now. However, that was before 2.6.27-gentoo-r7. My problem |
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> seems to be two fold: |
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> a)Looong delay (around a whole minute or so) waiting on the penguin logo |
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> before the kernel is loaded and the main boot up occurs. |
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> b)My sound card is not recognised by alsa which barfs and never loads. |
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> I have posted on a different thread (which has not attracted any responses) |
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> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/207339 |
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> and I assume that my kernel problems are not that common in the Gentoo user |
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> community. I haven't yet posted a bug on it - but if subsequent kernels do |
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> not fix it and my confidence that I have not performed some kernel |
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> configuration error increases I will do so. After all without bug reports |
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> how would the devs know what's borked for the users? |
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Well, I use make oldconfig and generally say no to the new stuff. That |
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way I have the same config as the old but with bug fixes. That has |
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worked for me for a long time but once I get past 2.6.23, I have trouble |
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with it. |
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I would assume I don't have evdev here. Since I asked equery for |
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anything with dev in it, it should have listed it if it was installed. |
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That is why I ask if there was something new. I can't say that I have |
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ever heard of evdev before. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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