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Francisco Ares wrote: |
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> Hi, guys, |
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> After quite a long update list of packages (100+) and a reboot, I |
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> could not work in any window or desktop manager I have installed. |
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> I rebooted (the ACPI power switch worked fine) and managed to get |
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> interactive action during the init scripts and did not allowed "xdm" |
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> to start. |
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> Then I was able to use normaly the keyboard and mouse ("gpm"). Forced |
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> reinstall of xorg-server, xorg-drivers, xorg-cf-files, xdm, kdm (also, |
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> in my case, nvidia-drivers) and tryed to use Window Maker - no mouse |
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> movements, although the pointer was there, and no visible keyboard effect. |
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> Any hints on how to get things back? |
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> Thanks |
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> Francisco |
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> |
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> -- |
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> "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then |
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> you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and |
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> I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have |
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> two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw |
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I just went through the same thing. I don't think xorg got updated but |
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my X wouldn't start at all. This may help you as it did me: |
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emerge -1a $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers/) |
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Hope this helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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