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On Wednesday 24 June 2009 15:47:44 John P. Burkett wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 02:39:33 John P. Burkett wrote: |
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> >> At that point I had the impression that the machine was not up-to-date |
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> >> but nonetheless functional. However, the next morning I noticed that |
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> >> the computer would not print to my local printer. Using the CUPS menu |
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> >> did not rectify the problem. When I rebooted, the machine wouldn't |
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> >> start X and the mouse wouldn't work. Rebooting again, I used the Grub |
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> >> menu to select an old reliable configuration which allowed me to login |
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> >> at a command line interface but did allow me to start X. |
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> > This has been dealt with ad-nauseam on this list over the last few weeks, |
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> > with many many threads covering these issues (they are very common) |
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> > Please check the mail archives for the full story in all it's |
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> > excruciating detail. |
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> Thank you, Alan, for the pointer. Going to |
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> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ and using Firefox's "find" |
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> facility, I searched for each of the following expressions: udev, |
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> cryptsetup, host address, distrfiles.shea, filesize, printer, startx, |
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> mouse. I have not found the threads to which you refer. If you could |
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> point out a relevant starting point in the archives, I would be very |
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> grateful. |
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Try looking for threads started by user "Dale" and working from there. He's |
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not alone in his woes, but he's certainly the most vocal. His threads also |
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tend to stay on-topic, leading to answers instead of natter. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |