Re: [gentoo-user] Fed up with Xorg + hal mess [SOLVED]

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 08 October 2009 11:19:44 alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
> Selon Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>:
> > On Wednesday 07 October 2009 06:34:06 alain.didierjean@××××.fr wrote:
> > > Thanks all for the help. Finally the problem was solved by re-compiling
> > > all X11 drivers used, and most notably xf86-input-keyboard &
> > > xf86-input-mouse. I still think that any package update that breaks a
> > > working config without any specific doc IS A BUG. That just happened
> > > for the scond time.
> >
> > Any human operator who does a large upgrade such as this and does not
> > read the
> > posted notice about it has a bug in his head. If you had fixed that bug,
> > the one on your computer would have been solved.
>
> Thanks for this useful answer, Mr. alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com. I
> certainly have a bug in my head, but I wouldn't like to have to smell
>  what's in yours.
> I have the weird habit to trust portage, as it works great 99.9% of the
>  time (is that a bug ?). I usually don't read elogs as I usually don't need
>  it. Xorg-1.6 needs a rebuilt of all used X11 drivers, up-to-date or not.
>  Not including this re-emerging in the ebuilt leads to a working config
>  being broken. I call that a BUG, specifically when it happens for the
>  second time. Have a sweet day, Mr alan dot mckinnon.

tsk, tsk, touchy today hey?

This is Gentoo. We assume you know what you're doing and can deal with stuff 
that arises. If you don't like what the devs gave you, become a dev yourself 
and fix it.

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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com