Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Keith Dart wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:47:09 -0500 > Dale wrote: > > >> What gets me is this, I even did a fresh install on another hard >> drive, it don't work there either. hal and friends were included >> from the very start of the install too. Either I am missing >> something that is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:47:09 -0500 Dale wrote: > What gets me is this, I even did a fresh install on another hard > drive, it don't work there either. hal and friends were included > from the very start of the install too. Either I am missing > something that is not in the guide or it just don'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:53:22 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > This is NOT the way for Linux to make progress in the desktop wars, > folks. Works for me. ;-) But its true that Xorg is making some rapid progress. There's some growing pains. If you are running Gentoo unstable mask (~) then you are

Re: [gentoo-user] *** WARNING : 2.6.30 kernel hangs and destroys filesystems on old hardware

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 05:48:59PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote > Was there any oops evident (in dmesg) and reiserfs involved? This is > whats biting me at the moment on 2 systems with 2.6.29/30. No problems here so far. Booted into 2.6.29-r5 just a few minutes ago... waltd...@d530 ~ $ uname

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:50 AM, walt wrote: > On 07/10/2009 01:29 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> On  9 Jul, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> >>> I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at >>> least one package got past my version limits and X broke.  Rather than >>> to try to

[gentoo-user] Re: LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

Stroller wrote: > Hi there, > > I want to try burning a DVD using k3b and when it starts up it > complains: > > System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968 > Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode > filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistent mountpoint for /

Alan E. Davis wrote: > Thank you, Walt. > > I live on a tropical island. I've been going through about all the > suggestions people have made and all the ideas I can think of. > Changed NICs. Recompiled kernel with better configuration. > > Uptime 1:39 > > An improvement from earlier today. > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistent mountpoint for /

Thank you, Walt. I live on a tropical island. I've been going through about all the suggestions people have made and all the ideas I can think of. Changed NICs. Recompiled kernel with better configuration. Uptime 1:39 An improvement from earlier today. I've edited /etc/fstab. But I'll leave

[gentoo-user] Re: Inconsistent mountpoint for /

On 07/10/2009 05:16 PM, lngn...@gmail.com wrote: I recently reported that I am suffering random reboots. I have now discovered an inconsistency in the reporting of the mount point of the root directory of my Gentoo install... No, the two are not related. In my experience, anything that goes w

[gentoo-user] Inconsistent mountpoint for /

I recently reported that I am suffering random reboots. I have now discovered an inconsistency in the reporting of the mount point of the root directory of my Gentoo install. First a little history: I spent about two and a half weeks trying to install ANYTHING that would remain stable and useabl

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev. [SOLVED]

James Ausmus wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Dale > wrote: > > James Ausmus wrote: > > Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences > > between the two xorg.conf's? > > > > Well, I can't see any difference. Her

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

On 11 Jul 2009, at 00:05, walt wrote: On 07/10/2009 02:48 PM, Stroller wrote: ... Googling "LC_* environment variables" turns up this doc: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3 ... Unless you have some very arcane lanuage needs you can just set the value of LC_ALL ins

Re: [gentoo-user] LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

On 11 Jul 2009, at 00:02, Peter Ruskin wrote: ... This doc refers to a /etc/env.d/02locale file ... This is what my 02locale file says: LANG="en_GB" LC_COLLATE="POSIX" LC_CTYPE="POSIX" LC_ALL="en_GB" I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to "POSIX" some time ago to make konqueror sort the way I expec

[gentoo-user] Re: LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

On 07/10/2009 04:02 PM, Peter Ruskin wrote: ... I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to "POSIX" some time ago to make konqueror sort the way I expect. We posted our responses at the same time, apparently. Where did you learn that POSIX is an appropriate value for those variables? I need to read what

[gentoo-user] Re: LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

On 07/10/2009 02:48 PM, Stroller wrote: > ... Solution: To properly set the locale charset make sure the LC_* environment variables are set... Googling "LC_* environment variables" turns up this doc: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3 I assume this document is correc

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev. [SOLVED]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Dale wrote: > James Ausmus wrote: > > Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences > > between the two xorg.conf's? > > > > Well, I can't see any difference. Here is the old file: > > Section "InputDevice" >Identifier "Mouse0" >Dr

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev. [SOLVED]

James Ausmus wrote: > Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences > between the two xorg.conf's? > Well, I can't see any difference. Here is the old file: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option"Protocol" "auto" Optio

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev. [SOLVED]

Good to hear! Out of curiosity, what's the mouse-related differences between the two xorg.conf's? On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Dale wrote: > James Ausmus wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Did you try the xinput commands from my previous e-mail? I believe > > that they will work for all input device

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

walt wrote: > On 07/10/2009 11:12 AM, Dale wrote: > >> ... >> It sees the mouse and says the option for the wheel is there. It just >> don't work... > > I can't remember if anyone has mentioned xev yet. On my machine with > the bog-standard M$ Optical Mouse (2-buttons+wheel) when I put the mouse

Re: [gentoo-user] complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot?

On 10 Jul 2009, at 11:44, Helmut Jarausch wrote: ... emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are so many) - see below. ... [blocks B ] xmlpatterns-4.5.2" is blocking x11-libs/qt-assistant-

[gentoo-user] Re: :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On 07/10/2009 11:12 AM, Dale wrote: ... It sees the mouse and says the option for the wheel is there. It just don't work... I can't remember if anyone has mentioned xev yet. On my machine with the bog-standard M$ Optical Mouse (2-buttons+wheel) when I put the mouse cursor in the xev window a

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev. [SOLVED]

James Ausmus wrote: > > > > > Did you try the xinput commands from my previous e-mail? I believe > that they will work for all input devices, not just evdev devices. > > -James I don't know what was wrong but I got it working again. I ran xorgcfg and let it generate a new xorg.conf file and it wo

[gentoo-user] LC_ locale settings for UK / GB.

Hi there, I want to try burning a DVD using k3b and when it starts up it complains: System locale charset is ANSI_X3.4-1968 Your system's locale charset (i.e. the charset used to encode filenames) is set to ANSI_X3.4-1968. It is highly unlikely that this has been done intentionall

Re: [gentoo-user] Diskless client will not shutdown.

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:47:43 -0700 Keith Dart wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:31:45 -0500 > Harley Peters wrote: > > > But it never issues the power down command. > > Yes acpi is setup correctly. > > I've seen buggy motherboards and/or bioses behave this way. But check > your kernel config. Mig

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

James Ausmus wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Dale > wrote: > > Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dale > wrote: > > > >> It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Dale wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dale wrote: > > > >> It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash screen. > >> I also notice that it takes longer to log out for some reason. It logs > >> in like always, abo

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dale wrote: > >> It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash screen. >> I also notice that it takes longer to log out for some reason. It logs >> in like always, about 10 seconds or so, but when I log out, it takes 45 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dale wrote: > It does appear to be loading nvidia but I don't see the splash screen. > I also notice that it takes longer to log out for some reason. It logs > in like always, about 10 seconds or so, but when I log out, it takes 45 > seconds or so. Maybe the splas

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

James Ausmus wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Dale > wrote: > > James Ausmus wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > files? > > > > Thanks! > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] eee PC crashes on shutdown.

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:50:33 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > Ctrl-C? My console isn't even logged in. so Ctrl-C won't do anything. > > Don't understand "isn't even logged in" As in it's just sitting there with a login prompt, but pressing Alt-SysRq-S shows the emergency sync message. > When you

Re: [gentoo-user] random reboots

On Jul 10, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Freitag 10 Juli 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2. Often this happens when using firefox, but not exclus

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] eee PC crashes on shutdown.

> Do you have CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ enabled in your kernel? yes > >> BTW, when I try getting back to the X console, it's blank. Is this an > > Xfce4 thing? I remember sysrescuecd which also uses Xfce4 had the same >> bug/feature. I have to ctrl-c on the first console to get back to the >> prompt so

[gentoo-user] Re: complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot?

On 07/10/2009 03:44 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'm upgrading Gentoo nearly each day for 2 years now. But once in a while I'm lost, like this time emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are s

[gentoo-user] Re: :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On 07/10/2009 09:13 AM, Dale wrote: Hi folks. Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before, right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is. I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was a nightmare, AGAIN. I want my old w

Re: [gentoo-user] random reboots

On Freitag 10 Juli 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Thank you to members of this list who have gotten me through a couple > of serious issues. I have another one. > > My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens > during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Mine is working fine also, I did have to rebuild all the drivers after every update, using 1.6.1.901-r5 currently; This is a desktop, I have nothing in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ david [02:54 PM] opteron ~ $ ls /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/ evdev_drv.so kbd_drv.so mouse_drv.so Here is xorg.conf a

Re: [gentoo-user] random reboots

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens > during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2. > Often this happens when using firefox, but not exclusively. If you can identify when it started, and

[gentoo-user] random reboots

Thank you to members of this list who have gotten me through a couple of serious issues. I have another one. My system reboots at seemingly random times. Usually, this happens during keyboard or mouse input. I have been using kernel 2.6.30-r2. Often this happens when using firefox, but not excl

[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On 07/10/2009 01:29 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 9 Jul, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh. In anot

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 10 July 2009 17:43:44 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> >>> 090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: > >> If all else fails: >> x11-base/x

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Dale wrote: > James Ausmus wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > files? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -James > > Posted in another reply. Should be in the same thread. Sorry, I should > have posted those

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Dale wrote: > I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was > a nightmare, AGAIN. I want my old way back to say it lightly. I put > -hal in package.use for xorg-server. I put my old xorg.conf file back > as well. I re-emerged the keyb

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

James Ausmus wrote: > > > > > Hi Dale - can you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf > files? > > Thanks! > > -James Posted in another reply. Should be in the same thread. Sorry, I should have posted those before. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:24 -0500 > schrieb Dale : > > >> Hi folks. >> >> Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before, >> right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is. >> >> I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on.

Re: [gentoo-user] complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot?

On Friday 10 July 2009 12:44:36 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm upgrading Gentoo nearly each day for 2 years now. > But once in a while I'm lost, like this time > > emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world > gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understan

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Friday 10 July 2009 17:43:44 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > > 090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: > If all else fails: > x11-base/xorg-server -hal > >>> > >>> Is there any other advice? > >> > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Dale wrote: > Hi folks. > > Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before, > right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is. > > I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was > a nightmare, AG

Re: [gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

Am Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:24 -0500 schrieb Dale : > Hi folks. > > Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before, > right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is. > > I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was > a nightma

Re: [gentoo-user] software raid, mdadm is not finding disks

Not a problem -- W. Nick Pappin On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Dave wrote: > Hello, >I had the LSI driver loading as a module. I recompiled the kernel > and made it monolithic, put in the raid and other drivers in that way and > rebooted. It is working! >That also explains ano

[gentoo-user] :-@ Reversing xorg-server, hal and evdev.

Hi folks. Word of warning. I been upset before, I have even been mad before, right now, I'm pissed. This is not normal for me but it is what it is. I tried the new xorg with the hal flag turned on. Let's just say it was a nightmare, AGAIN. I want my old way back to say it lightly. I put -hal

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Synopsis: I suspect this setup is too specific -- will it work for both wheel mice and non-wheel mice, and for non-MS keyboards? On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 10 Jul, Dale wrote: > >> Same thing here.  I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his >> "drive me cra

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 10 Jul, Dale wrote: > > >> Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his >> "drive me crazy" friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal >> will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of >> messing with evdev. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > >> 090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: > If all else fails: > x11-base/xorg-server -hal > Is there any other advice?

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Dale wrote: > >> I'd like to meet whoever came up with this crap. Just a few minutes >> behind my woodshed will do. >> > > Hopefully you guys unfortunate enough to have had problems have filed > bugs about it on b.g.o or bugs.freedeskt

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > 090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: If all else fails: x11-base/xorg-server  -hal >>> Is there any other advice? >> A new HAL made no difference.  Sigh. > > I ran into this twice, first on my fr

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Dale wrote: > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Keith Dart wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100 >>> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> >>> The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating drivers. >>> Us

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On 10 Jul, Dale wrote: > Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his > "drive me crazy" friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal > will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of > messing with evdev. I'm waiting on something better to c

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Dale wrote: > Same thing here. I just tried again to get hal, evdev and all his > "drive me crazy" friends to work, it doesn't. It appears to me that hal > will be disabled in package.use for xorg-server FOREVER. I'm sick of > messing with evdev. I'm waiting on

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Dale wrote: > I'd like to meet whoever came up with this crap. Just a few minutes > behind my woodshed will do. Hopefully you guys unfortunate enough to have had problems have filed bugs about it on b.g.o or bugs.freedesktop.org so the devs can have some chance of

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:21:47 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >>> Users should probably make sure there is at least the following >>> in /etc/make.conf: >>> >>> PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo save_summary" >>> >>> So you get a permanent record and a change to view them at the end of >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:21:47 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Users should probably make sure there is at least the following > > in /etc/make.conf: > > > > PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo save_summary" > > > > So you get a permanent record and a change to view them at the end of > > a ebuild set. > Where are t

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Keith Dart wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100 >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> >>> The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating >>> drivers. >>> >> Users should probably make sure there is at

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

Keith Dart wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100 > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > >> The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating >> drivers. >> > > Users should probably make sure there is at least the following > in /etc/make.conf: > > PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo s

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Keith Dart wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700 >> "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: >> >> >>> I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at >>> least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

090709 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale wrote: >>> If all else fails: >>> x11-base/xorg-server  -hal >> Is there any other advice? > A new HAL made no difference. Sigh. I ran into this twice, first on my frontline machine, then on the stand-by. The solution was 'USE="

[gentoo-user] complex depencies - how to cut the Gordian knot?

Hi, I'm upgrading Gentoo nearly each day for 2 years now. But once in a while I'm lost, like this time emerge --keep-going -j2 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world gives a lot of blockings which I don't quite understand (and there are so many) - see below. I'd be very grateful to so

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Keith Dart wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100 > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating >> drivers. > > Users should probably make sure there is at least the following > in /etc/make.conf: > > PORTAGE

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Keith Dart wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700 > "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > >> I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at >> least one package got past my version limits and X broke.  Rather than >> to try to revert, I thought surely

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Keith Dart wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:18:35 -0700 > Keith Dart wrote: > >> Set the "hal" use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if >> that helps you. > > Also make sure you have this in your make.conf: > > > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev"

Re: [gentoo-user] *** WARNING : 2.6.30 kernel hangs and destroys filesystems on old hardware

Was there any oops evident (in dmesg) and reiserfs involved? This is whats biting me at the moment on 2 systems with 2.6.29/30. BilLK On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 13:13 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I just want to warn everybody about the 2.6.30 kernel > (gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r2) > > First

Re: [gentoo-user] Diskless client will not shutdown.

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:31:45 -0500 Harley Peters wrote: > But it never issues the power down command. > Yes acpi is setup correctly. I've seen buggy motherboards and/or bioses behave this way. But check your kernel config. Might also try some different BIOS settings and see if that helps. --

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On 9 Jul, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at > least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than > to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh. > > In another thread, after spending 2 months with

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:18:35 -0700 Keith Dart wrote: > Set the "hal" use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if > that helps you. Also make sure you have this in your make.conf: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" Remove mouse and keyboard sections in your xorg.conf file also.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SOLVED [OT] Anyone a working iso for bios-update of Intel DP43TF ?

James wrote: > this may ease your pain. > > http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot No, coreboot support for newer Intel chipsets/motherboards is not good. Not due to unwillingness from the developers but lack of interest from Intel to support them with needed info. http://www.coreboot.

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at > least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than > to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh. Set the "hal" use flag a

Re: [gentoo-user] *** WARNING : 2.6.30 kernel hangs and destroys filesystems on old hardware

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:26:00 +0100 Mick wrote: > Thanks for the warning Helmut. I am still trying to get the 2.6.29 to > work on my old laptop and was hoping that the 2.6.30 would offer a > fix, but from what you are saying it may be a retrograde step in old > hardware like mine. That's interest

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating > drivers. Users should probably make sure there is at least the following in /etc/make.conf: PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo save_summary" So you get a permanent record an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SOLVED [OT] Anyone a working iso for bios-update of Intel DP43TF ?

James schrieb: > Stefan G. Weichinger xunil.at> writes: > > >> Sorry for the noise, Stefan > > this may ease your pain. > > http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot thanks for the pointer, will look at it soon ... but for now the bios is updated ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes

On Friday 10 July 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > > Okay, I'm re-emerging hal. I was already using gcc-4.1.2. I still > > have mouse and keyboard emerged, but not mentioned in the xorg.conf. I am coming late to the party here but I not so