From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QaMmG-0001gb-D2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:55:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B60481C058; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9DB1C058 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so3025535wwf.10 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:53:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type; bh=O5T5P48SGw/J6UUNpAQOR9F0YN/HiKJ8E/I1IzgRwCI=; b=dev7xym0JHMJr6o4SGb/X5mN3At1/b0lqdtgbpcmffmQtQHhePCpEQoBoS42hAZqCs WxP9vQZF5kr1ZXVuzldxJetFu8zZpRPV+JUkP2PwBmbIAj+daWMu4EeFhL31f1tg7rNW T/KIWKvR8jnqa7q+y+EN2hJtSHXBD2T0R/j7k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; b=EGIoKKzvdrkcimE3TJ6HYbqeKvqVJjWLaBKnZT1v/Npn6YhHBkN9EHlWfKQo/TeA21 s4VbGDuUm3gF4FvIOjbjalU/Ia6RpFKU7BZbdVeabtjpKnCLsl3vMXemud0FUx8JAEIm njPKHDr976jJumUpwWfbCKU0v/F6OCj50RfJY= Received: by 10.227.55.7 with SMTP id s7mr3676861wbg.65.1308984810402; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:53:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-183-215.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.183.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id et5sm2513247wbb.50.2011.06.24.23.53.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:53:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] no keyboard no mouse Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:52:22 +0200 Message-ID: <1839365.SSgm6rQ5NO@nazgul> User-Agent: KMail/4.6.0 (Linux/2.6.39-ck; KDE/4.6.4; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <658292104.5336901308919354379.JavaMail.root@spooler5n-g27.priv.proxad.net> <20110624230030.3b07e546@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8270ec387588c538de87fb0e492d8c2f On Saturday 25 June 2011 11:31:50 Pandu Poluan did opine thusly: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 05:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:43:02 +0200 (CEST), Alain DIDIERJEAN wrote: > >> I solved the problem by rebuilding xf86-input-evdev after > >> booting on an unbuntu livecd then chrooting... Took some > >> time. As for using portage > > > > Why did you need to chroot, just boot your normal system without > > X (add gentoo=nox to the kernel paramaters). > > > >> 2.2, it's listed as ~*2.2.0_alpha41, too early for me. Thanks > >> all for the help > > > > Don't let the ridiculous version number fool you, 2.2 has been > > generally usable for a couple of years. > > Honestly, the "alpha" designation also made me shy away from 2.2 It's not alpha as in alpha The rc point releases hit -99 sometime ago so Zac switched to a different prefix. Most other projects would have been a release by now. > > Really, someone should rebrand that as "beta", if 2.2 is indeed > usable for a couple of years. > > That said, thanks for the heads-up. I'll unmask it on my systems :-) > > Rgdsm -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com