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 1MJSxX-0003yd-Bw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:56:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7DBD1E03CF; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com [209.85.219.209]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29DADE03CF for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so1128997ewy.15 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=2CZ+jCOyIxB4HjVFkv6WIZ2jc8rnPL14yRgPzVawGXo=; b=MH44kW1G5Coia4IrE8auG6B3WdpzZKD4O7rdDMZzsJuuPulhiDE9wRyONV33I918du rogHMf1RoEqAd0PniR0DzAE1x8lDm2fGyWuiAH2NcMsKsjRWGbR8AIiLE2KZk9QLjgS+ jB2L5rX5FHCvPJ2F0xNwODQmXYB1MXR8ptv3k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=mDGYR5bblGnNF2cOzKfQoqUulmmAgb9PBnuZKJJLgOp27EyuMcpgB+sShZ6zE4roIh RPKUisaonBb3mroXFGDvLQZxVjDRN+zorEFt77bs1tsqhmX2otIXInjFYU/hRSXVN6WH 9R71YMLtuFZuvZ4i+CSYS8MGMle9gUp4Xwxig= Received: by 10.210.38.5 with SMTP id l5mr824438ebl.12.1245851777494; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:56:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm2336391eyg.24.2009.06.24.06.56.15 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:56:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev, cryptsetup, and ensuing problems Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:54:40 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (Linux/2.6.30-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.2.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <4A4175C5.7030005@uri.edu> <200906241154.44808.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4A422E80.9000504@uri.edu> In-Reply-To: <4A422E80.9000504@uri.edu> 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-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906241554.40859.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 3dbd1232-b270-4c19-a522-2ef5af40af39 X-Archives-Hash: c5667cbd7d4ba58747d049adf42529d5 On Wednesday 24 June 2009 15:47:44 John P. Burkett wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 02:39:33 John P. Burkett wrote: > >> At that point I had the impression that the machine was not up-to-date > >> but nonetheless functional. However, the next morning I noticed that > >> the computer would not print to my local printer. Using the CUPS menu > >> did not rectify the problem. When I rebooted, the machine wouldn't > >> start X and the mouse wouldn't work. Rebooting again, I used the Grub > >> menu to select an old reliable configuration which allowed me to login > >> at a command line interface but did allow me to start X. > > > > This has been dealt with ad-nauseam on this list over the last few weeks, > > with many many threads covering these issues (they are very common) > > > > Please check the mail archives for the full story in all it's > > excruciating detail. > > Thank you, Alan, for the pointer. Going to > http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ and using Firefox's "find" > facility, I searched for each of the following expressions: udev, > cryptsetup, host address, distrfiles.shea, filesize, printer, startx, > mouse. I have not found the threads to which you refer. If you could > point out a relevant starting point in the archives, I would be very > grateful. Try looking for threads started by user "Dale" and working from there. He's not alone in his woes, but he's certainly the most vocal. His threads also tend to stay on-topic, leading to answers instead of natter. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com