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 <gentoo-user+bounces-98291-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1MVltq-0000Hj-GI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:35:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C13EE037F; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:35:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gray.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (gray.acns.colostate.edu [129.82.100.167]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA9EBE037F for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:35:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parker.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (parker.acns.colostate.edu [129.82.100.125]) by gray.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n6SCZG0Q002285 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:35:17 -0600 Received: from lamar.colostate.edu (lamar.acns.colostate.edu [129.82.100.75]) by parker.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (AIX5.3/8.13.4/8.11.0) with ESMTP id n6SCZGpY405792 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:35:16 -0600 Received: from gentoo-01 (212-2222_78.ppp.colostate.edu [129.82.250.177]) by lamar.colostate.edu (AIX5.3/8.13.4/8.11.0) with ESMTP id n6SCZFCs2289722 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:35:15 -0600 Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:35:12 -0600 From: Skippy <linuxgn2@204eastsouth.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs Message-ID: <20090728063512.73a80431@gentoo-01> In-Reply-To: <200907281326.20510.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0907230052010.30482@mail.trezor.by> <alpine.LNX.2.00.0907242330410.19699@mail.trezor.by> <20090728052313.08ebb3cf@gentoo-01> <200907281326.20510.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Organization: On The Fly Photography X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2009-07-28_04:2009-07-24,2009-07-28,2009-07-27 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0811170000 definitions=main-0907280064 X-Archives-Salt: 4046ae7b-103f-4bc4-81f0-b55703f28e73 X-Archives-Hash: 3e4b8df7e9bbce6403fdd5e13228c723 On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:26:20 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote the words: > The problem has little if anything to do with Gentoo developers (who > keep things as close to upstream as possible), and everything to do > with the upstream developers of Xorg and hal. The fix is per their > timetable. > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > Yes, I get your point. I didn't mean to imply the Gentoo folks are doing this. I should have asked - is there some kind of work around or temporary fix that the Gentoo developers can implement until it's really fixed. :) Skippy