Re: [gentoo-user] udev, cryptsetup, and ensuing problems

["John P. Burkett" <burkett@uri.edu>]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 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, thanks for calling Dale's contributions to my attention.  Going to
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ and using Firefox's "find"
facility, I searched for "Dale" on the first 10 pages sorted by thread
and the first 10 pages sorted by date. The later goes back to May 31. So
far I have not found a thread started by Dale that deals with problems
similar to mine. If you could identify a specific thread, I would
appreciate it.
-John


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