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 1MJTXo-00086t-Tj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:33:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 838E8E072B; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vms173015pub.verizon.net (vms173015pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.15]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70452E072B for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.20] ([96.233.148.239]) by vms173015.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KLQ00DX7Z3WGET2@vms173015.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:33:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <4A42393C.5060802@uri.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:33:32 -0400 From: "John P. Burkett" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090608) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev, cryptsetup, and ensuing problems References: <4A4175C5.7030005@uri.edu> <200906241154.44808.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4A422E80.9000504@uri.edu> <200906241554.40859.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-reply-to: <200906241554.40859.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 91fca5d6-e053-4de7-a31a-cfc0149d15a3 X-Archives-Hash: 20c8ff1a8aff15a7481958fa3f94f217 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 -- John P. Burkett Department of Economics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0808 USA phone (401) 874-9195