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From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
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Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> James wrote:
>>
>>> Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> 'emerge -e1 world' did the trick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>> Okay, I was hoping for variable mileage, but maybe no dice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Have you rebuilt HAL?
>>>
>>>
>>> It might help....
>>>
>>> I have rebuilt version hal-0.5.11-r9....
>>>
>>> try to get back to what you had before your last (broken)
>>> upgrade. Make sure you are using gcc-4.1.2, as 4.3.2 is
>>> borked (many folks have different issues)....
>>>
>>>
>>> hth,
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> If all else fails:
>>
>> x11-base/xorg-server -hal
>>
>> Put that in package.use and re-emerge xorg-server. You may have to
>> re-emerge mouse and keyboard too.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>>
>
>
> Okay, I'm re-emerging hal. I was already using gcc-4.1.2. I still
> have mouse and keyboard emerged, but not mentioned in the xorg.conf.
>
> Crossing my fingers.
>
> Is there any other advice?
>
> Is there any hope?
>
> ++ kevin
>
>
If you find yourself without a keyboard or mouse and can't get back to a
console, press and hold alt + sysreq then hit R and E. I did this the
other day and it took me back to a console.
Since I have yet to get xorg and hal to work, good luck.
Dale
:-) :-)