Re: [gentoo-user] Ctrl+Alt+bksp in Xorg

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Sebastian Beßler wrote:
> Am 27.10.2009 00:50, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
>
>   
>> I think it's about time we let this hal thing drop though
>>     
>
> Even hal developers came to this reasons and droped it ;-)
>
> So WHY change everything to hal now if hal will be replaced in near
> future anyway?
>
> I changed keyboard and mouse layout back from hal and evdev a few weeks
> ago because hal crashes for me all the time and there was more then one
> time when I was sitting here and starring at the graphic login screen
> unable to do anything because with hal died at bootup there was no
> keyboard and mouse to use.
>
> I really, really hate hal so much..
>
> Greetings
>
> Sebastian
>
>
>   

I'm just grateful for the geek that put the SysRq key sequence in the
kernel.  At least you can get back to a working console and fix the
stupid thing.

I two disabled hal weeks ago.  I'm hopeful the next one will be a lot
easier and better, not just for me but for everyone else too. 

Dale

:-)  :-)