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 1NGhBh-0006ww-OK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:03:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73E5FE0793; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fmailhost02.isp.att.net (fmailhost02.isp.att.net [204.127.217.102]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FAFE0793 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.108] (adsl-065-012-210-216.sip.bct.bellsouth.net[65.12.210.216]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc02) with ESMTP id <20091204230342H0200nhnrfe>; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:03:42 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.12.210.216] Message-ID: <4B19954E.2070008@pythontoo.com> Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:03:42 -0500 From: David User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091022) 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] X fails after new install References: <4B17B9CC.7070901@optonline.net> <20091203170133.1e2923a8@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <4B19656F.10000@optonline.net> <4B198E7C.1090705@cox.net> <4B1991DB.3030802@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <4B1991DB.3030802@optonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 257ee8d8-2256-4ba3-966d-a964e7e7fd36 X-Archives-Hash: 3df87d0ce724abb9c818c538d99e4df3 dhk wrote: > I hate to ask . . . how do I recompile all drivers? > > This should do it; emerge $(qlist -C -I x11-drivers/) -1av also make sure hald is running; rc-update show do you have support for evdev included in the kernel? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml Try starting X with a blank or minimal xorg.conf http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/releases/10.0/faq.xml#xorg-server HTH -- David Abbott (dabbott)