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 1O94X1-0008CE-Bh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 May 2010 22:54:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC695E0D4F; Mon, 3 May 2010 22:53:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.223.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97891E0D4F for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 22:53:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn11 with SMTP id 11so2524864iwn.11 for ; Mon, 03 May 2010 15:53:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RHgogfAfEp+vjWs0YIOmGb+6+HMw1m/ZGDc+WXq0tVg=; b=gNXKsv+IyZbIrcgj829GoNOfoemWySRwtxXXdVMwJthQ7OC9dJjOD9VC0FoCsIuOEA VsfJs9W/wDpWpjLkjxd0ZUsIHZTH8z08j8+mKK7k3/8SqFmcC2itFU6nE6y1r8EVWVMX 7/p306SnyAUNoaYZ/fZ2m99GlXAl799NbI/mk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bsh/ZWs2wA0dvZGC9G0xmmf50WU6WRuIdOe+MyCFCpOrfGCSbZ3HH02xnjY8XN22fe pFCUoDQzzr6O8h6//umiSlJ2pyNWvSKtkxrRzDMrfqenWUHFsa47KKLUW8N11/9veZOh 6mI2NzApuYLoB9FZiAelIr0N6ah9m3U/46Zdg= Received: by 10.231.147.199 with SMTP id m7mr699797ibv.87.1272927196019; Mon, 03 May 2010 15:53:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-131-79.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.131.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id cm22sm1349161ibb.11.2010.05.03.15.53.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 03 May 2010 15:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BDF53D7.2080904@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 17:53:11 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100409 Gentoo/2.0.4-r1 SeaMonkey/2.0.4 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] Frozen after Upgrade References: <20100503135725.GM4474@ca.inter.net> <4BDED966.5090307@gmail.com> <4BDF2E58.3020408@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BDF2E58.3020408@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 69a0343d-9b37-4038-8171-9f31b4874e0a X-Archives-Hash: 441f59cad488969ad5f9ee0a4552985c CJoeB wrote: > On 05/03/10 10:10, Dale wrote: > >> I think there is a interactive mode or something too. It is done by >> hitting the "I" key during the first part of the boot up. Just say No >> to xdm or whatever starts your GUI. >> >> Lots of options here. lol >> >> Dale >> > Thanks, Dale, for the figurative "whack in the head"! I knew about > interactive mode, but never even thought of it. Doing this, I was able > to boot to a command line. Then, I took Remy's advise and re-emerged > xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-keyboard-mouse. Turns out that they both > needed updating. This fixed everything. > > Sorry, if I was a little terse. I panicked. I keep all responses to > problems I've posted in case I run into the same thing again. So thanks > guys for coming though for me as always! > > Regards, > > Colleen > >> Oh trust me, I knew where you were. I been there. Anyone want me to start talking about the xorg-server upgrade with hal enabled? I think most people missed the point that your keyboard would not allow you to do anything. I noticed that and knew exactly what position you were in. You also need to make a note about the alt sysrq key sequence as well. That can be a HUGE life saver. It will at least keep you from having to do a hard shutdown. I have had a couple times that I was stuck at the login screen and nothing else would get me back to a console. If you use the alt sysrq sequence, it will at least give you a sane shutdown, even if it is done blindly. Glad you got it working. Dale :-) :-)