From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E221381FA for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 02:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD605E0B04; Tue, 13 May 2014 02:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.cims.nyu.edu (MX2.CIMS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C24C8E0AE8 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 02:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (smtp.cs.nyu.edu [128.122.49.97]) by mx2.cims.nyu.edu (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4D236FV019511 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 22:03:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newlap-wireless.localdomain (ool-182de8a5.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.232.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s4D235Lk019508 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 22:03:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by newlap-wireless.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 693C1A86DF; Mon, 12 May 2014 22:03:05 -0400 (EDT) From: gottlieb@nyu.edu To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with hi-res display and nouveau driver on *one* system References: <87oaz4e04w.fsf@nyu.edu> <20140511201030.GA4698@waltdnes.org> <87mwendfcp.fsf@nyu.edu> <20140512093250.633807de@digimed.co.uk> <871tvy34wn.fsf@nyu.edu> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 22:03:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: ("Canek \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Pel\=C3\=A1ez_Vald\=C3\=A9s\=22's\?\= message of "Mon, 12 May 2014 19:30:34 -0500") Message-ID: <87r43yzb8m.fsf@nyu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.1 (mx2.cims.nyu.edu [128.122.49.96]); Mon, 12 May 2014 22:03:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.4 at mx2 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -2.551 () BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.73 on 128.122.49.96 X-Archives-Salt: b1d6733a-86cf-4865-a23d-bb6f64b7af8c X-Archives-Hash: 903d5e3c04f02d5e6763fd958c5c6167 On Mon, May 12 2014, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 7:20 PM, wrote: > [...] >> I did >> emerge --changed-use --update --keep-going world >> and >> emerge --depclean --ask --ignore-default-opts >> >> The problem remains (after a reboot). >> Specifically, gdm/gnome-shell puts up the screensaver giving the time in >> big characters and I can't get rid of it using the mouse or keyboard. >> I also tried >> /etc/init.d/gdm restart >> with no improvement. > > If you are on systemd, that does nothing. You want systemctl restart > gdm.service. This (old) system is still openRC/grub1. When I get the present problem solved, I will be going to grub2/systemd. allan