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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@gmail.com> 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 =A0-hal
>>
>> Put that in package.use and re-emerge xorg-server. =A0You may have to
>> re-emerge mouse and keyboard too.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>
>
> Okay, I'm re-emerging hal. =A0I was already using gcc-4.1.2. =A0I 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?
>

A new HAL made no difference.  Sigh.

Another option occurs to me: get a new video card and stop using the
onboard one.  I've barely paid any attention to the threads about ATI
vs NVIDIA, and don't know if there are any others worth considering.
Care to make a suggestion for someone who rarely (read: almost never)
plays games or does other work that stress a video card, and just
wants the stuff to work?  In current machines, it would be a PCI-X
(not PCI-E) card.

++ kevin

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD