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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 10:02 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kevin O'Gorman 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?
>>
>> ++ kevin
>>
>>
>
> If you find yourself without a keyboard or mouse and can't get back to a
> console, press and hold alt + sysreq then hit R and E. =A0I did this the
> other day and it took me back to a console.
>
> Since I have yet to get xorg and hal to work, good luck.
>
> Dale
Thanks. Ctl-Alt-BS is still working for me.
I'm now rebuilding xorg-server, xf86-input-mouse and
xf86-input-keyboard with -hal.
++ kevin
--=20
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD