* Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure
@ 2011-12-23 12:55 99% ` Michael Mol
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From: Michael Mol @ 2011-12-23 12:55 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Alex Schuster<wonko@wonkology.org>
>> wrote:
>>> G.Wolfe Woodbury writes:
>>>> On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote:
>>>>> Reemerge all xf86* packages
>>>>> Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server
>>>>> version, driver version mismatch)
>>>>
>>>> I looked right at it and missed the obvious! Thanks for the
>>>> clue-by-four.
>>>
>>> BTW, emerge -a @x11-module-rebuild will do this.
>>>
>>> Wonko
>>>
>> emerge: There are no sets to satisfy 'x11-module-rebuild'. The
>> following sets exist:
>>
>> selected
>> system
>> world
>>
>
> Someone posted this one liner a while back:
>
> emerge -1a $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers/)
>
> That takes care of the video driver, mouse, keyboard and such. Mine is
> these packages:
>
> root@fireball / # qlist -I -C x11-drivers/
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
> x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa
> root@fireball / #
I wound up doing something similar, involving a mix of eix, grep and sed.
>
> I try to remember to run that when I upgrade the kernel or xorg. I usually
> forget and have to do the SysReq keystroke magic. After I slap my forehead
> of course.
I still don't know the SysReq magic. I've just ssh'd in. If I can't do
that, it usually means something hardlocked.
>
> There are quite a few of these commands that gets posted from time to time.
> As a hint, I have a text file in my /root directory that contains the
> commands and a description. I just cat and grep the file when I need to. I
> wouldn't recommend a user directory tho. If for someone reason only root is
> mounted, then you can get to /root but not /home if it is a separate
> partition. You, and other Gentooers, may want to think about doing
> something like this.
>
> Hope this helps in some small way.
Funny thing is, I thought I'd taken care of it. It didn't crop up for
me until xscreensaver kicked in, which crashed X due to differeing ABI
versions between what was already running and what xscreensaver tried
to get linked in. Guess I should remember to restart X. :)
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:wq
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