Re: [gentoo-user] no keyboard no mouse

[Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 05:00, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:43:02 +0200 (CEST), Alain DIDIERJEAN wrote:
>
>> I solved the problem by rebuilding xf86-input-evdev after booting on an
>> unbuntu livecd then chrooting... Took some time. As for using portage
>
> Why did you need to chroot, just boot your normal system without X (add
> gentoo=nox to the kernel paramaters).
>
>> 2.2, it's listed as ~*2.2.0_alpha41, too early for me. Thanks all for
>> the help
>
> Don't let the ridiculous version number fool you, 2.2 has been
> generally usable for a couple of years.
>

Honestly, the "alpha" designation also made me shy away from 2.2

Really, someone should rebrand that as "beta", if 2.2 is indeed usable
for a couple of years.

That said, thanks for the heads-up. I'll unmask it on my systems :-)

Rgdsm
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