Try Kernel 3.0.x. But I suspect hw is the cause. 8400.... Bumpgate Material? Maybe Not but i would replace it. Send from phone. Nightmare. Am 03.08.2012 06:30 schrieb "Willie Matthews" <matthews.wil...@gmail.com>:
> On 08/02/2012 05:26 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:24:06 -0700 > >> Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> That means your machine could be 100% testing software. At your skill > >>> level I do not think this is a good idea. It works for some but not > >>> for others.(me) > >>> > >>> I'm on my Kindle so more help is hard right now. Consider how to get > >>> to stable, if that is even possible. > >> Hmmmm, yeaaaaaahhh, I don't think so, he's a newbie > >> > >> I once switched a host from unstable to stable and I sweated blood > >> and bricks to do it. IIRC correctly it involved a whole lot of manual > >> package masking, and that took a whole lot of grep sed and awking > >> emerge output. > >> > >> It was horrible. It would have been easier to reinstall. But, being a > >> pigheaded Gentooist, I just had to try! > >> > >> What he could do is switch ACCEPT_KEYWORDS then not do much updates for > >> 6 months and let stable catch up to unstable. Not ideal from a security > >> update POV, but better than nothing > >> > >> -- > >> Alan McKinnon > >> alan.mckin...@gmail.com > >> > >> > > I'd have to agree with you, Alan. I tried switching from unstable to > > stable once (and I'm still a newbie, so I was even more of a newb when > > I tried) -- I just ended up reinstalling to keep my mind from melting. > > This was on a standard Desktop/Gnome system, of course. > > > Yeah I don't know if I really want to take the time to reset up entire > machine again. It is not only my XBMC machine but it is all my network > services and routes the internet. I think I like the idea that Alan has, > switch the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS and not update for a couple of months. > > -- > > Willie Matthews > matthews.wil...@gmail.com > > > > >
