On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Dale<rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Dale<rdalek1...@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 -hal >>> >>> Put that in package.use and re-emerge xorg-server. You may have to >>> re-emerge mouse and keyboard too. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> >> >> >> Okay, I'm re-emerging hal. I was already using gcc-4.1.2. I 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. I 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 -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
