Denis wrote: >> Let us know what blows up. ;-) >> >> Dale >> > > Nothing blew up ;-) I was successful removing X, downgrading, and > getting X working again with xorg-server-1.5.3 and libxcb-1.1 > > FYI, the working package.mask file for this operation is: > > >> =x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5 >> =x11-libs/libX11-1.2 >> =x11-libs/libxcb-1.4 >> =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6 >> =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4 >> =x11-proto/xproto-7.0.15 >> =x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.5 >> =x11-libs/xcb-util-0.3.5 >> =x11-proto/xcb-proto-1.2 >> > > However, this must not have restored my previous X configuration fully > because Mathematica still crashes. So I've decided to abandon this > attempt, remove all masks, and allow the full X upgrade because I > reinstall all the X packages back onto my system. While some folks > here probably think this attempt foolish, I still think it was worth a > try, and I learned some new things, which is always good. > > I appreciate everyone's help and support with this. > Denis > > >
Well, I do foolish things sometimes myself. Once every few months for example, I run a emerge -ev world. Then I reboot and make my back ups. At least I know it is a sane build and it will boot if restored from. I don't back up as much as I used to since I got DSL. I guess we all try something just to satisfy our curiosity if nothing else. I do wish it would have fixed your problem tho. I would travel upstream and see if you can help them by providing information on the crash. Dale :-) :-)
