Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 15:47:44 John P. Burkett wrote: > >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 24 June 2009 02:39:33 John P. Burkett wrote: >>> >>>> At that point I had the impression that the machine was not up-to-date >>>> but nonetheless functional. However, the next morning I noticed that >>>> the computer would not print to my local printer. Using the CUPS menu >>>> did not rectify the problem. When I rebooted, the machine wouldn't >>>> start X and the mouse wouldn't work. Rebooting again, I used the Grub >>>> menu to select an old reliable configuration which allowed me to login >>>> at a command line interface but did allow me to start X. >>>> >>> This has been dealt with ad-nauseam on this list over the last few weeks, >>> with many many threads covering these issues (they are very common) >>> >>> Please check the mail archives for the full story in all it's >>> excruciating detail. >>> >> Thank you, Alan, for the pointer. Going to >> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ and using Firefox's "find" >> facility, I searched for each of the following expressions: udev, >> cryptsetup, host address, distrfiles.shea, filesize, printer, startx, >> mouse. I have not found the threads to which you refer. If you could >> point out a relevant starting point in the archives, I would be very >> grateful. >> > > Try looking for threads started by user "Dale" and working from there. He's > not alone in his woes, but he's certainly the most vocal. His threads also > tend to stay on-topic, leading to answers instead of natter. > >
I was always told that I talk a lot. LOL Can he search by my email address too? That should narrow down the search a lot. Dale :-) :-)
