Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-24 Thread Stroller
On 23 December 2011, at 14:38, Michael Mol wrote: ... Devs don't seem to like bug reports involving mixes of stable and unstable. I was mildly scolded for filing a bug report against xemacs' failing to build with libpng15, when xemacs was stable, and libpng15 wasn't, yet. I'm trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Mick
On Friday 23 Dec 2011 05:12:47 Michael Mol wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: G.Wolfe Woodbury writes: On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Michael Mol wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Alex Schusterwo...@wonkology.org  wrote: G.Wolfe Woodbury writes: On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 23 Dec 2011 05:12:47 Michael Mol wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: G.Wolfe Woodbury writes: On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86*

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: I still don't know the SysReq magic. I've just ssh'd in. If I can't do that, it usually means something hardlocked. This is from a post Neil made many ages ago. Notice the random sig too. Hold down Atl, hold down SysRq, press each of the keys in turn. The usual full

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: You need portage-2.2 to be able to use sets. Sadly, 2.1.10.11 is the latest marked stable for ~amd64. (Or was, last time I synced.) It'll be nice when it's available, though. I been using the unstable

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Michael Mol
Dale wrote: Michael Mol wrote: On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: You need portage-2.2 to be able to use sets. Sadly, 2.1.10.11 is the latest marked stable for ~amd64. (Or was, last time I synced.) It'll be nice when it's available, though. I been using

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: Dale wrote: Michael Mol wrote: On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: You need portage-2.2 to be able to use sets. Sadly, 2.1.10.11 is the latest marked stable for ~amd64. (Or was, last time I synced.) It'll be nice when it's available,

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:17:31 -0600, Dale wrote: Devs don't seem to like bug reports involving mixes of stable and unstable. I file bugs with the unstable portage and I don't think I've ever heard them complain about running unstable portage. It's not unstable, it's testing (or

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-22 Thread G.Wolfe Woodbury
On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server version, driver version mismatch) t I looked right at it and missed the obvious! Thanks for the clue-by-four. -- GWW

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-22 Thread Alex Schuster
G.Wolfe Woodbury writes: On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server version, driver version mismatch) I looked right at it and missed the obvious! Thanks for the clue-by-four. BTW, emerge -a

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-22 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: G.Wolfe Woodbury writes: On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server version, driver version mismatch) I looked right at

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-22 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Alex Schusterwo...@wonkology.org wrote: G.Wolfe Woodbury writes: On 12/22/2011 02:00 AM, Pintér Tibor wrote: Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server version, driver version mismatch) I

Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure

2011-12-21 Thread Pintér Tibor
Reemerge all xf86* packages Quite obvious as the log clearly gives the clue (new xorg server version, driver version mismatch) t G.Wolfe Woodbury redwo...@gmail.com wrote: I did:     emerge -va --update --deep --newuse @world on a stable gentoo amd64 (multilib) system after switching the