Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-26 Thread Stroller
On 26 December 2011, at 09:44, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 25 Dec 2011 19:28:35 CJoeB wrote: >> … >> And although the computer is new, I've screwed the warranty because I >> removed Windows and there is only Linux on my computer. > > It is worth noting for future cases like this that the warranty may

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-26 Thread Colleen Beamer
On 12/26/11 14:54, Paul Hartman wrote: > On 12/25/2011 02:51 PM, CJoeB wrote: >> On 12/25/11 14:20, Michael Hampicke wrote: Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or anything. So, I he

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On 12/25/2011 02:51 PM, CJoeB wrote: > On 12/25/11 14:20, Michael Hampicke wrote: >>> Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my >>> KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or >>> anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. The c

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On 12/25/2011 01:08 PM, CJoeB wrote: > Happy Holidays, Everyone, > > To lead into the problem I am experiencing, I will let you know about an > issue I've been having with my desktop (writing this from my laptop). > Every once in a while, when the screensaver kicks in and then, the > monitor goes

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-26 Thread Mick
On Sunday 25 Dec 2011 19:28:35 CJoeB wrote: > On 12/25/11 14:08, Dan Cowsill wrote: > I can do this, but the computer isn't that old and up until today when I > rebooted the computer by holding the power button, on reboot, the mouse > and the keyboard worked fine. > > And although the computer is

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread CJoeB
On 12/25/11 15:08, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 25 Dec 2011 19:20:56 Michael Hampicke wrote: >>> Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my >>> KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or >>> anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot.

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 10:13:22PM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > It's a little hard to do that since, I boot to a login screen and > > neither my keyboard nor mouse work […] > > Well then leave the graphical login out. […] Whoops, that’s what you get if you send answers without reading al

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 03:51:02PM -0500, CJoeB wrote: > > Wild guess: xorg-server was upgraded to a newer version with changed > > ABI, so you have to remerge everthing installed under x11-drivers > > > > # emerge -1a $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers/) > > It's a little hard to do that since, I boot to

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread CJoeB
On 12/25/11 14:27, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB wrote: >> Happy Holidays, Everyone, >> >> To lead into the problem I am experiencing, I will let you know about an >> issue I've been having with my desktop (writing this from my laptop). >> Every once in a while, when

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread CJoeB
On 12/25/11 14:20, Michael Hampicke wrote: >> Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my >> KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or >> anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. The computer >> booted okay and gave me my logi

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread Mick
On Sunday 25 Dec 2011 19:20:56 Michael Hampicke wrote: > > Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my > > KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or > > anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. The computer > > booted okay and

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread pk
On 2011-12-25 20:08, CJoeB wrote: > Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my > KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or > anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. The computer > booted okay and gave me my login screen, bu

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB wrote: > Happy Holidays, Everyone, > > To lead into the problem I am experiencing, I will let you know about an > issue I've been having with my desktop (writing this from my laptop). > Every once in a while, when the screensaver kicks in and then, the > mon

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread CJoeB
On 12/25/11 14:08, Dan Cowsill wrote: > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB > wrote: > > Happy Holidays, Everyone, > > To lead into the problem I am experiencing, I will let you know > about an > issue I've been having with my desktop (writing t

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread Michael Hampicke
> Today, I was doing a world update and the screen locked - I still had my > KDE desktop up, but couldn't open a window to kill any processes or > anything. So, I held the power button to cause a reboot. The computer > booted okay and gave me my login screen, but neither the keyboard nor > the mo

Re: [gentoo-user] I'm in a Pickle

2011-12-25 Thread Dan Cowsill
On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:08 AM, CJoeB wrote: > Happy Holidays, Everyone, > > To lead into the problem I am experiencing, I will let you know about an > issue I've been having with my desktop (writing this from my laptop). > Every once in a while, when the screensaver kicks in and then, the > mo