On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:13 PM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > Jes??s J. Guerrero Botella <jesus.guerrero.bote...@gmail.com> [10-09-15 > 01:49]: > > 2010/9/13 <meino.cra...@gmx.de>: > > > 1.) The fonts of mrxvt are microscopic tiny...my home and .mrxvt > > > remained the same. Are fonts not reported to "world" when emerged? > > > What are the basic fonts I need before buying new glasses? > > > > Maybe you forgot some use flag or something. To use truetype fonts in > > mrxvt you need to turn that flag on. I also have no idea about mrxvt, > > but most terminal emulators read their configs from ~/.Xdefaults, > > check the mrxvt man page and/or docs. > > > > > > > 2.) Mouse does not work. Hald is up, fdi-rules are copied from my old > > > system, /dev/input/mice is there, gpm (started for a test) sees > > > the mouse, xf86-input-mouse is recompiled, dbus is running. > > > What's wrong? X.org.log reports "no device defined for mouse"... > > > my xorg.conf does not define such...but it is the same xorg.conf, > > > which works under 32bit env. > > > So.... > > > > So, latest Xorg doesn't use hal. I can't be sure since you are not > > telling us what xorg version you are using. Since 1.8 X uses udev > > instead. > > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml > > > > > > > 3.) Keyboard behaves somehow strange. German Umlauts works, but "|" > > > does not...it performs something like a crazy backspace or so. > > > And a UNIX without a working pipe is not really making me happy... > > > > If it happens only under X, then it's the same issue that you have > > with your mouse. Configure it using the new method. > > > > > > > 4.) As someone already reports to the list: k3b does not find any > > > burner, cdrom, dvd-drive. /dev/sr0 exist and is linked to dvd. > > > > Probably a k3b and/or udev issue. I can't help with this one. But I > > think I've seen something about k3b lately in the forums. Might worth > > a check. > > > > > I even can boot from dvd... > > > > That's nothing to do with linux, but your BIOS. A different land. > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > -- > > Jesús Guerrero Botella > > > > Hi, > > thank you for your reply and explanations, Jesus! :) > > The problems are nearly gone in the meanwhile: The HAL-flag > was missing for the xorg-sevrer (1.7), after that mouse was > recognized and the keyboard was fully functional (with pipes) again. > > Fonts: I simply missed to install a couple of fonts. But why they > was not in my old "world" file...dont know. > > k3b: Fixed. It is an issue with dbus having not enough rights > to rebort to hald which again was used by a user-land application > like k3b. I "fixed" this by badly manipulation /etc/dbus-1/system.conf > (see other mail from me of today). > > So my system now seems to work under 64bit. Rendering becomes 30% faster! > Oh yeah! ;) > > Best regards, > mcc > > > So, in the long run, would you say you saved any time? How fast can you install fresh 64 bit gentoo compared to your hop-step-jump that you did? I'd be interested to know.
-- Bill Longman
