[gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When logging out of the either desktop it never returns to the command prompt, there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots the system. >From what I've read on the web this is a common problem with laptops and it seems to happen with all desktop environments. The solutions mentioned had quite a range and included the way the ~/.initrc is configured to power management settings. However, none have worked, and there's nothing that can be done after logging out except to reboot. How can I log out of a desktop and return to the command prompt that I started from before running startx? Thanks, dhk
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
dhk writes: > I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop > environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When logging > out of the either desktop it never returns to the command prompt, > there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate > terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots the system. Try Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X so you can switch to the text terminals. Wonko
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
- Original Message -From: Alex Schuster Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:47 amSubject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on LaptopTo: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> dhk writes:> > > I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop> > environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When > logging> out of the either desktop it never returns to the > command prompt,> > there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate> > terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots > the system.> > Try Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X > so you can > switch to the text terminals.> > Wonko> >I've tried Alt-SysRq-R, it doesn't do anything. Even if it did work, I would still like to log out normally.
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
dhk...@optonline.net writes: Ugh... > - Original Message -From: Alex Schuster Date: Friday, March 11, > 2011 8:47 amSubject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on > LaptopTo: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> dhk writes:> > > I have a new > laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop> > environment. I > boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When > logging> out of the > either desktop it never returns to the > command prompt,> > there's just > a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate> > terminal. > However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots > the system.> > Try > Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X > so you can > > switch to the text terminals.> >Wonko> > I've tried Alt-SysRq-R, it doesn't do anything. Even if it did work, I > would still like to log out normally. Um, Alt-SysRq-R alone does not do much. Have you tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 after Alt-SysRq-R? This works well for me, although only once - when I switch back to the hanging X, Alt-SysRq-R does not help again. Sure, this is no real solution, but better than Alt-SysRq-EISUB. Can you still log in from another system if this happens? Is there anything in syslog or /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Wonko
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
how it came out of that list? Enviado via iPhone Em 11/03/2011, às 10:45, Alex Schuster escreveu: > dhk writes: > >> I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop >> environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When logging >> out of the either desktop it never returns to the command prompt, >> there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate >> terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots the system. > > Try Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X so you can > switch to the text terminals. > >Wonko >
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
how it came out of that list? Enviado via iPhone Em 11/03/2011, às 10:30, dhk escreveu: > I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop > environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When logging > out of the either desktop it never returns to the command prompt, > there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate > terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots the system. > > From what I've read on the web this is a common problem with laptops and > it seems to happen with all desktop environments. The solutions > mentioned had quite a range and included the way the ~/.initrc is > configured to power management settings. However, none have worked, and > there's nothing that can be done after logging out except to reboot. > > How can I log out of a desktop and return to the command prompt that I > started from before running startx? > > Thanks, > > dhk >
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
how it came out of that list? Enviado via iPhone Em 11/03/2011, às 12:03, dhk...@optonline.net escreveu: > > > - Original Message - > From: Alex Schuster > Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:47 am > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > > dhk writes: > > > > > I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the desktop > > > environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run startx. When > > logging> out of the either desktop it never returns to the > > command prompt, > > > there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate > > > terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and reboots > > the system. > > > > Try Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from X > > so you can > > switch to the text terminals. > > > > Wonko > > > > > > > I've tried Alt-SysRq-R, it doesn't do anything. Even if it did work, I would > still like to log out normally. > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
Alt-SysRq-R and Ctrl-Alt-Bksp do nothing.- Original Message -From: Gregory Fontenele Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:10 pmSubject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on LaptopTo: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" > how it came out of that list?> > Enviado via iPhone> > Em 11/03/2011, às 12:03, dhk...@optonline.net escreveu:> > > > > > > - Original Message -> > From: Alex Schuster > > Date: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:47 am> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> > > > > dhk writes:> > > > > > > I have a new laptop with LXDE and XFCE4 installed for the > desktop> > > environment. I boot to run level 3 and then run > startx. When > > > logging> out of the either desktop it never returns to the > > > command prompt,> > > > there's just a blank screen and I can not switch to an alternate> > > > terminal. However, the Alt-SysRq EISUB does work and > reboots > > > the system.> > > > > > Try Alt-SysRq-R, this should take keyboard control away from > X > > > so you can > > > switch to the text terminals.> > > > > > Wonko> > > > > >> > > > > > I've tried Alt-SysRq-R, it doesn't do anything. Even if it > did work, I would still like to log out normally.> > > > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Automation: Ripping DVDs to disk
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:34:02 +, Stroller wrote: > > MythTV uses a perl script for the IMDB lookup, you could adapt that to > > another setup. However, MythTV also handles all the database stuff. A > > recording is a recording, whether copied from a TV card or a DVD. > > In referring to MythTV's "focus" one aspect I had in mind was that, > last time I read about it, I think MythTV kept DVD rips in a separate > menu hierarchy from TV. So if you want to look for an action movie, and > you click on "TV" and browse through the videos there, you only see the > TV recordings; you then have to exit out of TV and choose DVDs before > you can browse what action genre DVDs you have stored. It still keeps recordings separate from videos, and probably always will as TV recordings don't have menus, multiple subtitle languages etc. I was looking into using MythTV's DVD ripping and tagging capabilities separately when I discovered that DVD ripping has been removed from the latest release, so the whole discussion is moot. -- Neil Bothwick There's too much blood in my caffeine system. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Logout of Desktop Hangs on Laptop
dhk...@optonline.net wrote: Alt-SysRq-R and Ctrl-Alt-Bksp do nothing. Try Alt-SysRq-R and then ctrl alt f1. That should take you to a console. It does on my desktop anyway. It *should* work the same way. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /usr/src/linux gone
On Mar 10, 2011, at 8:55 AM, James wrote: > sean myfairpoint.net> writes: > > > >> As I said I do not know how this happened, this system has been running >> fine for years with little effort to maintain. > > Hmmm, > Not a good idea. > What I mean by that is that I have had few real problems with it, the system is always kept up to date.
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/src/linux gone
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:29 PM, sean wrote: > I just did an update of my system and now the linux directory under > /usr/src is not there. > In fact under /usr/src there is nothing. > > Something change or would anyone have any ideas of what might have > happened, and how to fix? > >Thanks > Sean > > Did you reboot your system and then realize it was empty or did you notice it was empty after merging the updates?
