Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-08-03 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Monday, 21. Mar 2016, 12:52:47 +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the keyboard > does no longer respond in X. This is extremely annoying > because when I have xdm in rc-update, X is started right at > boot. I have no chance to get back to the console usin

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 22 March 2016 13:47:42 Neil Bothwick wrote: > Windows will never cease. Nice. I see you've been harvesting in new fields :) -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:42:26 +, Ian Bloss wrote: > Don't know if anyone has mentioned this but you can always use the magic > sysrsc key to get control of input back from X Yes, I mentioned Alt-SysReq-R several posts ago. -- Neil Bothwick Windows will never cease. pgp3CxeCET8bq.pgp Desc

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread Ian Bloss
Don't know if anyone has mentioned this but you can always use the magic sysrsc key to get control of input back from X On Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 09:35 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:15:48 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > Try an Abacus. They work as designed. > > > So does portage.

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:15:48 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Try an Abacus. They work as designed. > So does portage. And both require more commitment to learn from the user than some are willing to give. -- Neil Bothwick One difference between a man and a machine is that a machine is quie

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 03:15:48 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 22/03/2016 15:13, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 09:08:54 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > >> Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> No one in their right mind would continue to use an OS that is clearly > >>> so > >>> unsuitable for t

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 22/03/2016 15:13, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 09:08:54 AM Alan Grimes wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> No one in their right mind would continue to use an OS that is clearly so >>> unsuitable for their needs that they don't even trust it to start up >>> properly... whateve

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 09:08:54 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > No one in their right mind would continue to use an OS that is clearly so > > unsuitable for their needs that they don't even trust it to start up > > properly... whatever their IQ. > > Why didn't I think of that!

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-22 Thread Alan Grimes
Neil Bothwick wrote: > No one in their right mind would continue to use an OS that is clearly so > unsuitable for their needs that they don't even trust it to start up > properly... whatever their IQ. Why didn't I think of that!!! I'll run out to the store and select a completely different operati

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On March 22, 2016 12:26:42 AM GMT+01:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:43:38 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Danger, Will Robinson, danger! >> >> The power of the troll is strong with this one. > >Read Alert! Res Alert! Mixed movie/TV references! I think you're getting your refe

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:14:03 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > Try re-emerging your X drivers. To get a list of X drivers, > execute... > > qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ > > ...then "emerge -1" all the drivers that are listed. Or just emerge @x11-module-rebuild -- Neil Bothwick Anyone abl

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:52:26 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. Indeed. I mean, if I have a desktop system built to run desktop applications, why the hell would I w

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:43:38 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Danger, Will Robinson, danger! > > The power of the troll is strong with this one. Read Alert! Res Alert! Mixed movie/TV references! -- Neil Bothwick Obscenity is the crutch of inarticulate motherfuckers. pgppVQzGlbyGS.pgp Descript

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 21 March 2016 10:52:26 Alan Grimes wrote: > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This > is linux we are talking about. It's crap. It always has been crap, and > it always will be crap. N

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, March 21, 2016 10:52:26 AM Alan Grimes wrote: > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This > is linux we are talking about. It's crap. It always has been crap, and > it always will be cr

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, March 21, 2016 01:08:19 PM Francisco Ares wrote: > 2016-03-21 11:52 GMT-03:00 Alan Grimes : > > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This > > is linux we are talking about. It's crap.

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, March 21, 2016 05:43:38 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 21/03/2016 16:52, Alan Grimes wrote: > > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This > > is linux we are talking about. It's crap. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Francisco Ares
2016-03-21 11:52 GMT-03:00 Alan Grimes : > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This > is linux we are talking about. It's crap. It always has been crap, and > it always will be crap. Never ever

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 21/03/2016 16:52, Alan Grimes wrote: > Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe > console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This > is linux we are talking about. It's crap. It always has been crap, and > it always will be crap. Never ever ev

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Alan Grimes
Anyone who boots directly to X'doze without first going through a safe console login is a raging mad lunatic who needs his head examined. This is linux we are talking about. It's crap. It always has been crap, and it always will be crap. Never ever ever trust it. I leave my computer on continuously

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread waltdnes
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 01:59:50PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote > On Monday, 21. Mar 2016, 12:37:07 +, Ian Bloss wrote: > > Did you update your kernel in the process as well? > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 07:53 Bertram Scharpf > > wrote: > > > since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Monday, 21. Mar 2016, 10:17:22 -0300, Francisco Ares wrote: > 2016-03-21 9:59 GMT-03:00 Bertram Scharpf : > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 07:53 Bertram Scharpf > > > wrote: > > > > since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the keyboard > > > > does no longer respond in X. [...] > > > For my expe

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Francisco Ares
2016-03-21 9:59 GMT-03:00 Bertram Scharpf : > On Monday, 21. Mar 2016, 12:37:07 +, Ian Bloss wrote: > > Did you update your kernel in the process as well? > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 07:53 Bertram Scharpf > wrote: > > > since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the keyboard > > > does no

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Bertram Scharpf
On Monday, 21. Mar 2016, 12:37:07 +, Ian Bloss wrote: > Did you update your kernel in the process as well? > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 07:53 Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the keyboard > > does no longer respond in X. [...] No. The emerge-update did not

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Ian Bloss
Did you update your kernel in the process as well? On Mon, Mar 21, 2016, 07:53 Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the keyboard > does no longer respond in X. This is extremely annoying > because when I have xdm in rc-update, X is started right at > boot.

[gentoo-user] Keyboard is dead after emerge-update

2016-03-21 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, since an emerge-update-world on my notebook the keyboard does no longer respond in X. This is extremely annoying because when I have xdm in rc-update, X is started right at boot. I have no chance to get back to the console using Ctrl-Alt-F1, and the device in unusable. Yet, this is only a pro