Idea: When users press Ctrl+Alt+Bksp, tell them the new way to kill Xorg

[Florian Mickler]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:59:30 -0500
Timothy Normand Miller <theosib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4+gmane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So Gentoo doesn't automatically recompile evdev when it recompiles the core?  If
> > not, why not?
> >
> 
> Gentoo is weird.  In this case, an update of X yields a WARNING that
> you MIGHT have to recompile your drivers.  It's apparently the user's
> responsibility to check the ebuild log to make sure that they catch
> these things.
> 
> One time, I had a problem with some init service breaking.  When I
> filed the bug report, the response I got was that they'd had
> deprecation warnings in their "for months".  Of course, this is a
> message that appears on the boot screen fleetingly, and since I use
> this box as a server for extended periods, I almost never see any of
> the boot messages.  (I almost never reboot, actually.)
> 
> Gentoo isn't a distro.  It's a website full of documentation and a
> massive learning experience.  :)
> 

There is a facility to send you all the warnings per email.  Check
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM and friends. 

Cheers,
Flo