Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:57:15 -0700 From: Andy Balholm <andy@balholm.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X not responding Message-ID: <DB678D0A-22DC-4C6A-AE7D-8B6C900C67BF@balholm.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006221341300.6560@wonkity.com> References: <6BBBA4BE-53BE-486E-B26C-0630A285763E@balholm.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006221341300.6560@wonkity.com>
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Thanks. That fixed it. I guess I should have read the handbook more. Andy Balholm (509) 276-2065 andy@balholm.com On Jun 22, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Andy Balholm wrote: >=20 >> I am having a problem with Xorg under FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE and 8.1 = RC1: >>=20 >> When I type startx, the X server starts, and some xterm windows open, = but it will not respond to keyboard or mouse input. The mouse pointer = won't move, and the only keyboard input that does anything is = CTRL-ALT-F1 etc. to switch virtual terminals. >=20 > Enable dbus and hal in rc.conf as shown here: > = http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html >=20 > If you want to use X without hal for input device detection, add > Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" to the ServerLayout section. Do not set = the AllowEmptyInput option, it is unnecessary and problematic. Or you = can configure the xorg-server port without hal. >=20
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