Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:44 +0200 From: Richard T C Farnes <rcfarnes@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X not responding Message-ID: <201006232300.44554.rcfarnes@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <6BBBA4BE-53BE-486E-B26C-0630A285763E@balholm.com> References: <6BBBA4BE-53BE-486E-B26C-0630A285763E@balholm.com>
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On Tuesday 22 June 2010 19:52:54 Andy Balholm wrote: > I am having a problem with Xorg under FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE and 8.1 RC1: > > 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. > > If I install FreeBSD 7.1, which installs Xorg straight from the > installation CD, it works fine. Under version 8, I've tried installing from > ports and packages, and I get this problem. > > When I first had this problem, I was running it under VirtualBox, so I > thought maybe it was because VirtualBox's FreeBSD support is incomplete. > But now I've tried it on real PC hardware, and I have the same problem. > > Obviously some people must be running X under FreeBSD 8, so I must be doing > something wrong in my installation or configuration, but I can't guess what > it is. > > Andy Balholm > (509) 276-2065 > andy@balholm.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Here it looks like you have made some mistakes in the configuring file for X. You did not mention that you have configured it. After X has been installed you must go into the X configuration file and configure your keyboard and mouse etc for use with it. When I installed X on my version 7 BSD I had to use some time tuning this file so X would work properly. The file gives you alternatives like which language keyboard you use and how your mouse works and other settings. Regards Richard Farnes
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