Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:48:33 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to start Gnome2-lite Message-ID: <3b2ddd940803050248o2f3d33abs61b007e58693320f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080305044446.25bc0ff4@thudpucker.makeworld.com> References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050223v41277e95l3426849cbfe290b@mail.gmail.com> <20080305042854.12d19f15@thudpucker.makeworld.com> <5635aa0d0803050231r693a2928x910ecb35e7f2287@mail.gmail.com> <20080305043322.271f6efe@thudpucker.makeworld.com> <3b2ddd940803050237y7d20bc3w87deb754ec3ab9b9@mail.gmail.com> <20080305044446.25bc0ff4@thudpucker.makeworld.com>
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I have the usbd_enable line in rc.conf the mouse is working on the black screen but it doesnt work when the x loads up On 05/03/2008, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:37:37 +0000 > "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Guys > > > > I have managed to to do what you say and now when I type in startx, it > > does show me a box saying "This session is running as a privileged > > user" and asking me to either COntinue or Quit. My mouse isnt working > > at this stage and I cant press either of the buttons. Neither is tab > > or space or alt c working. What to do? > > > > Your help is much appreciated > > > > I am running as root because this machine is not used for any other > > purpose, behind a firewall, not connected to any other machine and is > > only being used for testing little utilities. > > > > Welp - As to you running as root (you know my position) that is > absolutely your call mate. > > A really quick fix (for the mouse) is call up sysinstall and go to > Configure, then Mouse. > > Choose Number 3 (Type) then config from there OR go right to Number 2 > (Enable) > > Once you have the rodent configed via sysinstall, that ought to plop > the needed lines in /etc/rc.conf (your mileage may vary, standard > disclaimers apply). > > This is just one way of trying it - you could run the Xorg config > utils, or if you are brave, edit the Xorg conf file by hand. > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > > Fingerprint: 4201 94F9 E77F 9357 F3F3 56B7 8D20 ECC7 1AB5 FEF8 > >
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