From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 07:20:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B541065760 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5370A8FC1E for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:20:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5B7KFLQ004582 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:20:15 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5B7KFqv004581; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:20:15 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:20:15 GMT Message-Id: <201206110720.q5B7KFqv004581@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: J B Cc: Subject: Re: misc/168938: moused enabled causes xorg startx to fail X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: J B List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:20:15 -0000 The following reply was made to PR misc/168938; it has been noted by GNATS. From: J B To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: misc/168938: moused enabled causes xorg startx to fail Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:16:38 +0200 This is a bit strange. To fix the problem I disabled moused in /etc/rc.conf . I could 'startx' X session. But 'ps' still showed moused processes: $ ps auxww |grep -i mouse root 1286 0.0 0.1 9716 1148 ?? Ss 8:55AM 0:01.02 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto -I /var/run/moused.ums0.pid root 1888 0.0 0.1 9716 1144 ?? Is 8:55AM 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto root 2045 0.0 0.1 12340 2516 ?? I 8:55AM 0:00.01 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/psm0 (hald-addon-mouse-sy) root 2065 0.0 0.1 12340 2520 ?? I 8:55AM 0:00.01 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/ums0 (hald-addon-mouse-sy) jb 2262 0.0 0.1 9748 1284 2 S+ 9:03AM 0:00.01 grep -i mouse I have 2 mouses: Lenovo thinkpad stick and external usb mouse. There was a fix offered on questions-list: Disable hal in xorg.conf, ServerLayout section: Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" I assume this is a temp solution only. So I enabled moused in /etc/rc.conf, with the above xorg.conf fix. and rebooted. 'startx' log shows: (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) (EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed (8) but mouses seem to work again. jb