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Thanks. That fixed it. I guess I should have read the handbook more.

Andy Balholm
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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