From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 3 09:17:28 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8967C42 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roger.marsh@btinternet.com) Received: from nm4-vm0.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm4-vm0.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [212.82.108.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D0B4E57 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.82.108.228] by nm4.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Feb 2013 09:17:19 -0000 Received: from [217.146.183.121] by tm1.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Feb 2013 09:17:19 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp826.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Feb 2013 09:17:19 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=btinternet.com; s=s1024; t=1359883039; bh=AX3o7FL+kWIlPC5exe4ASESXqR3VIp4N0EB276IODjE=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Content-Type:Date:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:From:Message-ID:User-Agent; b=L9JA9UEEQ7kHmOO7BQKM8OumJlqVfLxI5qLtlk6Gqk6dT20A53atuV5zyZZiMeKVBC9p4UetyNyMmVfiUAP4eqNeG2NwBImZ8Dtczi+PSPgxaSfgCcJr89dEdLy42uTDtREopqmOs9yfxLDdcsWc/UToI/4pymJux7FYfDTg1K8= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 501593.87387.bm@smtp826.mail.ukl.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: dOl9kA0VM1k2.8mC.GyKGIjLB81GKjKRuwnJc1hDlghwKcM U4.LfuuheN1q6CbxozQuPccCrLnQCun1S9RFwbKizUW0PWn8WCDRp.CT2Jz3 wIU3_NltObdOf4iz.GpXoyKH_KZ2w4MkIXYb94zpCAXbeLIFUwN5Y0FYjgYb wBx8JJm0OUTVkfIJCj9ZJf0y826Wyy87aBmgSkf9mDLi5BuxrPkjpi4XRjIx 4tUugmrLjGgOw174.KIwJYepcp52UK_6vpCL9D2qOsZHwrcZZhZkXHjbYWEQ YgYKAyxZo18togMvQ0PO4_mWJY1j3UYsZ19KBcRFAwGINgJElkRGsF5qwuy5 mr1JHJAzHnf3SnpzBALqi8ArFPoDgTwmsdYQGbuY44gpCN5.PrYG5LkKBnDT PrfMciZFCHaRuyHTgiNUF37.McMQATB.Pu3.be49XDHkqcYp.jo8ZADvXww7 gbo2gbaIkL4uK8w-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: 3fobtyqswBC5QZSCTGPECG6oW9QlmfTpCxWu370kIHCVg7Q63rTQ Received: from du.home (roger.marsh@87.112.30.242 with login) by smtp826.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 03 Feb 2013 01:17:19 -0800 PST Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:23:31 -0000 Subject: Mouse stopped working on quit fvwm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Roger Marsh" Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.12 (FreeBSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:17:28 -0000 The problem was encountered when upgrading to FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE and a 18 January 2013 portsnap. Steps were: Upgrade to FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE pkg_delete -a rm -r /usr/local/* Install ports using portmaster Turn on the ttyv8 xdm and reboot Login via the xdm dialog using the user .xsession file containing just /usr/local/bin/fvwm2 Do whatever and quit from fvwm back to the xdm dialogue Usually, but not always, the pointer does not move in response to pointer device. But it is still possible to login and get the fvwm display back, but pointless because the pointer still does not move. Only recovery option found was reboot. For me the most convenient work around is turn xdm off and login at a terminal and use the command 'startx && exit'. It was quite a while before it occurred to me that the absence of xorg.conf from all the usual locations might be the problem. It is not a surprise now if X just works without any manual configuration. The Xorg -configure and X -config /root/xorg.conf.new dance gives a black screen on the hardware. For both reasons I did not bother with the dance when doing the upgrade. After generating and copying xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf the pointer was mobile after quitting from fvwm. Although it works I did not quite trust the generated xorg.conf because of the black screen and wondered if any of the information in the file was needed. So I deleted it and replaced it by 'touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf'. The pointer is mobile after quitting from fvwm. Maybe the problem was my sloppy configuration management in losing, I assume, an existing xorg.conf file. But maybe it is a bug because it is not a surprise if X just works without any manual configuration and the problem occurs possibly after hours of successful and varied use of applications via fvwm. Roger Marsh