From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 05:49:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF7A1065693 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C61F18FC13 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:49:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.27]) by qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id w3f91e0010b6N64AB5pEjD; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:49:14 +0000 Received: from rem-robertis-ibook.local ([67.180.204.190]) by omta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id w5pD1e00146zqiB8P5pD9m; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:49:13 +0000 Message-ID: <4C6CC5D9.80600@comcast.net> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:49:13 -0700 From: Rem Roberti User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ondrej Majerech References: <4C6D1399.5050601@comcast.net> <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C6CBEAD.4070504@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Xorg Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:49:14 -0000 Ondrej Majerech wrote: > On 19-Aug-10 13:20, Rem Roberti wrote: >> I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation. I haven't >> installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by >> typing "startx" they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows >> are locked up. By that I mean that there is no mouse, and no possibility >> of entering data in the windows via the keyboard. Totally frozen. And >> you can't get out of x in the usual manner i.e. ctrl-alt-backspace. The >> only thing that works is ctrl-alt-del which, of course, reboots the >> computer. Any ideas are appreciated. > > "New" Xorg requires HAL and Dbus to recognize input devices by > default. Do you have these enabled? > > Alternatively, you revert to the old, no-HAL method by adding > > Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" > > into your ServerFlags in xorg.conf. > > You might also want to add Option "DontZap" "false" into the same > section as well to have Ctrl-Alt-Backspace working again. > > ~ Ondra > Thank you Ondra...that did the trick. ---Rem