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ynin

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Registered: 2016-10-06

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[SOLVED]Vostro 3550 mainboard switch; xinit (and synaptics) don't work

I got a new main board for my dell vostro 3550 (now running an i5 instead of an i3). The system booted up just fine, but I was not able to start

$ xinit

afterwards. Strangly,

 $ startx

works, but I cannot use the trackpad here (clicking is possible, though).

I double checked that the trackpad is connected properly, and it works with a live Ubuntu and is recognized by Arch (at least if "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" represents the whole touchpad and not only the click bar).

$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                      id=2  [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint                  id=11 [slave  pointer  (2)]
...

$ xinit
...
Fatal server error:
(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
...

full xinit / xorg log (Xorg.0.log): http://pastebin.com/yPVxURPv
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf : http://pastebin.com/c6k8eU4w

Thank you for any ideas on how to fix the issue.

Last edited by ynin (2016-10-13 06:39:03)