Arch Linux

drum

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From: Australia

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 128

login screen locked up SOLVED

I've installed Arch a few times and it has been my only distro for the last two years and runs great on my main box and Thinkpad T61 laptop.
I've just tried to install first gnome and then kde on my partners T43 thinkpad which used to run Arch perfectly but on 1st boot now the login screen is locked up.
I cannot type or get a mouse pointer and can't ctrl-alt-backspace or ctrl-alt delete or ctrl-alt-f3 or anything.
Only thing is to switch off. The keyboard and mouse worked fine on a Mandriva install which I'm trying to replace with Arch.
Now i've got to a root prompt by putting a 1 at the end of the kernel line to go to single user mode.
I'm at a loss what to do next.
What can I check from this root prompt to get it sorted?
Your help is appreciated
Thanks

Last edited by drum (2008-12-05 11:17:39)

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string

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Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 286

Re: login screen locked up SOLVED

Seems like you're suffering from the recent X.org upgrade? Search the forums for Xorg 7.4 problems.

drum

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 128

Re: login screen locked up SOLVED

thanks string,
I searched as you said and found that if I added to my xorg

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

I could get everything working.
Much appreciated

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