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yoyoned

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 9

Mouse and keyboard not working in X

I just installed using the 2009.2 ftp cd.  I ran X --configure and tested X using the created config.  The mouse   will not move and  CRTL-ALT-BKSP does not kill the X session.  I have a USB mouse and keyboard.

Is there a way to test X for a few seconds and then have X quit so I don't have to resort to the power button when I want to further test X

skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: Mouse and keyboard not working in X

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … server_1.5

cwjiof

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From: Taichung, TW

Registered: 2008-01-27

Posts: 131

Re: Mouse and keyboard not working in X

You should start the hal daemon before entering X, if you installed Arch 2009.02.

Intruder89

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From: Belgrade, Serbia

Registered: 2009-02-20

Posts: 28

Re: Mouse and keyboard not working in X

I hade same problem - just runned xorgconfig and after that runned nvidia-xconfig and now everything works great. So in your case just go through xorgconfig.

stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: Mouse and keyboard not working in X

@topic starter: skottish's answer is most probably your problem

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yoyoned

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 9

Re: Mouse and keyboard not working in X

Installing hal is the Fix.  Thanks everybody