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Command Line Fu

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Registered: 2009-02-18

Posts: 11

Starting X with KDE dsables keyboard and mouse completely

I just got around to re-installing Arch, and have hit an issue I can't figure out. I installed Xorg, configured xorg.conf, rc.conf, and .xinitrc. I then installed KDE and set it to start at boot in .xinitrc.

Now, the second my KDE login screen pops up, my mouse and keyboard stop functioning completely. Since I can't Alt+f2 to get to a virtual console or anything, I have no way to look into my config files to see what the problem might be.

Since I know its the starting of X or KDE thats disabling my keyboard and mouse, I need a way to stop them from loading automatically at boot, or somehow skip to a command console before they load.

Last edited by Command Line Fu (2009-05-03 22:31:12)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Starting X with KDE dsables keyboard and mouse completely

Boot in single user mode, and fix whatever needs fixing. Read the wiki page about xorg for more details on your particular problem.