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steevz

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Registered: 2009-05-21

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Xorg & Xfce4 usb

Hey guys,

I'm new to Archlinux. Just installed it, Xorg, and Xfce4. As soon as I startx or startxfce4, I have no mouse or keyboard. They're both USB so I suspect this is the problem. I have to hard reboot because I can not reset the xserver after I'm in it.

Any help would be greatly appriciated, looking really forward to this great flavor of linux.

steevz

Last edited by steevz (2009-05-22 15:52:33)

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skualito

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Registered: 2008-11-19

Posts: 203

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg & Xfce4 usb

Is hal daemon started ? Do you have an /etc/xorg.conf ?
Do a 'less /var/log/Xorg.0.log' and see any keyboard/mouse message related.

steevz

Member

Registered: 2009-05-21

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg & Xfce4 usb

I'll give those a shot. Thanks.

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karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg & Xfce4 usb

Can you try giving it a ride w/ a non-USB kbd/mouse?
Do you have all the drivers? Please, please, please read the wiki - there's a lot about X & HAL.
There are also some similar threads on this forum.

R00KIE

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From: Between a computer and a chair

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 4,734

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg & Xfce4 usb

Did you install xf86-input-evdev, xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse ?

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steevz

Member

Registered: 2009-05-21

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg & Xfce4 usb

Thanks a lot guys. Just needed to enable hal and add it to rc.conf.

Xfce is running without a hitch and I'm loving Archlinux so far.

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