From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 11 22:50:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F79C106566B for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from enno.davids@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2689B8FC0C for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so300975qwb.7 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:50:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=mL2wl9owefn88BrxQDGu4SMKndSJznh97AF8V7+k6Y4=; b=qgysVZlFjhKsspp6njpNYHucexGGl1ljMa5OMFosr58Fecqfdwfzo871MffW12fK9O ZzNEy4LcBJ0F8S+nmdNh7iXeqWE62ts7WaElglI+zmjR7CklLpVF+FUzr3MGzqe15kQ0 5sgAzjugtoU7afExdPForZMpM3IUcPwSk45Co= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; b=JsfDP+w30f20jdLcLjV4uz4SaTqe0dDgbp0h+Q38XE8jOj6yftEVN5CzKpHDxynKWy QQ5CK7/spCR7tDe7mDBiOxP3d0921RCZwQMQf9TD4bs80EtHnEs1Ah0zPXfF0ZrRgm4j 5rOiU8lOl197XK7/tp7SDcKlBq7zD0pchTMF0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.19.21 with SMTP id y21mr292006qca.27.1257978281906; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:24:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091111172501.GA14114@teddy.fas.com> References: <20091111172501.GA14114@teddy.fas.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:24:41 +1100 Message-ID: <4f4e04f40911111424i5b8e8083w22b47bfb8a83ad3c@mail.gmail.com> From: Enno Davids To: Free BSD Questions list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: 7.2-STABLE X mouse & keyboard issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: enno.davids@metva.com.au List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:01 -0000 On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:25 AM, stan wrote: > I just built a brand new 7.2 STABLE machine, and the xorg package. startx > brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB) > function in X. > > I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so? If so, > what;s the best way? > > This may be the same problem I ran into 2 weeks ago. The latest builds of X have changed a few defaults. Notably, the man page for xorg.conf now suggests this. > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "boolean" > If enabled, don't add the standard keyboard and mouse drivers, > if there are no input devices in the config file. Enabled by > default if AutoAddDevices and AutoEnableDevices is enabled, oth- > erwise disabled. If AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using the > kbd, mouse or vmmouse driver are ignored. So by default, it now doesn't add input devices. I found that building a vestigal xorg.conf so I could change that back to "no" got me my input devices back. You may also want to change the DontZap option to get back the Ctrl-Alt-BS key sequence to exit the X server. Enno -------------------------- Enno Davids 03 9583 5474 040 999 2981 enno.davids@metva.com.au