On Sat,11.Apr.09, 23:50:27, Paul Scott wrote: > Ok. I'm getting: > > (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device. > (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device. > (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices. > If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable > AllowEmptyInput. That's normal. > I have the xorg video input drivers that I know about loaded. How does > the new configuration system work in this respect? The new configuration uses only evdev so make sure you have the package installed. > I first lost the mouse a few days ago and the keyboard today. That's > with several variations of xorg components from testing and unstable as I > fought with aptitude to get what I thought would work. Just go to sid, should work. As a minimum you probably need xserver-xorg-video-nv, xserver-xorg-input-evdev and hal.[1] If you still have troubles please post the full Xorg.0.log. [1] You don't really need hal, but it's more work to get rid of it, and yes, the new way does work. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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