On Apr 12, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
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 doesthe new configuration system work in this respect?The new configuration uses only evdev so make sure you have the packageinstalled.I first lost the mouse a few days ago and the keyboard today. That'swith several variations of xorg components from testing and unstable as Ifought with aptitude to get what I thought would work.Just go to sid, should work. As a minimum you probably needxserver-xorg-video-nv, xserver-xorg-input-evdev and hal.[1] If you stillhave 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, andyes, the new way does work.
I have all of those. Log is attached. I'm not sure how this Mac (my current access to the problem machine) will show it. I don't see much wrong except maybe
(==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled since I have a fairly normal Logitech PS2 optical mouse.
Thanks, Paul
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