Bug#524096: xserver-xorg-core: no mouse and keyboard after upgrade to 1.6.0

[Tino Keitel <tino.keitel+debbugs@tikei.de>]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 21:50:10 +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Tino Keitel wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-core
> > Version: 2:1.6.0-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > I upgraded the Xserver in unstable, and now neither keyboard nor mouse
> > work
> > in the login screen. I already moved away my xorg.conf, without luck. The
> > "AllowEmptyInput" option was added later during my attempts to get a
> > working
> > X desktop back, the same with the evdev module setting.
> >
> > I don't know how I should "reconfigure HAL", as the log suggests.
> 
> Did you try restarting X after restarting hal when your xorg.conf was
> moved away?

Thank you for the quick reply. My fault was to use a kernel without
evdev support. I recompiled the kernel with CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV enabled,
and everything worked as expected, without the need for AllowEmptyInput
settings.

Regards,
Tino