James Tyrer wrote: > Note that this is a temporary account and I am temporary running on a > Fedora 15 CD till I get my new Linux from scratch system to work. I > need help. > > X.Org X Server 1.14.0 > > I think that I followed the instruction and this is not the first time > I have built the X11 server. I started building XFree86. Everyting > appeared to go OK but when I started it for the first time with > "startx" it opened with TWM and looked OK but the mouse and the > keyboard didn't work. A google search reveals that others have the > same problem but I didn't really see the solution to the problem. > > X is installed with PREFIX=/usr/X11R7 Which is where I installed it > last time although on a different disk. > > I checked the X log. The module path appears correct: > > [ 35004.515] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R7/lib/xorg/modules" > > The configure file for the mouse: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/mouse-0.conf: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "evdev" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Buttons" "5" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Name" "Logitech M100" > EndSection > > looks OK, but the X log reports: > > [ 35012.524] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB > Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0) > [ 35012.524] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device. > > and the mouse and the keyboard simply do not work with X although they > work fine in text mode.
I suggest removing the config file and try the defaults. Make sure that you built the evdev driver. It should be in /usr/X11R7/lib/xorg/modules/input. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
