James Tyrer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. >> > Well, Bruce, since I now have my new NEC flat screen hooked up as well > as yet another mouse to be destroyed by the cats. I removed the > xorg.conf files. Might still need some configuration for my keyboard > as I have an original (but late model) IBM 101 key click keyboard > (buckling spring technology) and the result was that ... > > Well, the result was exactly the same. The last two lines of the X > log were the same and neither the mouse or the keyboard worked. xf86-input-evdev provides default config files installed in /usr/X11R7/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. The mouse-0.conf should also be removed. To customize the keyboard or mouse cp the default evdev config file 10-evdev.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and make your changes there, for instance: ... MatchIsKeyboard "on" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" ...
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