Bernt, I tried what you suggested, and after discovering that dbus was not installed correctly and rebuilding and reinstalling, your suggestion worked. So at least there is a work around until the real cause is found and fixed.
Thanks Jim On May 18, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > 2012-05-18 13:49, J. W. Ballantine skrev: >> Hi, >> >> Before the update of x11 on 4/21/2012, X was working fine, but now >> when I startx, my usb and touchpad mouse are no longer found. The >> mouse works in terminal mode, and hald and dbus are started in >> /etc/rc.conf. > > I have exactly the same problem. What windowmanager are you > using? I'm using xfce4, I have a workaround for that. > > 1. start X > 2. when it comes up press alt+F2, the start program dialog comes up > 3. type in xterm or your terminal of choice > 4. in your terminal su to root then type > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus restart && /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald restart > > wait a few seconds and the mouse should work again. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
