On 10:11 am 09/18/06 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hadn't planned to start the week like this . . . Last week I > plugged in a different (USB) mouse to this box, a much more > comfortable one than the existing PS2 one. I looked for a close > listing in Control Centre - I forget which I ended up choosing, the > closest match for 3 buttons with wheel (though think I had to go with > 2 button). > > Starting the computer again this morning I find that neither the > keyboard nor mouse will function. Powering down, plugging the old > mouse back in and restarting does not help - the keyboard did > function at the point of selecting a boot option in grub. > > Booting to failsafe mode allows me to log on and do startx, however a > desktop will not load - it hangs on a "blue screen" (just a desktop > background) without presenting any icons. On attempting to run sax2 > it says that an x server isn't running so will start one if necessary > (which it then proceeds to attempt to do), and similarly hangs > presenting a blue background. > > I'm stuck at this point - any suggestions for me to try that doesn't > involve getting out the install disk to "repair/reinstall"? > > Cheers, > Roger
Take a look at the X log file which is in /var/log, usually called /var/log/Xorg.0.log It can be quite long, but the point of failure is usually near the end. X won't start without a pointing device, so this is likely your problem.
