Hey Luka,

Cheers for assistance so far.

So, I used nano to check out xorg.conf - all seems ok.

I then could boot directly into my environment.  Tis gave a 'can't
initialize HAL' error.

Still no kbrd or mouse:(

Cheers,

Jbz

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Lukasz Jastrzebski <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Me again :)
>
> I'm under Debian Squeeze, so things may be little bit different here.
>
> Shortest story:
> There is a Debian tool to auto(re)generate xorg.conf, dexconf. You just
> have to run it with root privileges, read what it will display and agree to
> do it's job. It should not fail, but you may want to backup your xorg.conf
> file (below).
>
> Not so short story:
> try the file
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> If you're able but unfamiliar to work with console try
> aptitude install mc
> to have this handy tool
> or use nano to work with text files (it has important bindings listed in
> bottom part of screen).
>
> I have Polish keyboard layout and I work under Debian Squeeze, don't know
> if it will be valid with pure:dyne (anybody out there?). So the xorg.conf
> file goes like this:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
>    Driver        "kbd"
>    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
>    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc105"
>    Option        "XkbLayout"    "pl"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
>    Driver        "mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier    "Default Screen"
>    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> That's about it. You can have it much longer if you're not having X server
> driven this way.
>
> Long story of xorg.conf (you don't want to read it, I think) is here:
> http://linux.die.net/man/5/xorg.conf
>
> Cheers (and have fun)
>
> Uki
>
> J bz pisze:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Lukasz Jastrzebski <
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi!
>>    've you (re-)installed dummy packages with your desktop env? (eg.
>> xfce4)
>>
>> Yes, I think so
>>
>>
>>    Is X server configured properly?
>>
>> I don't know tbh.
>>
>> Where can I access the neccessary file to check my keyboard and mouse
>> settings?
>>
>> Jb
>>
>>
>>    Cheers
>>
>>    2009/5/12 J bz <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]
>> >>:
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>     > From: J bz <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>     > Date: Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:38 PM
>>     > Subject: Keyboard and mouse not responding
>>     > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Hey all,
>>     >
>>     > Ok, I'm a numpty...
>>     >
>>     > I foolishly decided to update my pd lappy whilst not paying any
>>    attention,
>>     > and even dumber had a recollection of Aptitude wanting to
>>    uninstall half of
>>     > somebodies machine from the mailing list recently, whilst hitting
>>    the update
>>     > button.  So, I think I've reinstalled most things but everytime I
>>    boot into
>>     > the GUI to put in my user name the keyboard and mouse ain't
>>    responding.
>>     >
>>     > Any ideas/pointers much appreciated,
>>     >
>>     > Jb
>>     >
>>     >
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