J bz said : > 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.
check that hald is installed > > 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 > > > > > > --- > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > irc.goto10.org <http://irc.goto10.org> #pure:dyne > > > > --- > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > irc.goto10.org <http://irc.goto10.org> #pure:dyne > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
