How to start Gnome2-lite

[Siraj Shaikh]

I have the usbd_enable line in rc.conf

the mouse is working on the black screen but it doesnt work when the x loads up



On 05/03/2008, Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:37:37 +0000
> "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Guys
> >
> > I have managed to to do what you say and now when I type in startx, it
> > does show me a box saying "This session is running as a privileged
> > user" and asking me to either COntinue or Quit. My mouse isnt working
> > at this stage and I cant press either of the buttons. Neither is tab
> > or space or alt c working. What to do?
> >
> > Your help is much appreciated
> >
> > I am running as root because this machine is not used for any other
> > purpose, behind a firewall, not connected to any other machine and is
> > only being used for testing little utilities.
> >
>
> Welp - As to you running as root (you know my position) that is
> absolutely your call mate.
>
> A really quick fix (for the mouse) is call up sysinstall and go to
> Configure, then Mouse.
>
> Choose Number 3 (Type) then config from there OR go right to Number 2
> (Enable)
>
> Once you have the rodent configed via sysinstall, that ought to plop
> the needed lines in /etc/rc.conf (your mileage may vary, standard
> disclaimers apply).
>
> This is just one way of trying it - you could run the Xorg config
> utils, or if you are brave, edit the Xorg conf file by hand.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Chris
>
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