Xorg Problems

[Ondrej Majerech]

On 19-Aug-10 13:20, Rem Roberti wrote:
> I'm having trouble with xorg on a new 8.1 installation.  I haven't
> installed a wm yet, but when I try to call up the generic x windows by
> typing "startx" they do indeed appear, but all three of the x windows
> are locked up. By that I mean that there is no mouse, and no possibility
> of entering data in the windows via the keyboard. Totally frozen. And
> you can't get out of x in the usual manner i.e. ctrl-alt-backspace. The
> only thing that works is ctrl-alt-del which, of course, reboots the
> computer. Any ideas are appreciated.

"New" Xorg requires HAL and Dbus to recognize input devices by default. 
Do you have these enabled?

Alternatively, you revert to the old, no-HAL method by adding

Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"

into your ServerFlags in xorg.conf.

You might also want to add Option "DontZap" "false" into the same 
section as well to have Ctrl-Alt-Backspace working again.

~ Ondra