Can't run Xserver in udev

v3rtigo · Apprentice Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 179

after i had (still have) problem with usa, some1 said it's better to work with udev, ok, so i merged udev, and removed the devfs from the kernel, after that i wasn't able to run xserver, don't know why, i tried with nvidia, w/o nvidia, nothing works :<

when i tried with nvidia, i saw the nvidia logo, and right after that black screan, and it doesn't respone to anything i tried, CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE didn't work as well, tried to switch consoles and nothing, then i tried w/o nvidia suport, same thing just w/o nvidia logo.

what can couse it?

dsd · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:30 pm Post subject:

make sure your X config uses /dev/input/mice for the mouse (as opposed to /dev/mouse or /dev/psaux or anything like that)
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v3rtigo · Apprentice Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 179

tnx it worked

blaster999 · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

Well, I had the same problems today - luckily I found this thread. Shouldn't this be included in the udev guide?
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Attila · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 93

Hiho,

It is included in the "Migrating to Kernel 2.6 Guide".

Atti

blaster999 · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:55 pm Post subject:

Hello Attila,
I was using 2.6 kernels before I switched to gentoo (but I was using devfs - everything worked OK). Today I decided to break my system and install udev (by following the udev guide). I didn't read the kernel-2.6 migration guide as I was running 2.6 already. After a reboot my xorg would not start. I've found this thread quickly and changed the input device to /dev/input/mice. Everything works now with udev.

Including the warning about X11's input device and udev in udev guide is IMO necessary as xorg's configurator script defaults mouse to /dev/mouse. As 2005.0 would use udev as the default, there could be more ppl with the same problem.

BTW, I am installing ivman right now to break my system completely

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