Dru Kargin <drukar...@gmail.com> [10-05-29 18:08]: > > > Hi, > > > > while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc > > I came accross a silly problem: > > > > I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox > > (no kde/gnome) as session manager. > > > > Slim starts...and: The keyboard and the mouse are not responding... > > > > Same happens when I start plain X as root. Screen remains black > > and I have to use the sysreq-keys to get my box back to normal... > > > > The X-logfile shows as only Error, that the GLX-module could not be > > found. > > > > I am using nvidia-drivers and reinstalled them as adviced but the > > effect remains the same. > > > > hald is running. fonts are installed (at least the default ones). > > > > Also installed are: > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev Generic Linux input driver > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard Keyboard input driver > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse X.Org driver for mouse input devices > > > > eselect opengl set nvidia is done. > > > > What is missing? Why dies this not work (my old system running on > > the same hardware using the same setup in principle has no problem > > at all with X/Openbox. > > > > Why does X only half??? > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > > > Best regards, > > mcc > > > Are your keyboard and mouse "InputDevice"s in xorg.conf configured to > use the evdev driver, and does your "ServerLayout" section contain > InputDevice lines to correctly point to those devices? I have had some > weird problems with slim, but never trouble like you describe with plain > X/twm. > > -Dru >
I copied the working xconf from my old system to my new one and had never modified/hacked the installation paths of those applikations. So I exspect that at least X will give me that greyish screen with an moveable X as cursor (was it that way...its lon ago that I need to call X the plain way.). Why could the GLX module not found??? mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
