[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, john gennard wrote: > I have an IBM T20 Laptop and want to put on it Etch > (Kernel 2.6.18-3) with Kde. The installation without GUI > is fine, but Kde will not launch. Error messages in > /var/log/kdm.log indicate that the installer assumed the > laptop has a Synaptics Touchpad and this cannot be detected. > /proc/bus/input/devices show that the device is in fact a > 'TPPS/2 IBM Trackpoint' Googlings for the Trackpoint show a > confusing picture which I don't understand. > > However, as I have considerable arthritis in the hands and > fingers, I have been using an external PS/2 mouse, so I can > do without the 'fiddly' Trackpoint. I commented out references > to Synaptics Touchpad in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but Kde still > does not launch and the error messages )in Kdm.log) now say:- > ------------ > (EE) No devices detected > Fatal Server error: > no screens found. > ------------ > > At the moment, to get into Etch, I have to boot into single > user mode, otherwise the Laptop locks solid.
I had a similar problem. It turned out my system was missing packages "hal" and "udev". X.org wants to use keyboard and mouse via hardware abstraction layer, but the dependency was missing. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
