Udev & Xorg = Freeze

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elapointe · Post by **elapointe** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 10:08 pm

Today, i try to recompile my kernel without /dev file system And automounr at boot to use udev.

Now, when X start (gdm), my pc completly Freeze

Need help !

ArsDangor · Post by **ArsDangor** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:03 pm

I'm having the very same problem. Are you using nvidia drivers?

elapointe · Post by **elapointe** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:46 pm

Yes !

I have installed Xorg 6.8 with gnome 2.8.0 All worked !

Later i decided to try with Udev only !

Result = Freeze !

ArsDangor · Post by **ArsDangor** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:05 am

Hi.
The problem seems not to be nvidia-related.

On your xorg.conf try to replace the following

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Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    [...]
    Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    [...]
EndSection

with

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Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    [...]
    Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
    [...]
EndSection

It worked for me.

Post by **pjp** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:33 am

Moved from Other Things Gentoo.

Archangel1 · Post by **Archangel1** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:51 am

ArsDangor wrote: It worked for me.

I had the same issue.... anyone know why Xorg goes beserk at this? I'm sure XFree used to bail out and say "can't find /dev/mouse" or whatever

crazy-bee · Post by **crazy-bee** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:12 am

Cheers that worked for me! Thanks!

c0bblers · Post by **c0bblers** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:23 am

Hi,

Hmm....it definately shouldn't freeze solid, just dump you out. Anyway, log files are your friends, if X doesn't start your first port of call should always be /var/log/Xorg.log (or something similarly named). Basically, all your previously created symlinks from devfs (including /dev/mouse)will be gone when you switch to udev. If you have the device tarball feature turned on (in /etc/conf.d/rc) you can put /dev/mouse back, although the point of that is questionable or you can make a udev rule for it. It's actually IMHO better to use /dev/input/mice since that means that you can use multiple mice at a time and other fun stuff.

Cheers,
James

sog · Post by **sog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:25 pm

anybody have any other ideas? i did as above:

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Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    [...]
    Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
    [...]
EndSection

the only difference being my original read mouse rather than mouse0 and i left it that way, and still can't get into X.

UPDATE: that "difference" was the problem. i updated the Mouse to Mouse0 etc, then scrolled down and made sure this section:

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    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

reflected that as well, rebooted, and bingo - everything's kool and the gang.

thanks folks.

woodwizzle · Post by **woodwizzle** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:26 am

Awesome! I was having this same trouble after updating to udev. Thanks a ton guys

Warped_Dragon · Post by **Warped_Dragon** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:21 am

I too had this problem after updating to udev. Thanks for the help

iverson0881 · Post by **iverson0881** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:12 am

Hmm I'm still having this sort of problem although it didn't start when i installed udev it occured after recompiling with new cflags as i bought a new processor.

MCoLi · Post by **MCoLi** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:48 pm

I have this problem without having installed Udev
my mouse is just at /dev/mouse
howover X just freezes after i start it
cant move the mouse , keyboard doesnt respond to anything else either

sog · Post by **sog** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:03 pm

did you try the fix recommended above, namely changing xorg.conf from /dev/mouse to /dev/input/mouse0, etc?

MCoLi · Post by **MCoLi** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:01 pm

i dont have a /dev/input/mouse i guess that explains it
but still X shouldnt just freeze should it

LordBug · Post by **LordBug** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:18 pm

Probably not. I forgot to do the /dev/mouse change when I converted to udev, but X.org just crashed out saying it couldn't find the default pointer.

I would suggest digging around the new /dev, finding your mouse, and modifing the X.org config file appropriately.

sog · Post by **sog** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:41 pm

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i dont have a /dev/input/mouse i guess that explains it
but still X shouldnt just freeze should it

no, it shouldn't, but it is