280209 – Keyboard and mouse do not work after X is started in LiveCD

Bug 280209 - Keyboard and mouse do not work after X is started in LiveCD

Summary: Keyboard and mouse do not work after X is started in LiveCD

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Catalyst (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Catalyst Developers

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Reported:	2009-08-03 20:28 UTC by Tom Stellard
Modified:	2013-02-05 03:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Patch to start hald before xdm (noinputfix.diff,347 bytes, patch) 2009-08-03 20:29 UTC, Tom Stellard	Details \| Diff
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Description Tom Stellard 2009-08-03 20:28:33 UTC

I used the catalyst spec files from cvs and a recent portage snapshot to build a liveCD.  When I boot the liveCD, the keyboard and mouse stop working once X has started.  I think this has to do with X using evdev for input.  The problem can be fixed by starting hald before starting X, or by adding:
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
to the "ServerFlags" section of xorg.conf.
I have attached a patch for a potential fix.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Tom Stellard 2009-08-03 20:29:59 UTC

Created attachment 200048 [details, diff]
Patch to start hald before xdm

Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-26 22:21:58 UTC

This has been committed to the catalyst-3 branch in git.

Comment 3 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure

2013-02-05 03:36:08 UTC

HAL is long gone and support for graphical CDs is "fading" if not "non-existant", so I'm closing this one as obsolete.