Re: X.org cursor only moves horizontally

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 11:18:24AM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 02:43:36PM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 02:50:29PM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > > On Feb 2,  6:45pm, prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost (Patrick Welche) wrote:
> > > -- Subject: Re: X.org cursor only moves horizontally
> > > 
> > > Did you see my latest commit?
> > 
> > Yes, I see you have created a good place to put it.
> > 
> > Sadly this is unchanged:
> > 
> > > | Strange thing: when I apply the "patch-ab" to mouse.c, the mouse now 
> > > moves
> > > | vertically, but there is no keyboard input.
> > 
> > So, now I can get the mouse into the login prompt, but can't type, nor
> > ctl-alt-bksp / ctl-alt-f1...
> 
> Same results with "keyboard" and "kbd", xdm gives me a login screen with a
> fixed mouse, but no keyboard - even caps lock doesn't show a light.

xdm is listening on the wrong tty. You have to modify /etx/X11/xdm/Xservers
and change the vt0 to a free one.

Bernd