when i went on my computer today, i logged in (my linux partition mind you), typed startx to load KDE, and all of a sudden: chaos and despair! my mouse wasn't working. so i pressed CTRL+ALT+Backspace to exit KDE, and nothing happened. I tried booting again, this time checking my mouse functionality. I could move the mouse around in the runlevel 3 environment. i could type. so i figured, ok, its just a bug, itll work this time. so i did it again: startx. the system started up, but still no mouse movement. so i tried some basic commands with the keyboard. i tried exiting KDE. i tried calling up the terminal. none of these worked at all.

As a final attempt, i inserted my slackware installation disk. I went through the setup, making sure not to overwrite any of my files. i chose the games package to install (its usually a safe bet, it doesn't remove anything necessary, and the installation disk requires you to install at least one package to access the configuration menu) i went through the configuration menu, and when i got to the mouse part, i enabled my mouse, the intelli PS2 mouse. it was the setting i had before. i exited setup and started the system normally. It didnt work. the mouse and keyboard worked in the runtime 3 environment, but not in x. I went through the installation again, but this time i chose PS2 mouse instead of intelli PS2 (both worked for me before). i exited and started x again. but still my mouse and keyboard didnt work. I posted on LINUXHELP forums under slackware, and apparently other people are having this problem. if anyone knows about how to fix this, please let me know...
I uploaded my Xorg.0.log file, if you want to take a look... (its .txt because ep doesn't allow .log files, all i did was add a .txt to the name)

yeah... i just hope the solution isn't a full reinstall lol. i just spent 6 days getting everything exactly the way i want it

yeah, but for all the benefits, its worth the minor aggravations

Senseito URΩBΩROS Wrote:

Funnybutrandom Wrote:that's linux for you, sorry i had to

too true, though.

this

os rants bleh


when is it ever gonna stop lol
mine does this
well mine cooks toast

well mine makes toasters
well mine makes things that make toasters

Assassinator Wrote:

trademark91 Wrote:yeah, but for all the benefits, its worth the minor aggravations

Taking 6 days to install would be more than "minor" if I have to say so.

And... care to explain your benefits? (over lets say Windows, or a more user friendly Linux distro like Kubuntu (also uses KDE))

its more developer friendly, plus its really easy to fix errors because i can have the default runlevel set to 3, and fix any errors with ease, whereas if i had kubuntu and got this error, i would be stuck because i wouldnt have the option to change the default runlevel. plus, its the closest you can get to a "generic" os, so i can add only what i want (developer packages, specific sets of programs, etc) i get no dependency checking, which saves a lot of greif, and i can compile any app with ease, thanks to all the headers preexisting. I also like that its a base linux core, so updating the kernel is really easy, instead of installing extra stuff like in debian with all the modules and extensions on the kernel...