X11 not working after installing

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Ernesto

I got X11 installed with portmaster successfully.

The issue is that X11 is not working, I type startx and it shows a screen with a pair of windows with command line and a clock but I can not do anything, no response from mouse or keyboard so I have to shutdown with button. I found that I had to add:

Code: 
hald_enable="YES" 
dbus_enable="YES"

to /etc/rc.conf and I did it but no success. I try typing Xorg -retro but again I got a frozen screen, this time a one full of grey dots with a X at the center.

Do you found anything similar before? Is there any file or log to show here in order to discover what is the fault?

Thanks again.
 
/etc/rc.conf is usually only processed during startup. So unless you reboot or manually start them, HAL will not be running yet.

However, HAL is not needed. Edit xorg.conf, adding
Code: 
Option       "AutoAddDevices" "Off"

to the ServerLayout section. This tells X not to use HAL to detect input devices. If you have a USB mouse, this should be all that is needed. There is more detail in the Handbook X configuration section.
 
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