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sseipel133

So after re-installing freebsd I was able to get xorg and gnome. When starting xorg I had the same problem as before, no keyboard or mouse, and had to restart the computer to get out of it. I know, edit /etc/rc.conf, right? I did that with ee, and typed hald_enabled="YES" and dbus_enabled="YES". Also gdm_enabled="YES". The only thing that has changed since doing that is that now I have 3 terminals when I "startx" where before I had 2. Still cannot type or move cursor.By the way, I was logged in as root, and I know that the changes were saved.
What else can be done to be able to use the keyboard and mouse, and have a desktop environment?
 
First, it's _enable not _enabled.
No need to reboot, just do:
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus start
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hal start

And second, for xinit/startx you need a valid ~/.xinitrc file, and in other cases you might need a valid ~/.xsession file instead. Read the chapter about X11 in the handbook.
 
Thanks. I will try that. Hopefully that was my problem all along. Funny how little typo's can make a big difference.
 
A computer does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do ;)
 
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