[lug] startx failing

[luke p]

It is actually typo free(how'd i do that?;) compaired to what u mentiond and 
to the similar file on another linux box i have.


>From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: Re: [lug] startx failing
>Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 00:16:27 -0600
>
>luke p wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> > This problem as seemed to have 'just happened.' Not sure where it came 
>from,
> > but when I boot up, login as either root or as a user, then startx, it
> > fails, giving me this msg in the XFree86.log file:
> > ((near the end))
> > (
> > WW) No core pointer registered
> > No core pointer
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > failed to initialize core devices
> >
> > I'm running RH 7.1, what shall I do?
> > Thanx,
> > -Luke
>
>I recently had the same error after making a typo while testing
>something (a capital letter had changed to a non-cap letter...took all
>night to find it). But here is a sample to test against in your
>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4. ServerLayout needs an InputDevice for
>CorePointer. Here is generic:
>
>Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>EndSection
>
>Then somewhere below it needs an InputDevice section to describe Mouse0.
>Here is a minimal version (it assumes a PS2 mouse on /dev/mouse, which
>is a sym link to /dev/psaux on my system):
>Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
>EndSection
>
>
>Note that the word "CorePointer" will fail if "Pointer" is not
>capitalized, i.e., this will fail: "Corepointer".
>
>D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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