Re: [gentoo-user] unknown filesystem type 'ext2'

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Nick Khamis<symack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Exactly!
> In console everything is find. but when I issue startx my keybaord and mouse
> are non functional. I did remerge xf86 mouse and keyboard and still nothing.
> I looking into xorg.conf.

Newer Xorg uses a different method of configuring hardware. There are
many threads and many possible ways of addressing the problem:

1) emerge "xf86-input-evdev" and set up input devices using the new
configuration method (out of xorg.conf, into FDI files) -- this also
requires a certain kernel option to be enabled.
2) Add this option to ServerLayout section of xorg.conf: Option
"AllowEmptyInput" "false"
3) rebuild xorg-server with hal USE flag disabled

Any one of those 3 should fix the problem. The first one is the "new"
way, the others will leave you using legacy configuration methods. Use
whatever works best for you. :)

There are other possible things you may need to do depending on your
particular setup. Fancy mice or non-English keyboards especially will
need additional effort to configure the same as before.  Read the
Gentoo Xorg upgrade guide for more info:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml