On 08/14/2016 01:22 PM, richard lucassen wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:15:21 -0400
> fsmithred <fsmithred@???> wrote:
>
>> I'm testing on a system that doesn't have a display manager. Things
>> are working on the console. When I run startx and get to the desktop,
>> touchpad and mouse don't work. Seems like the keyboard doesn't work
>> then, except for ctrl-alt-sysrq-k to kill the xsession.
>
> Maybe you should make yourself member of the group "input"
>
>> ps ax shows that vdev is not running.
>
> [..]
>
> I had that as well. I put the vdev.pid file directly in /run/
>
> /run/vdev.pid
>
> That's a workaround. We'll have to find out why it does not want to
> create a pid file in /run/vdev. I think vdev starts too early but I
> haven't had a closer look at it yet.
>
> R.
>

Moved /etc/vdev/vdev (a symlink) up one level -
    I don't think that changed anything.

Changed pid file to /run/vdevd.pid -
    fdisk now shows the removable drive, I can mount and unmount it.
    mouse still doesn't work.
    vdev still fails at boot, but if I start it after logging in,
    it starts without error.

Changed log file to /var/log/vdevd.log -
    That didn't get rid of the vdev_log_redirect error.

Added user to group 'input' -
    still don't have keyboard or mouse control on the desktop.

/etc/init.d/vdev start|stop works, but I think restart isn't working right.


-fsr