Hi Haines.
Haines Brown - 15.06.18, 22:12:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 07:41:52PM +0100, Dave Turner wrote:
> > You must install the xserver files to get X working.
> >
> > More precisely, they MUST be installed. Whether elogind and
> > libpam-elogind drag them in as dependencies I do not know.
>
> I did as you suggest, but with an unhappy outcome. I installed these
> packages on a raw ascii 2.0.0 system:
>
> aptitude
>
> xserver-xorg-video-dummy, xserver-xorg-input-void, xserver-xorg-core
> xinit, x11-xserver-utils
>
> xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-scalable
>
> fluxbox, xfonts-terminus, feh
>
> Result is that when xserver is run by user, it brings up a frozen
> fluxbox window manager. No keyboard or mouse input. My keyboard is
> dead. So had to do a hot shutdown.
>
> After rebooting I take a look at ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log and
> find
>
> ...
> mouseset 0: Damage tracking initialized
> config udev; adding input device device Power Button
> (/dev/input/event5)
> No input driver specified, ignoring this device
> This device may have been added with another device file.
Install
xserver-xorg-input-libinput
and a graphics driver, unless you like to use the in-built modesettings
driver which is usually just about fine for Intel integrated graphics.
For AMD or NVidia you may like or need to use something different tough.
Thanks.
--
Martin