7.2-STABLE X mouse & keyboard issues

[Tim Judd]

On 11/11/09, stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
> I just built a brand new 7.2 STABLE machine, and the xorg package. startx
> brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB)
> function in X.
>
> I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so? If so,
> what;s the best way?

did you enable hald, and dbus?  did you start them?

did you remove hal support from xorg?


Please elaborate your environment.