can't (re)start X, may be hal related

[Robert Huff]

Gary Jennejohn writes:

>  When I was still running 7.5.1 I had this line in this Section
>  	Option      "AllowEmptyInput" "on"
>  > EndSection
>  
>  Can't say whether adding this line will help, but you could try
>  it.

	I did.
	Result:
	1) keyboard input to xdm login screen no longer works.
	2) Same error in xdm and X.org log files.


				Robert Huff