On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 14:37 -0400, Deji Akingunola wrote: > On 10/26/05, Chris Lumens <clumens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 1. X failed to start (all three attempts) with the following error in > > > the various X.log files: > > > > > > [snip] > > > Synaptics no synaptics event device found (checked 10 nodes) > > > Synaptics The /dev/input/event* device nodes seem to be missing > > > Query no Synaptics: 6003C8 > > > (EE) Synaptics no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device > > > (EE) Synaptics Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware. > > > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics" > > > No core pointer > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > failed to initialize core devices > > > [snip] > > > > > > I tried plugging in a usb mouse, but the same error still happened. > > > > I fixed this on 10/14 and we did a build later that day, so it should be > > fine. On a test machine here, I see /dev/input/event{0-3} being > > created. After X fails, can you switch over to tty2 and check that > > those exist? > > > I still experienced the same error using a 10/25 tree. This is because Chris changed it so we make the device nodes after starting X. Less useful. The beating will commence shortly ;-) Jeremy -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list