Re: X Server Won't Start

If you have recently updated X11 then you may need to update any video
drivers.

Looking at the log files (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) might also help to guide
you as to which component of X is failing.
Try editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf
There should be a section regarding pointer input devices.

A standard mouse (not necesserily touchpad) looks like this in
xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Hope this helps,
-Tom

ckesey@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have recently installed FC5 (2.6.16) on my Dell Inspiron 6000 and
everything seemed to work out fine until a few days ago. Now when I
boot up it goes to a login screen then goes black....it does this 3
times and then flashes a window that says "Failed to start the X
server. It seems that the pointer device is not set up correctly."

I'm using the touchpad but I have tried a USB mouse @ startup but it
did the same thing.


Any suggestion to try???? Are there any config files I can edit to get
me back to the GUI???


I'm lost. Thanks for any help that can be give.

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