My usb-mouse and laptop-keyboard didn't work, and my screen was flickering

a xterm appeard but the information "cannot convert string "nil2" to type "FontStruct"" keeped showing on its title

then X crashed

I don't know how to start HAL as Arch,(or nothing to do with it ?)

it's hard to share my log,so i copy some of it ....


(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device USB Keyboard
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device USB Keyboard
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device Video Bus
(WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) HID 04d9:1133: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) USB Keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) USB Keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Video Bus: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x812d22b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80bc721]
2: [0xffffe400]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadow.so(shadowRemove+0x4e) [0xb78ffe1e]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadow.so [0xb79002d4]
5: /usr/bin/X [0x80d4f77]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x810ab4c]
7: /usr/bin/X [0x8116e7c]
8: /usr/bin/X [0x811d6dc]
9: /usr/bin/X [0x80cf10e]
10: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so [0xb7a81b22]
11: /usr/bin/X [0x80d3a2b]
12: /usr/bin/X [0x81584eb]
13: /usr/bin/X [0x80d5ac8]
14: /usr/bin/X [0x80bfd63]
15: /usr/bin/X [0x8143225]
16: /usr/bin/X [0x8172b2c]
17: /usr/bin/X [0x813cfeb]
18: /usr/bin/X(main+0x44c) [0x806c4ec]
19: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7bc56a5]
20: /usr/bin/X [0x806b911]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting

Is this a fresh install or an upgrade?

If it's an upgrade:
http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2009/09/22/if-...-slackware-13/
http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2009/08/30/sla...13-0-xorg-hal/

i installed it with txz(s) in DVD iso ,without X it's hard for me to download new packges
do i have to do something with evdev? I thought I installed it ...

Have you upgraded from a previous version of Slackware or is this a brand new install?

Package updates do not require X at all. Ever.
http://beginlinux.com/desktop_traini...age-management

Installed what with txz(s)?
It's a bit difficult to understand what you've done, and what the problem is. So I'll suggest running xorgsetup
.

This is probbaly not the solution in this case. He's definitely talking about Slackware 13.0 and therefore I/O device infgormation should be being passed to X by hald, there should be no need for an xorg.conf.

Without knowing more (if there's any chance he can elucidate somewhat), it's difficult to tell if the problem is an xorg.conf that shouldn't be there, or a broken or disabled hal, or some other issue.

Yeah,we'll have to see if he can come up with a clearer description.

I can't figure it ,so I installed all the packages in l/ and x/ at last I'm now in X window
I don't know what is missed before even now

Uuuhm.. yeah. Ok.

maybe not relevant at all, but I had a problem where usb mouse was not working after installing slackware64 13 - it worked once I had disabled the ps2 in the bios (the only other thing I did inbetween was to install/initialise the mysql database)