startx from init

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Tuesday 24 June 2008 12:49, Antoine Martin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to start X from either /etc/init.d/rcS or from /etc/inittab
> But whatever command I use (startx, xinit or just plain Xorg) it seems 
> the server cannot get hold of the mouse and keyboard...
> If I login via ssh and run the exact same command, it works...
> (obviously all the devices are there and accessible, tried running 
> everything as root, etc..)

Just plain X would be the first thing to try to get working first.

Can you show the Xorg.log file from both attempts?
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