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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:19:09 -0400
From:      "David Dollar" <ddollar@annuvin.com>
To:        "Carl Drougge" <freebsd-stable@z42.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: kdm startup script freaks out keyboard
Message-ID:  <017601c119d4$25db8870$0201a8c0@arawn>
References:  <F57026A9F900D411999000D0B73C4DF601468952@pflnoczr.networktelephone.net> <20010731171646.A21732@bigtower.net>

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Just change the off to on in /etc/ttys concerning xdm, it'll make your kdm
load on boot.

David Dollar
ddollar@annuvin.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Drougge" <freebsd-stable@z42.net>
To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: kdm startup script freaks out keyboard


> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 09:49:30AM -0500, Steve Dobbs wrote:
>
> > I wrote a little startup script to automatically launch kdm upon boot,
and
> > put it in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory, and it works fine when I
run it
> > as root when the machine is up, but when I boot and let the script get
> > launched automatically, kdm comes up, but the keyboard stops functioning
> > properly.  (I can ctl-alt-delete, but I can't switch out switch out to
> > another virtual terminal, I can't ctl-alt-break, and I can't type any
> > letters).  I'm running KDE 2.1.1 on FreeBSD 4.3 RELEASE.
>
> Sounds like it doesn't like being launched early, so try delaying it a
bit.
> (Like replace "kdm" with "sh -c 'sleep 30 && kdm' &". If that works try
> lowering the sleep time a bit so you don't have to wait so long..)
>
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