Date: 23 Mar 1999 15:07:50 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com> To: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XDM kookiness Message-ID: <lfyakokm09.fsf@Samizdat.uucom.com> In-Reply-To: Peter Schwenk's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:47:11 -0500" References: <36F665FE.82F0E85A@math.udel.edu>
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:47:11 -0500, Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> said: Peter> Hello: I've got xdm running on my FreeBSD 3.1-R system (and it Peter> was running on 2.2.8-R before that). It is started with a Peter> xdm.sh script in the /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d directory (is there Peter> any other way to start it?). Quite frequently, after I boot up Peter> the system and I get to the login window, the keyboard input Peter> isn't echoed in the login window. The keyboard input is Peter> accepted, as I found out by telnetting in from another system Peter> and seeing myself logged in, plus Ctrl-Alt-Delete works. Same here on 3.1-S and XF86-3.3.3 (latest of this writing). It acts like it's not listening to the keyboard (various from decent Keytronic to new cheapies) but a remote "ps" shows something like "login: myusername". If I do *not* start xdm at boot (in /usr/X11$6/etc/rc.d) but wait for the text screen, login as root, then start XDM, it works fine. This has bugged me for a while. I think I encountered this problem on some 2.2.8-STABLE systems too, probably with XFree86 of a couple revs ago. I noticed folks talking about starting in /etc/ttys, but it really *should* work as a boot script. Any ideas? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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