Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 17:09:38 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Brian D. McGrew" <brian@visionpro.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keyboard lockups ... UPDATE! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990517170735.26546B-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171416540.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 17 May 1999, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 1999, Brian D. McGrew wrote: > > > Earlier I posted a message about my keyboard locking under X. I've found > > some interesting info ... > > > > The keyboard will always lock at some point under X when I start it at boot > > (ie. xdm in rc.local), however, if I do not run xdm at boot, rather start x > > manually (ie. xinit) after boot, my keyboard is fine (Or it has been for a > > day and a half with no reboot). > > > > My .xsession and .xinitrc are exactly the same files. Any ideas? > > Throw a 'sleep 2' in front of your xdm run in rc.local. If getty and xdm > start simultenously the console crashes. I was having the exact same problem, what helped me was running xdm from /etc/ttys file: ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm" xterm on secure I've never had a hang after I moved it here from rc.local. hope this helps, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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