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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:16:47 +0200
From:      Carl Drougge <freebsd-stable@z42.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kdm startup script freaks out keyboard
Message-ID:  <20010731171646.A21732@bigtower.net>
In-Reply-To: <F57026A9F900D411999000D0B73C4DF601468952@pflnoczr.networktelephone.net>; from Steve.Dobbs@networktelephone.net on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 09:49:30AM -0500
References:  <F57026A9F900D411999000D0B73C4DF601468952@pflnoczr.networktelephone.net>

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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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