Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:46:01 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Richard Scheper <scheper@beast.toad.net> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup Message-ID: <199907221246.VAA18075@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:31:47 -0400." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907220813040.25064-100000@beast.toad.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907220813040.25064-100000@beast.toad.net>
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>I'm having a slight problem with my current setup, and the solution is >eluding me. I've got a supermicro P6DLS with 2 PII-266 processors. I'm >running 3.1-RELEASE. [...] >Heres my problem. I have an rc.local which starts up xdm, i.e. > >/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > >which starts up the xdm login screen. However, at this point the keyboard >input is locked out. Absolutely no key sequences have any effect. All else >appears to work, i.e. the mouse still functions. I've experimented with >this and have gathered the following clues: > >1. xdm works fine if SMP is disabled in the kernel > >2. SMP works fine if xdm is not started in rc.local or in /etc/ttys > >3. SMP and xdm work fine if xdm is started under a root login session. > >4. the keyboard lockup only occurs after the rc.local script is finished > executing. That is, if I put a sleep 60 command after the xdm command > in rc.local, the login screen accepts my input and starts X, and > everything is fine for exactly one minute at which time the keyboard > locks. > >5. sleep commands before the xdm command in rc.local have no effect - > lockup still occurs. It appears that xdm and getty is fighting for keyboard input. Try (sleep 60; /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm) & in /etc/rc.local. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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