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From: Kris Kennaway <kkenn@bns.com.au>
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Subject: xdm disallowing keyboard input
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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 22:28:24 +1030 (CST)
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I'm trying to get xdm working on my 2.2-REL..added it to the end of 
rc.local in the form "xdm", and it seems to start the X server fine when 
I boot, I get a login window as I should, but it does not let me enter 
anything from the keyboard..all I can do is ctrl-alt-del and reboot.

At the end of the xdm.errors file (after the X startup output) is the 
following:

xdm error (pid 151): Unknown session exit code 256 from process 155
xdm info (pid 151): Rescanning both config and servers files
xf86CloseConsole: KDDISABIO failed (Inappropriate ioctl for device)

Can anyone help shed some light onto this problem?

Thanks,

Kris

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