Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 21:24:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Intuitive Design Archive <archive@in-design.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XDM and X problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404212149.2591Q-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970404040717.6580A-100000@nero.in-design.com>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Intuitive Design Archive wrote: > > > (xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed) > > > > > > Which I have never seen before. Sometimes I get kicked out of Xsession as > > > well. > > > > Your keyboard may be broken. Have you tried replacing it? My MicroSwitch > > shuts down when used with my old motherboard for extended periods of time. > > Tried three keyboards so far with no luck :( It only happens when > XDM is running but not when using startx... You do have a free tty available, ie one without a getty running on it? > I thought so. Ordered new memory and put it in... Still same > problem. Could it be bad ram? I noticed that the server works fine > until I try launching something like emacs, knews, netscrape, ect. Yeah, these are big apps which can extract the error. Low swap and bad processor cache can cause the same problem. > > Is ``options XSERVER'' defined in your kernel? > > I am using 2.1.7 and XF86 3.2 and using the reqular sc0: > device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr > > and not the : > > device vt0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector pcrint > > So should I use the vt0 and include the xserver option, as I thought > it only applies if you use this device... You could try using pcvt. I've never had to do that. It's possible you card isn't exactly supported. You might try asking xfree86@xfree86.org and see what the state of the driver is. Or check the documentation. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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