From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 22 06:59:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA06574 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 06:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uswgmn1.uswc.uswest.com (uswgmn1.uswest.com [204.147.87.74]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA06569 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 06:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by uswgmn1.uswc.uswest.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) id IAA10258; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:57:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from egate.mnet.uswest.com(151.116.23.138) by uswgmn1.uswc.uswest.com via smap (V1.3) id sma010248; Mon Apr 22 08:57:23 1996 Received: from easthub (easthub.mnet.uswest.com [151.117.26.86]) by egate.mnet.uswest.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id HAA03910; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 07:57:21 -0600 (MDT) Received: by easthub.mnet.uswest.com (M-Net Hub.951228) Received: from astro.acs.uswest.com by acs.uswest.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA10918; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:57:12 -0500 Received: by astro.acs.uswest.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA04022; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:57:07 -0500 From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) Message-Id: <199604221357.IAA04022@astro.acs.uswest.com> Subject: Re: X locks To: s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.edu.au (HMG coA reductase) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:57:07 -0500 (CDT) Cc: khetan@iafrica.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "HMG coA reductase" at Apr 22, 96 08:46:44 am X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, HMG coA reductase said: > > xdm has to be started from /etc/ttys, to run on an unused virtual > terminal (see the X install guide). I don't think so. I'm pretty certain that I have my setup from rc.local at home. Is it possible that Khetan is using the vt terminal emulation instead of SCO? As to why the xdm is locked up, I don't really know. Can you get into the machine any other way? Can you look at the xdm-errors file? Maybe that will tell something. > > On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, Sean Kelly wrote: > > > > > First, to switch to another vty while X is running, use CTRL+ALT+F1, > > > CTRL+ALT+F2, ... > > > > Done that. Doesn't work. Like the keyboard is locked. > > > > > Now, why you can't type anything on the X screen: is your xdm > > > configured to accept a login? > > > > Yes. Works fine after I login as root and then run xdm. > > --- > > Khetan Gajjar > > Visit at http://www.iafrica.com/~khetan/ > > Pipex-Internet Africa Operations > > help@iafrica.com or 0800-030-002 > > > > > > -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com Religion can make a person well rounded or an idiot.