Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 03:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/4454: X drops characters/locks up keyboard when run from `xdm' Message-ID: <199711041120.DAA04842@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/4454; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: atrens@nortel.ca Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: kern/4454: X drops characters/locks up keyboard when run from `xdm' Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 20:22:41 +0900 >>Number: 4454 >>Category: kern >>Synopsis: X drops characters/locks up keyboard when run from `xdm' [...] >>Release: 2.2.2 and 3.0-SNAP-Aug08 with Xfree86 3.3 and 3.3.1 >>Environment: >3.0 August 08 SNAP. Also seen with 2.2.2. Tried with XFree86 3.3 and >3.3.1. >>Description: > >Problems were seen on a ASUS-TX97 motherboard with 430TX chipset. > >Previously I was running on an ASUS T2P4 motherboard with a 430HX >chipset and didn't seeany of these problems... Strange. >Running X11 from an `xdm' >When `xlock -inroot -mode galaxy' is running in the root window, or >some other graphics intensive stuff is running, xterms, rxvts, and >even the xdm login window drop characters and eventually lock up the >keyboard. When the keyboard is locked up, all the keyboard leds turn >off. Pressing caps-lock, or num-lock doesn't cause the corresponding >leds to illuminate. Was it possible to switch to a text console by pressing Ctl-Alt-Fx? How about Ctl-Alt-Backspace? Did it kill the X server? >The mouse, disk and other things seem fine. I >can open new windows and cut and paste between them... just no keyboard >i/o :( . Do you use a serial mouse or a PS/2 mouse? >When I run X from a `startx' everything works perfectly. Hmm. Even more puzzling. Kazu
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