Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:49:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> To: Walter Spierings <Walter@holoprint.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XDM allows no keybord-input ? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000727104800.12607E-100000@utah> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20000727111628.0125b350@pop.iaehv.nl>
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fOn Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Walter Spierings wrote: > After re-installing FreeBSD 4.0 (because I had some library problems), I > add the line: > > DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 > > to my xdm-config file. To allow X logins for users but root. This after > reading it in one of this e-mail (18 Apr. 2000). Now when I login as root > and than startx XDM there is no problem. But when I put XDM in the rc.local > file to start it automatically, (following the book, 3rd edition) it just > seems to ignore the keyboard, even Ctrl-Alt-F1..8 for a new non grafic > login is't possible. The system still works, NFS shares and Samba are still > hot, but my only choice is to remote login and reboot. I believe this is in the FAQ somewhere. It has been a long time since I ran X. IIRC, you have to tell rc.local to 'sleep' for a few seconds as there is some conflict for the console going on at boot time. Check in the FAQ to be sure. Thank you, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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