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Subject: Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup 
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> 
> I guess it may not.  After init forks and execs getty and xdm, we
> don't know the exact order in which these processes will be scheduled
> to run on which CPU, do we?  /etc/ttys does not ensure the order of
> execution.
> 
> If xdm happens to run before other getty processes, it may grab a vty
> which will be eventually opened by a getty later.

Actually, I had forgotten about this.  This is true because the line in
/etc/ttys doesn't specify *which* tty for X to use.  If we could easily
force X to use that specific tty, it would avoid this problem.


Nate


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