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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:29:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Rick Siple <RickSiple@mpainc.com>
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Subject: Re: xdm and vtys
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On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Rick Siple wrote:

> 	I have noticed some odd behavior from XDM that I am hoping
> someone can enlighten me on.  I realize X related question should go to
> the X mailing lists but I thought this might relate to FreeBSD's VTYs.
> 	I moved the xdm command from /etc/rc.local to
> /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d, for no good reason other than it seemed to be the
> logical place to start all X related services.  Anyway, when started
> from here xdm seems to start before the VTY manager and grab the
> console.  In this case the Alt-function and Ctrl-Alt-Function key combos
> don't work, they just beep.  More importantly though the keyboard does
> not work, you can not type into the xdm login window.  This was easily
> fixed with a five second delay in the sh script that starts xdm so no
> big deal, just interested in what is actually going on.

I think init and xdm get in a war over the keyboard.  I'd suggest thowing
a `sleep 5' just before xdm launches to make sure everythng's settled down
first.


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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