Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:21:36 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup Message-ID: <199907240821.RAA18933@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Jul 1999 23:21:54 GMT." <199907232321.QAA14822@usr09.primenet.com> References: <199907232321.QAA14822@usr09.primenet.com>
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>> "VT number 8" means /dev/ttyv7. >> >> This means that if xdm if run before any getty when the system is >> staring up, it may grab a vty which will be subsequently used by a >> getty process. > >1) Did it lock up your console when this happened? No. And it wasn't my intention of the experiment. I wanted to demonstrate that the X server still searches for an empty vty even if xdm is run in a particular vty specified in /etc/ttys. >3) Why does it only happen in SMP? I explained several times. This is a timing problem which exists in both UP and SMP environment. It is just that the problem reporter observed it with the SMP kernel in his set up. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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