Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:19:09 -0400 From: "David Dollar" <ddollar@annuvin.com> To: "Carl Drougge" <freebsd-stable@z42.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kdm startup script freaks out keyboard Message-ID: <017601c119d4$25db8870$0201a8c0@arawn> References: <F57026A9F900D411999000D0B73C4DF601468952@pflnoczr.networktelephone.net> <20010731171646.A21732@bigtower.net>
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Just change the off to on in /etc/ttys concerning xdm, it'll make your kdm load on boot. David Dollar ddollar@annuvin.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Drougge" <freebsd-stable@z42.net> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:16 AM Subject: Re: kdm startup script freaks out keyboard > On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 09:49:30AM -0500, Steve Dobbs wrote: > > > I wrote a little startup script to automatically launch kdm upon boot, and > > put it in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory, and it works fine when I run it > > as root when the machine is up, but when I boot and let the script get > > launched automatically, kdm comes up, but the keyboard stops functioning > > properly. (I can ctl-alt-delete, but I can't switch out switch out to > > another virtual terminal, I can't ctl-alt-break, and I can't type any > > letters). I'm running KDE 2.1.1 on FreeBSD 4.3 RELEASE. > > Sounds like it doesn't like being launched early, so try delaying it a bit. > (Like replace "kdm" with "sh -c 'sleep 30 && kdm' &". If that works try > lowering the sleep time a bit so you don't have to wait so long..) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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