From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 27 00:14:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13061 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:14:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cs.Technion.AC.IL (csa.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13047 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:14:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@cs.technion.ac.il) Received: from csd.csa (csd.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.8]) by cs.Technion.AC.IL (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id KAA07064; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:15:31 +0200 (IST) Received: from localhost by csd.csa (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA23115; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:15:29 +0200 Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:15:28 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron X-Sender: nadav@csd To: "Jason C. Wells" cc: FreeBSD-stable Subject: Re: Keyboard Not Responding With X startup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Jason C. Wells wrote: > If I start xdm during init time from /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d the keyboard does > not respond. I cannot xlogin. I cannot CTRL-ALT-F* to another terminal. I > cannot CTRL-ALT-BSP to kill the server. I cannot CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart > the box. I am forced to stare at xlogin. > > If I start xdm from the command line every thing works normally. > > I have a fresh build of X, world, and my kernel. This behavior is > something new since I went -stable from 3.0R. I figure that rebuilding the > universe would cure it becauseof the new syscons stuff. The rebuild > didn't work. > > It used to be that I would see the 'login:' prompt on the console before X > would start. Now X starts before the local daemons finish there startup. > Also, xdm-errors shows that X is starting on VT2 instead of VT4. It shows > and error: > > System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm > -m us -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " > -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 > compiled/xfree86.xkm' When starting xdm from rc.local (or friends) you should explicitly tell the X server what console to attach to: cm215-ntw: {101} more /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 vt04 I think this should solve the problem you describe (and I also remember it appearing in some FAQ somewhere). > > Does anyone know why this might be happening? It seems like the timing of > the X startup is coinciding with the starting of getty on ttyv1,2,3 and > causing the keyboard to get lost in the shuffle. > > Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. > Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message