Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:24:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Mark Dixon <mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard lock-up. Message-ID: <20031208122223.L15361@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200312072334.24275.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> References: <20031207214736.75886.qmail@web40807.mail.yahoo.com> <200312072334.24275.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Mark Dixon wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 07 Dec 2003 21:47, Andrew Lankford wrote: > > On to another topic. Is anyone having trouble with > > keyboard lockups (every 3rd or 4th boot) in -CURRENT > > lately? I find that booteasy responds ok, but by the > > time xdm starts up, my keyboard doesn't respond to > > anything apart from the number lock key and the old > > "three finger salute". > > I've seen this recently as well - I use gdm. The only time I've been able to > reproduce it every time was when I had spamd (from spamcop) enabled in /usr/ > local/etc/rc.d - this led me to believe it was an rc problem. There is a known race between X and getty that's been around for ages. If X and getty on vty0 crank up simultaneously, syscons will drop the keyboard. The workaround is to insert a delay into your xdm startup so it jumps into X after vty0 has started. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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