From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 14 14:21:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75EB016A404 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:21:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0A1643D48 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:21:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k3EELOf9022406 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:21:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id k3EELOG5022405 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:21:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:21:24 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060414142124.GJ692@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill , current@freebsd.org References: <20060413182938.GB692@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20060413182938.GB692@bunrab.catwhisker.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Subject: [resolved] Re: xdm & syscons failing to get along ... sometimes? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:21:25 -0000 OK; following useful suggestions from each of Alexander Leidinger and Dag-Erling Smørgrav, I have modified the "ttyv8" line in /etc/ttys to invoke my script; I also removed the extraneous "sleep"s (both from the script and from separate "delay" scripts), and added the "-nodeamon" command-line parameter for the xdm invocation in my script. Given that the symptoms were intermittent, it's difficult to state that the problem is resolved with much certainty, but: I booted today's 6.x (after building it this morning), and I booted yesterday's CURRENT (in preparation fo an upgrade-in place that I'm doing as I'm typing this), and I saw no hint of a problem at all. And since I removed 10 - 20 seconds of (unnecessary, now) delay, that seems to indicate that this resolves the problem quite nicely: my thanks to both of you! Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Mail filters, like sewers, need to be most restrictive at the point of entry. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.