Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 12:12:02 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: scheper@beast.toad.net (Richard Scheper), freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP + XDM = keyboard lockup Message-ID: <199907221812.MAA02907@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199907221800.LAA08972@usr05.primenet.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907220813040.25064-100000@beast.toad.net> <199907221800.LAA08972@usr05.primenet.com>
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> > Heres my problem. I have an rc.local which starts up xdm, i.e. > > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm > > > > which starts up the xdm login screen. However, at this point the keyboard > > input is locked out. Absolutely no key sequences have any effect. All else > > appears to work, i.e. the mouse still functions. I've experimented with > > this and have gathered the following clues: > > The xdm program, among other things, starts X. > > I believe the issue is one CPU running X doing inb/outb's while > the other CPU is in the kernel -- doing the same. Why would the other CPU doing the same inb/outb's as X? By the time init is run, the kernel is done 'setting up' the kernel. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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