Wouter Klouwen wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> for the past while I've been having problems with -current while running X.
> The problem is that when running X for a while (or short while, time running
> doesn't seem to matter), it gets more sluggish while taking in keyboard
> input. Even keys which I am sure of typing in the right order may appear
> reversed. While this is occuring, X seems to take in more CPU time. When the
> CPU time gets to about 98%, it seems to stop accepting any input. 
> Switching to console doesn't help, as X won't handle the keyboard input.
> Logging via ssh or serial console simply yields a perfectly usable system.
> After a little digging I have found a related post on current-users dating
> back to 1994 with the same problem:
> 	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/1994/08/31/0008.html
> 
> Surprisingly, this only affects a few of my systems.
> My AMD T-bird 1.4GHz on an Abit KT7 is doing this, while my Compaq Armada
> E500 laptop isn't. The T-bird has a Matrox G550 with dual screen setup, and
> my laptop has some sort of ATI mobility thing, which amazingly still does
> anything I want it to, despite being as fast as a sloth caught in a pool of
> superglue after a long day of eating leaves.
> 
> Of course, this behaviour may seem like it is a hardware fault, but I have
> replaced the keyboard, and more importantly, one of my friends had a similar
> system running NetBSD-1.6 and it exhibited the same symptoms. After said
> friend accidentally fried the CPU, he had to get a new CPU and motherboard
> (P4 and some Asus mother board), and the problems persisted, although in a
> letter extent.
> 
> Would anyone know any possible causes or perhaps fixes (other than better
> hardware)?

Are you running xdm ?
Is there a VT without a getty process attached for X in your /etc/ttys?


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					Matthieu