Subject: Re: keyboard problem with X
To: Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrb@laas.fr>
From: Wouter Klouwen <dublet@dublet.org>
List: current-users
Date: 06/01/2004 22:50:48
Matthieu Herrb(matthieu.herrb@laas.fr) said 2004.06.01 22:23:47 +0000:
> No.
> 
> The symptoms decribed by Wouter look like the known problem that arises 
> when X picks up a VT on which a getty process is attached too. Then the 
> 2 processes (the X server and getty) are fighting to get keyboard input 
> and it produces either a sluggish keyboard or a total lockup, depending 
> on luck.

Well, if one knows the problem a solution can't be far, right? :)

> One last question: you both have more than one screen create in 
> /etc/wscons.conf?

The wscons.conf (with comments removed) of the affected machine:
screen  1       80x25bf vt100
screen  2       -       vt100
screen  3       -       vt100
screen  4       -       -