Subject: Re: Query: 3100 graphics-console cursor patch and X11?
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: emanuel stiebler <emu@ecubics.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/14/1997 09:40:21
> >Maximum entropy writes:
> >>
> >>First an unrelated problem:  if I start xfs automatically (xfs=YES
> >>/etc/rc.conf), the system freezes when I start X.  If I start xfs
> >>manually (xfs &) right before starting X, it works just fine.
> >
> >Is this still a problem? I tried config'ing
> >xfs=YES
> >xdm=YES
> >on a 5000/150 and  booted it. It worked fine for me.
> 
> Note that I did *not* set xdm=YES.  I only set xfs=YES.  I then
> rebooted, logged in, and ran startx.  (I had modified startx to add
> "-fp tcp/localhost:7100" to the server options.  That worked fine with
> xfs started manually via "xfs &" on the command line.)
> 
> I did verify yesterday that xfs actually was running (via ps -auxwww).
> I will do all the tests you requested later today when I can get at
> the console, and send you the output.  (I'll include the ps output as
> well, on the assumption that you wanted to see flags and not just an
> existence test.)  I will also try with xdm=YES.
> 

Hi all,

i have exact the same problem with xfs. started manually is ok, but setting
xfs=YES in rc.conf freezes the system.

cheers,
emanuel