Subject: Re: -current kernel and X 4.1.0 (Culprit: screenblank)
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Feico Dillema <feico@pasta.cs.uit.no>
List: current-users
Date: 11/01/2001 18:51:13
Lennart Augustsson and I managed to find the cause of the problem.
The culprit is screenblank. Untill screenblank is fixed, make sure
that you run with screenblank=no in your /etc/rc.conf when tracking
-current.

Feico.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:36:01PM +0100, Feico Dillema wrote:
> I just tried a -current i386 kernel of todays sources, and when I start X
> (4.1.0 build from source tree a few days ago) I don't get a working
> keyboard and mouse. No response to mouse movement or button presses,
> and most keyboard keys do not give a response while the few that do,
> give weird (control) characters etc. X does not report any errors on
> startup. A somewhat older kernel (sources about a week old I think),
> gives no such problems with X.
> 
> Feico.