Subject: Re: Keyboard freeze in X
To: Bostjan Muller <neonatus@neonatus.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/25/2000 19:49:47
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:51:38PM +0200, Bostjan Muller wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have just installed NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2 and I am experiencing keyboard freezes
> in X. It hapens randomly and I don't know what I can do about it. I have
> compiled my own kernel.. included apm support, couse this is running on a
> laptop.
> 
> 
> I don't know if you need any more information or does anyone know what can be
> done to fix this problem?
> 
> Can someone please help me... I need X on the laptop and if it wont work I'll
> have to use something else :(

How do you start X ? It's possible that both a getty and X are competing for
the keyboard.
If you're using startx, make sure you don't start it in the background
(i.e. 'startx', not 'startx &').
If you're using xdm, make sure the X server starts on a VT where no getty is
running.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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