On 3/22/06, Gary Thorpe <gathorpe79@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem with starting X as part of the boot sequence.
> Using 'startx' from the console works fine with no observable problems.
> However, if I put 'xdm=3Dyes' in /etc/rc.conf, I cannot login using the
> chooser, change to a text console or do anything involving keyboard
> input. X, the chooser, and xconsole start fine and the mouse pointer
> works, but the keyboard does not accept any input and in fact I cannot
> even do things like turn the caps lock on/off.
>
> The /var/log/Xfree86.0.log file seems identical to the log produced
> when using startx (examined after resetting the machine) and
> /var/log/xdm.log just shows the top of this log and no obvious errors.
> I am using NetBSD 2.0 for now. Any ideas on what is wrong?

I see similar problems on DragonFlyBSD using pkgsrc xorg.

-DR