There's one problem I just can't get rid of on my small Shark cluster.

When running X (say fvwm95 or kde, or any window manager, really), the
keyboard *very* often gets ina confused state. There never seems to be
any problem when running at the console level, but within X, the
keyboard will miss strokes, or decide a key is stuck down, or it's in
Caps lock, or generally weird unpredictable settings. Is there anything
obvious I have done wrong here? These are all Rev 5 boards, 32 or 64M
RAM, diskless and netbooting. At present I am running the 19991223
snapshot with the precompiled NetBSD 1.4 X packages (might this be the
problem?). The keyboards are Digital LK46W (fairly generic PS/2 KB
which works fine on most PCs, Alpha workstations, etc).

Thanks for any suggestions... I will attach my XF86Config file in case
it contains anything of value...

Graham Allan,
Physics, University of Minnesota


the XF86Config file:

# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.

#
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# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
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#
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# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# See 'man XF86Config' for info on the format of this file

Section "Files"
   RgbPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
   FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
   Protocol        "Standard"
#   XkbRules        "xfree86"
#   XkbModel        "pc101"
#   XkbLayout       "us"
EndSection

# Generic monitor
Section "Monitor"
   Identifier      "Primary Monitor"
   VendorName      "Unknown"
   ModelName       "Unknown"
   HorizSync       30-78
   VertRefresh     50-90
   Modeline  "1152x864"   95.00 1152 1184 1312 1504  864  869  872  919
   Modeline  "1024x768"   78.75 1024 1040 1168 1296  768  769  775  797 +hsync +
vsync
   Modeline  "800x600"    50.00  800  856  976 1040  600  637  643  666 +hsync +
vsync
   Modeline  "640x480"    31.50  640  680  720  864  480  488  491  521
EndSection


# This "device" represents both types of video chips that have
# been used on Sharks, i.e., CT65550 and IGS CyberPro2010.
# The SVGA server identifies the actual chip in a given
# Shark, and will prevent "inappropriate" modes from being entered.
#
# The "fast_dram" option applies only to the CT65550; the
# CyberPro driver ignores it.  The option should be disabled
# for Sharks with CT65550s running at 5v (i.e., Revs 1-3).
# Otherwise, you are likely to melt the chip...  (It is disabled
# by default.  Uncomment the Option line below to enable it.)
Section "Device"
    Modeline "1152x864"   95.00 1152 1184 1312 1504  864  869  872  919

    ModeLine "1024x768"   80.00 1024 1048 1184 1328  768  771  777  806 -hsync -
vsync
    ModeLine "800x600"    50.00  800  856  976 1040  600  637  643  666 +hsync +
vsync
    ModeLine "640x480"    25.00  640  672  768  800  480  490  492  525
EndSection

# This "device" represents both types of video chips that have
# been used on Sharks, i.e., CT65550 and IGS CyberPro2010.
# The SVGA server identifies the actual chip in a given
# Shark, and will prevent "inappropriate" modes from being entered.
#
# The "fast_dram" option applies only to the CT65550; the
# CyberPro driver ignores it.  The option should be disabled
# for Sharks with CT65550s running at 5v (i.e., Revs 1-3).
# Otherwise, you are likely to melt the chip...  (It is disabled
# by default.  Uncomment the Option line below to enable it.)
Section "Device"
   Identifier      "SharkVGA"
#   Option          "fast_dram"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Driver          "SVGA"
   Device          "SharkVGA"
   Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
   defaultcolordepth 8
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        8
#      Modes        "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "640x480"
#      Modes        "1280x1024" "1152x864"  "640x480"
      Modes        "1152x864"  "1024x768"  "640x480"
#      Modes        "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth        16
      Modes        "1152x864" "1024x768" "640x480"
#      Modes        "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
   Protocol        "MouseSystems"
   Device          "/dev/pms0"
   BaudRate        1200
EndSection