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- From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers)
- Subject: XFree86 problems (keyboard hangs overnight)
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:59:17 GMT
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- Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
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- I'm running into a strange problem with XFree86 & xdm,
- and a little time.
-
- Every morning, I come to my machine and try to log in on the xdm
- login screen, but the keyboard is locked, the mouse works fine.
- I have to telnet/rlogin from another machine and kill the X server.
- When the X server restarts, the keyboard returns.
-
- I have discovered that if I don't log out - and leave my session
- there - when I return in the morning the keyboard is locked again,
- so pressing a key doesn't get my screen back (i.e. it's been blanked.)
- *But* - moving the mouse will... In fact, all the mouse stuff works
- fine.
-
- My current work-around is to not log out overnight, then in the
- morning, use my mouse to pull down the twm menu and exit twm. This
- ends my session (logs me off) and the X server dies; xdm starts up
- a new server which is fine.
-
- Also, I've noticed some problems with the capslock key; sometimes
- the capslock is engaged, and I can't disengage it without restarting
- the server. In this regard, none of the keyboard lights (capslock, numlock,
- etc...) seem to function.
-
- Finally, did anyone ever find out where the <bell> went?
-
- - Dave Rivers -
- (rivers@ponds.uucp (home))
- (sastdr@unx.sas.com (work))
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