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- From: vikki@e40-008-11.MIT.EDU (Vikki King)
- Subject: Re: XFree86 problems (keyboard hangs overnight)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.063445.21862@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:34:45 GMT
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- I've noticed a similar problem to the one described below, except that
- it happens to me in a matter of minutes after starting to use X. The
- mouse is still alive and I can telnet to the host ok. If I can kill
- the server remotely and start again, I'm ok for another little while.
- I don't think that this happens though if I'm not running twm (like,
- no window manager at all). I am using the bus mouse driver that was
- ported by a kind person from BSD386. I have a mylex 386/33Mhz board,
- 16MB RAM, Paradise 265K VGA board, AHA1542B, and I'm running X386mono.
- I also have a 387/33. Anyone else had similar troubles?
-
- -John
- jackson@a1.mec.mass.edu
-
- sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) writes:
- :
- : 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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