Just installed NetBSD 8.99.42/i386 on a ThinkPad T41 and enabled xdm in the sysinst menu.
After xdm started I hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch vty but was unable to login - at first no characters were shown. Evenutally I was able to type root<RETURN> and have it shown, but it just moved the display down and did not login. I was able to login on Ctrl+Alt+F2 without issue. Switching back to Ctrl+Alt+F1 and pressing ^T printed [ 251...] load: 0.97 not a controlling terminal Image at https://photos.app.goo.gl/1GdoHhSeWqTeU12j9 - I wonder if this was a background makemandb running on initial boot) Running "/etc/rc.d/xdm stop" cleared the issue and I was then able to login. This is another "am I just {un,}lucky here or are others seeing this? :) Thanks David