Re: why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?

1999-05-30 Thread Bob Billson
On Sun, May 30, 1999 at 12:20:09AM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: A similar case has been discussed on the list some time ago. Something I missed it in my search. like that happens when multiple programms fight about a virtual console. These may be getty, xdm, wdm, gdm or login.app. I am

Re: why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?

1999-05-30 Thread Martin Bialasinski
BB == Bob Billson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BB As a side note, is there collection of these little tidbits of BB info that are common knowledge to Debian old-timers, but known to BB the Debian (and/or Linux) newbies? I don't mean the Debian FAQ, BB though a section in the FAQ dealing with

why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?

1999-05-29 Thread Bob Billson
I'm puzzling over an odd problem. I can run X just fine when I log in as a normal user and run startx. However, if I let Debian (potato) boot so xdm is started when the system boots, I can't log in at all. In fact, xdm seems totally hosed. It won't respond to any keyboard input. The system,

Re: why is xdm ignoring the keyboard?

1999-05-29 Thread Martin Bialasinski
BB == Bob Billson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BB I'm puzzling over an odd problem. I can run X just fine when I BB log in as a normal user and run startx. However, if I let Debian BB (potato) boot so xdm is started when the system boots, I can't log BB in at all. In fact, xdm seems totally