Re: [XFree86] Re: x(dm) freezes at first start
On 12/09/2004 Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 14:21 +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> > at boot, when xdm is started, x freezes directly after the login screen
> > is displayed. sometimes it's possible to type in the login name, but at
> > the latest at typing the password, the complete screen freezes.
>
> FWIW, I used to see something similar with gdm and kdm a while back, and
> it was a VT allocation race between the X server and the gettys. IIRC
> the X server would attach to VT 2 but display on VT 7, so it would never
> get the input. AFAIR the mouse cursor worked though, is that the case
> for you?
exactly, the mouse cursor still works, only keyboard seems to be broken.
after hitting <alt>+<sysrq>+<k>, the screen get's messed up, then i
change to tty1, this vc gets messed up completely, i type
'/etc/init.d/xdm stop', and the messed up screen becomes somehow reset.
bye
jonas
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