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From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: X dropping characters when usin xdm
Date: 7 Jul 1993 16:45:05 -0500
Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX
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In article <1993Jul7.121717.24764@news.arc.nasa.gov> root@wanderer.nsi.nasa.gov (Michael C. Newell) writes:
>Why not the X section of the 386BSD FAQ? It's asked an AWFUL
>lot; the text could be
>
> x.x.x When I run xdm from the console, it keeps losing keystrokes
> and the shift keys don't always work. Why?
>
> You need to run xdm with the -nodaemon flag. The reason is
>
>That's not that much text. In fact, if you wanted to be minimalist
>all you need is the first sentence :{). The reason I would argue
>for its inclusion in the FAQ is simply that it comes up at least
>once or twice a week in CO3Q, which I think meets the definition
>of "Frequently Asked"...
>
OK, just this once...
It isn't the amount of text so much, BTW. It is the fact that there are
SO many questions that are asked in CO3Q that, while being frequently
asked, have absolutely nothing to do with 386BSD/NetBSD. This is
probably the most frequently asked of the bunch, I'll grant, but where
are we going to draw the line. In fact, if it were a function of "The
way that the console is handled in 386bsd", it would be a good one.
This, however, sounds like a problem with all unixen where the keyboard
is detached from the xdm process. To me, that would stuff it squarely
into the 'X' FAQ.
>BTW, I'm impressed with the ported list!!! I can't wait to see
>the whole FAQ!!!!
>
It is available for anonymous FTP from hrd769.brooks.af.mil:~/pub/FAQ
until the 15th of September, when I will be going Permanent Change of
Station to a new job in Omaha, where I may or may not be as well
connected as I am here.
I'd post it, but I haven't changed it to the point that I can send it to
{comp,news}.answers yet.
>Thanks!
Anytime.
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TSgt Dave Burgess
NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office
Brooks AFB, TX