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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 and X console hang Date: 26 Oct 1993 05:44:57 GMT Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2aidgp$oc0@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> References: <2ai0o3$9u6@aggedor.rmit.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mnementh.cs.mcgill.ca In article <2ai0o3$9u6@aggedor.rmit.oz.au>, Glen Pill <rxtgep@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> wrote: >Is anyone else having or had the problem of the console hanging when using >NetBSD 0.9 and XFree86 1.3u1 with xdm ??? It seems to happen nightly as >when I check it out in the mornings, sure enough the keyboard is dead to >the world. The mouse pointer still moves around though, just the keyboard >seems to be affected. Due to a kernel bug, you should either: 1. Run a getty on /dev/console in /etc/ttys using console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 on secure or 2. Comment out the line in /etc/daily and /etc/weekly that sends a SIGHUP to syslog kill -1 `cat /var/run/syslog.pid` Marc 'em. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Wandschneider Seattle, WA Barney the Dinoaur sings! You faint... Barney sings! Barney sings! --More-- You Die... --More--