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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: X-Win & Memory req's Date: 7 Apr 1994 02:46:39 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 31 Message-ID: <2nvs6f$133@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2nuivr$fvt@dmsoproto.ida.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2nuivr$fvt@dmsoproto.ida.org>, Dean Thomas <dcthomas@ida.org> wrote: >With only a few days of operating experience, the FreeBSD system seems >fairly stable. However, when I run X-windows the system frequently locks >up. The symptoms include: > -- the keyboard locks up > -- all keystrokes are uppercase > (No, I don't have Caplock pressed :^) ) This is generally caused when two applications are trying to read the keyboard events. (getty and xdm are notorious for not getting along on the same console. :-) How are you starting X? > -- twm does not allow me to switch between windows using the >mouse. This is confusing? Are you sure you are using twm? RAM is not going to solve any of your keyboard problems. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.