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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:3521 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2320 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!wanderer.nsi.nasa.gov!root From: root@wanderer.nsi.nasa.gov (Michael C. Newell) Subject: Re: X dropping characters when usin xdm Message-ID: <1993Jul4.190704.9506@news.arc.nasa.gov> Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA References: <1993Jul3.222820.9549@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1993 19:07:04 GMT Lines: 16 This one shows up periodically; it should be in the FAQ [it IS in the XFree86 V1.2 docs; I don't use xdm anymore so I don't know if it's in the V1.3 stuff.] Anywat, when you use xdm make sure you use the -nodaemon flag. That way it doesn't detach from your keyboard. If it DOES detach then getty tries to read input from the keyboard while X is also doing so, and confusion results. -- Michael C. Newell NASA Advanced Network Applications mnewell@nsipo.nasa.gov