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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: [386BSD] XFree86, no console for non-root user Message-ID: <1992Sep24.132528.5207@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <david.717225352@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au> <1992Sep23.132041.11924@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1992Sep23.180754.6788@news.tu-graz.ac.at> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 13:25:28 GMT Lines: 24 In article <1992Sep23.180754.6788@news.tu-graz.ac.at> chmr@fstgds01.tu-graz.ac.at (Christoph Robitschko) writes: >In article <1992Sep23.132041.11924@ucc.su.OZ.AU> dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) writes: >>In article <david.717225352@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au> david@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au (David Le Blanc) writes: >>>dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) writes: >>>This just *might* be completely un related, but when I (using xdm) login as >>>*me*, and later type 'su' and enter the password, it gives me a root >>>prompt, and promptly locks the keyboard. I can mouse around, cutting and >>>pasting, but I cannot use any keys!!! >> >>I haven't seen this problem. I'd guess that something is opening >>/dev/console. Have you changed the "console" line in /etc/ttys to "vga"? >> >Maybe syslog is configured so that it writes SU messages to the console ? This is not a problem because it opens /dev/console when it starts at boot time. But, if you send syslog a SIGHUP while X is running, it reopens the console and kills the keyboard (for X). David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes (dawes@physics.su.oz.au) DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------