On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : Hello, : : On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 Mar98. : Machine has an S3 Trio 64/V+ ... I'm using the SVGA xserver, olvwm WM, : and xdm. : : If any user tries to login via xdm, you get as far as the desktop, with : two windows open (an xterm, and the virtual desktop window). There's an : xconsole icon at the bottom. : : However, after that things are screwed pretty good. No mouse pointer, : no keyboard ... ctrl-bkspc doesn't work, ctrl-alt-f[1-6] doesn't work : ... even numlock doesn't work! It seems to be locked up solid. : : So ... what do I do now? I don't know how to troubleshoot this if I : can't get back to a VC. : : If I've left out info, please ask. I'm fairly new to X ... I'm fairly : confident in my install abilities as far as the rest of the system.
Blah ... people who reply to their own posts are weird :) Anyway, here's some more info that I forgot to add. As long as the xdm login screen is up, all is well. However, once I reach this "locked up" state, the machine goes down hard ... I can't even ping it! Also, this thing has PII, 266 processor (2 of them, but no SMP kernel yet), and 320 MB RAM. Thanks, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
