On 02/11/11 8:31 AM, Kenneth R Westerback wrote:
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 04:39:29PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
If you hit the xkb file/directory problem (for example, if you follow
the "upgrading without install kernel" instructions), you can't type at
the keyboard, even to switch to a text console.

What does anyone think about disabling xdm if this brokenness is found?

Index: xdm
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/rc.d/xdm,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -p -r1.1 xdm
--- xdm 7 Jul 2011 18:42:17 -0000       1.1
+++ xdm 1 Nov 2011 16:35:39 -0000
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@ daemon="/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm"

  . /etc/rc.d/rc.subr

+rc_pre() {
+       # XXX Mitigate xkb mistake in 5.0, better not to run xdm than
+       # leave a broken keyboard
+       [ -d /usr/X11R6/share/X11/xkb/symbols/srvr_ctrl ]&&  return 1
+}
+
  rc_cmd $1


I haven't encountered the problem, but if xdm just failed I would be
somewhat surprised. Is there a useful message logged somewhere that would
indicate why xdm isn't starting? If there were such a message I think
this is a good idea.

.... Ken

Try rereading what Stuart said.

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