startx hanging - startup problem located

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, martouf . wrote:

> thanks!  I did try, and it behaved like this:
> 
> 1.  with "-kb" (kb ext disabled) it starts up just fine.
> 
> 2. without "-kb" it 'hangs' with sh consuming >90% CPU right after the
> 'Rules' line. Ending the sh process causes XWin to wake back up and
> finish starting up then runs just fine.

Just as expected. The forked xkbcomp does still hang forever.  

> // any chance at all what I'm seeing has something to do with the
> EINTR || ECHILD possibility above?

Even then the xserver should continue. But it appears to be waiting for
the child which never exits properly.

bye
	ago 
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