Re: Onyx2 dual keyboards...

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Allan Schaffer (allan)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:48:28 -0800

On Dec 10, 9:24am, Jan Barglowski wrote:
> We have a 2 pipe Onyx2 with all the proper hardware to have 2 consoles.
> The trouble is, we can't seem to get both consoles working at the
> same time! xdm doesn't seem to want to work for both console logins,
> and one console remains blank.
>
> Could someone who's done the 2-console setup please send us some
> hints/tips as to how to config it correctly, please?

First off I'd check to see that the hardware, config, video format,
etc on the 2nd pipe is correct. Try to bring up the system with just
one keyboard controlling both pipes. Ie, just for the purposes of
this test, change /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers to (only) contain:

:0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -nobitscale -c -pseudomap 4sight -solidroot
sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white

Then /usr/gfx/stopgfx; killall xdm; /usr/gfx/startgfx
(the killall xdm in the middle is important)

If that doesn't work properly, then there's a general problem with
the 2nd pipe (not related to the keyboard setup). It could be
anything, but you might try some basic stuff like 'ireeprom -p 1 -c'
to make sure the video format is something sane.

If the above works, then you need to make sure that /dev/input and
/dev/input1 both exist & look correct -- the keyboard and mouse files
for the 2nd keyboard are symbolic links, make sure they lead to
actual device files. Run MAKEDEV if this looks suspect. Then change
the Xservers file to contain:

:0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -boards 0 -devdir /dev/input -bs -nobitscale -c -pseudomap 4sight -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white
:1 secure /usr/bin/X11/X :1 -boards 1 -devdir /dev/input1 -bs -nobitscale -c -pseudomap 4sight -solidroot sgilightblue -cursorFG red -cursorBG white

Assuming the cabling is all correct, and barring having to reverse
something that's been done to break it, that's all that is needed to
get a Two-KO working..

Allan

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