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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Intuitive Design Archive wrote:

> Two problems:
> 
> 	My keyboard randomly freezes every so often.  Sometimes it works like 
> a charm for days, and then it freezes.  Actually the longest I got it to work 
> was for two days straight.  I am not sure what is causing it, but I usually 
> end up telneting in and rebooting.  When it freezes I usually get the 
> following in ps:
> 
>  148  v0  S<s+   0:00.10 login -p \^_\^\\^\\^\\^R\^\\^O\^\
> 
> Which I have never seen before.  Sometimes I get kicked out of Xsession as
> well.  And  In XDM-errors after I use the mouse to exit the session.  
> 
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed
> 
> Sometimes, I am able to relogin (i.e. the keyboard starts working again); 
> I am not.  Above session shows that the keyboard froze twice.  First time I
> was able to relogin and second time I was not 
> 
> (xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed)
>  	 
> Which I have never seen before.  Sometimes I get kicked out of Xsession as
> well.

Your keyboard may be broken.  Have you tried replacing it?  My MicroSwitch
shuts down when used with my old motherboard for extended periods of time.

> 	Second  Problem is with SVGA.  It is not listed bellow, because 
> I am running in vga16 as you can see.  When I am in SVGA mode, it runs fine, 
> and then randomly freezes, approxemtly 1-2 minuites into the xsession.  
> This occurs whether I am using xdm or startx.  
> I was told that it may be a problem with video shadowing in the bios, 
> and system caching.  I played with all that and 
> implemented every possible combination to no avail.  Can someone point me to 
> what I exactly have to change in the bios?  Or are there any other solutions 
> out there short of replacing my motherboard and video card?

Bad memory?

> xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed
> xf86OpenConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed
> Fatal server error:
> xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed
> xf86CloseConsole: KDDISABIO failed (Inappropriate ioctl for device)

Is ``options XSERVER'' defined in your kernel?

> PS: I will have some logos for stickers soon...

Cool!

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major