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Date:      Mon, 12 Aug 1996 19:52:49 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        jlemon@americantv.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, sos@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: locking up 
Message-ID:  <3451.839904769@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:22:51 PDT." <199608122322.QAA04171@bubba.whistle.com> 

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> I get this a lot. It always happens when I'm pressing the CAPS LOCK key
> at the same time as some other key. I HATE IT because I end up having to
> kill about 30 vi sessions, etc., etc...
> 
> This is on 2.1.0-R with XFree86 S3 server.

Does the gdb trick work to get you out?  Looks like this is a bug in
our console code then, and not the X server itself.

> By the way, after killing the X server, you can find the "lost" character
> typed (the one that caused the hang) on the virtual console you started
> X from (eg, at the login prompt)...

Yep!!!  Exact same symptoms here.  Oh Soooooooreeeeeen..  We have
another nice little bug for you! :-)

					Jordan



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