Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:32:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Gary Roberts <wangel@wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, jlemon@americantv.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: locking up Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.960812233146.576A-100000@wgrobez1.remote.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <3451.839904769@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > 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 > I can get out, with the GDB string. The only problem is, I don't have a machine I can use to telnet into the locked machine with :D Gary Roberts System Admin. -- Altered Reality. http://136.165.243.183 -- Main User Pages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email message is copyrighted and is not allowed to be duplicated, reproduced, or even seen on the MSN, AOL, or the Compuserve computer networks.home | help
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