Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:39:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First character typed lost Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204292139190.42029@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204291704040.14213@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204291704040.14213@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2012, Warren Block wrote: > On a Gateway ML6732 notebook, FreeBSD 9-stable is working great. Video works > (i915), sound works, the only thing that isn't quite right is that the first > character typed after the FreeBSD kernel loads is lost. After that, it works > normally. This makes entering a passphrase more challenging. These are total shots in the dark: 1. It is entirely normal (and generally thought desirable) for the screensaver to swallow the first character when it is running -- see if this is worth further investigation by changing screensavers or disabling it altogether. 2. check /etc/issue to see if there is a trailing ANSI sequence that might eat a character. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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