Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 21:14:29 -0700 From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: jlemon@americantv.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: locking up Message-ID: <199608130414.VAA23940@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Aug 1996 19:52:49 PDT." <3451.839904769@time.cdrom.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 Hey yeah me too, cause I use caps-lock for my control key. Three or four times a day I'll have this happen. I'm running XInside. -josh
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