Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:25:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: (CTRL-C to abort) flood when core dumps Message-ID: <permail-2009071607254080e26a0b00003666-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907160715310.54568@fledge.watson.org>
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i'm running on a real machine with a usb keyboard and usb mouse. i'm having no problems with the keyboard or mouse whatsoever and during the core dump i didn't press any key nor did i use the mouse. cheers. alex Robert Watson schrieb am 2009-07-16: > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Alexander Best wrote: > >when debug.debugger_on_panic is 0, a panic occurs and the core > >dumps the console gets flooded with the following notice: > >(CTRL-C to abort) > >could we please output the warning only once? or every 10 seconds > >or so? > Normally that message is printed only when a key other than ctrl-c > is hit during the dump. It's certainly possible to rate-limit the > message, or just limit it to printing once, but the more interesting > question is why the kernel thinks a key is (effectively) held down > such that it needs to print repeatedly. Could you tell us a bit > more about your configuration -- ps/2 / usb / serial console? Mouse > of some sort? Virtual machine or real machine? Any other problems > with keyboards during normal operation? Any chance a key is being > held down? > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge
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