From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 20:10:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BB616A468 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F07513C4AE for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:10:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-07227.home.otenet.gr [87.202.28.115]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id l5LKAAjd020765 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:10:10 +0300 Message-ID: <467ADB21.7010309@otenet.gr> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:10:09 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" References: <467A6ED4.8050202@otenet.gr> <64c038660706211152j67689003y53fe9268617f7e2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <64c038660706211152j67689003y53fe9268617f7e2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Pressing CTRL-ALT-SPACE on usb keyboard freezes FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:10:12 -0000 Modulok wrote: > On 6/21/07, Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This is a very weird symptom, noticed today for the first time. I have a >> cheap Microsoft wireless keybaord with USB connection, on one FreeBSD >> 6.2 release machine that acts as a lightweight server / occasional >> desktop. While in the console (no X running) I accidentally pressed >> CTRL-ALT-SPACE, received a message about USB controller error (sadly >> cannot remember exactly) and the machine froze completely. Tried from >> another machine but to no avail, it was completely frozen. After restart >> I tried it a second time, again same results. >> Changed some bios settings (disabled legacy USB support, that was >> actually the only option for USB besides disabling it completely) and >> checked a third time, still the same. >> Now I know this has something to do with the USB but the motherboard is >> not faulty. I don't know if it has to do with the particular keyboard (A >> Microsoft conspiracy to bring the CTRL-ALT-DEL equivalent to FreeBSD ? >> :) ) but was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem (or is >> brave enough to try...). I should also note that after pressing >> CTRL-ALT-SPACE the green power led of the machine started blinking (like >> sometimes motherboards do when entering standby or something, only there >> is no option for this in BIOS). Motherboard is a cheap but brand new >> ASROCK 478-based P4 motherboard. >> >> >> Thanks >> Manolis > > It's a BIOS feature known by man names including: Sleep state S3, > Standby or Suspend to RAM. It is not a flaw, (arguably), and it's not > specific to any particular kind of keyboard interface. You should be > able to disable it in your BIOS's setup program. For example under my > BIOS I would go: > > APCI >> ACPI Suspend Type >> (set from 's1&s3' to 's1') > > Now when I press ctrl+alt+space I get the following message: > "acpi0: Sleep state S3 is not supported by BIOS." > > There are probably other was of disabling it as well. > -Modulok- > __ Thanks for the suggestion, I thought it would be something like this, I don't think I have STR enabled in the BIOS but will have a second look tomorrow, I may have missed it. Thanks