Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:21:04 +0000 From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: Skip Ford <skip.ford@verizon.net> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Console freeze but still alive Message-ID: <200502110021.aa31278@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:02:24 EST." <20050211000224.GA717@lucy.pool-70-104-70-104.pskn.east.verizon.net>
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In message <20050211000224.GA717@lucy.pool-70-104-70-104.pskn.east.verizon.net> , Skip Ford writes: >Jeremie Le Hen wrote: >> > Ive found that it is not 100% certain to freeze which has made my >> > testing so far worthless. :( >> > I have applied Ian's callout patch and after about a dozen reboots the >> > console has not stopped. It looks promising so far but I will keep my >> > eye on it. >> >> Same thing here. I switched between console and X a few times, played >> with my mouse in console mode and used my computer for a while, and I've >> not seen a console freeze yet. But I have not been able to guess how >> to repeat the problem, so ... I'll go on using my computer :-). > >Are either of you using a splash screen? > >I've found that an unpatched tree using splash_bmp, if the image >can't be displayed then the console eventually messes up in the >way I described. If it can be displayed, the console continues to >work fine. > >Using the patch he posted, it works correctly either way. Patch committed - thanks for the quick testing and feedback! Ian
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