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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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