Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 14:34:01 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Andriss <andriss@argate.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboard freeze Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9811261413430.31871-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981126144020.21056A-100000@argate.com>
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On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Andriss wrote: # Hello, # # I have 2.2.7-release machine with a custom kernel. # My keyboard is PS/2, and the mouse (if it matters) # is serial/3 button. This also happens on my -current box where both the mouse and keyboard are PS/2. I haven't been able to diagnose why this is happening either. It seems to be fairly random. But just to add another data point, here's what I've noticed. It only happens when I'm in ttyv[12] and I have X-windows running. Doesn't matter whether I'm trying to switch terminals or not. Well, it does appear to happen more often while switching terminals, but it has locked on me several times while doing things like typing in a dial string in user-mode ppp. Don't know that it matters much but I'm using XF86_I128 for my X-server. # Sometimes the keyboard freezes, but the machine # continues to work normally and can be accessed # over the network. The freeze does not happen # randomly, most of the times it is caused by # pressing Ctrl-Alt-Fn while starting X, without # waiting for it to initialize and draw the screen. # # Surprisingly, Ctrl-Alt-Del still works when # the keyboard is frozen, and so does keyboard # under X. Sometimes on my box it locks up hard and even the three finger salute doesn't work. Haven't been able to get it to drop to the debugger either. :( -steve # I feel it is a known issue since there is # a program to switch virtual terminals. # (Awfulhak.org, Brian's setcon.tgz) # # My question is: does it happen only on PS/2 # machines and if so, why? What can be done # to prevent it from happening? # # Thanks a lot, # # Andriss # # ________________________________________ # Andriss@ArGate.com http://ArGate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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