From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 3 10:07:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA11689 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:07:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from psiint.com (vv.psiint.com [204.189.53.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA11683 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:07:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by psiint.com (8.6.12/4.03) id KAA64713; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:03:45 -0800 Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:03:45 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: "Andrew V. Stesin" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange lockup problem In-Reply-To: <199603210830.KAA27764@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > # Switching from one vty to another frequently causes a lockup. It can > > If you still can do telnet to your box (or come into it > via modem port), that's a situation I've seen several > times before -- lockup (or better to say synchronization > problem) of onboard kbd controller, or keyboard itself. > Sometimes re-plugging of kbd jack cures it (dangerous!) > or a command kbdcontrol -r fast < /dev/ttyv0 (issued > after coming into the box via telnet). In case you come across this problem again, I solved it by adding options ASYNCH to my kernel. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================