From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 26 22:38:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA16660 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:38:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from interntk.kada.lt ([195.22.170.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA16654 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:38:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dovydas@kada.lt) Received: from intrantk.kada.lan ([10.254.254.2]) by interntk.kada.lt with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2232.9) id X1H33BJ7; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:37:35 +0100 Received: from kada.lt (DUNIX [10.254.254.25]) by intrantk.kada.lan with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2232.9) id X28W0CVQ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:37:07 +0100 Message-ID: <365E48FB.A7827613@kada.lt> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 06:38:51 +0000 From: Dovydas Kulvinskas Organization: SLCaR X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andriss CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keyboard freeze References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > 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. > > 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 OK, For me it happens too. The easiest way is to switch of keyboard and switch on again (mechanically). Dovydas -- Reality is a cop-out for people who can't handle drugs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message