Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 13:29:08 +0000 () From: Basket Case <jon@pcca71.gallaudet.edu> To: Brian AGENT GORDON COLE Atkins <gt4722a@prism.gatech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard locking up Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951003132816.374A-100000@pcca71.gallaudet.edu> In-Reply-To: <199510040838.EAA09332@acmex.gatech.edu>
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On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Brian AGENT GORDON COLE Atkins wrote: > > > > > > I have noticed a problem with 2.1.0-950928 freebsd snap locking up and > > someone told me that this was reported a few times. After investigating > > this I have noticed that this seems to occur when the green screen saver > > comes online, and when I disable it (by pressing a key) and switching > > consoles -- poof, the keyboard locks up. But the computer continues > > to work fine without any problems... > > > > My solution was to disable the green screen saver... am wondering if > > there are any revelancy between the two? > > > > we just had this problem on my friend's machine, which we just > installed 2.1.0-950928 on today. But he was typing at the time so > there's no way the screen saver was coming on, and he is using > snake instead of green. At the time it locked, he had just > changed vttys(he had 7 going at the time). > I notice that when I turned off all screen savers, i havent had any locking problems. If it happens again, I'll post it here. I dont think it should happen again as I've switched to xwindows w/o screen saver... Jon
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