From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 8 16:51:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07924 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:51:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fw.bby.com.au (ns.bby.com.au [192.83.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07919 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:51:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnb@bby.com.au) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by fw.bby.com.au (8.8.8/8.6.9) id LAA21370 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 11:51:30 +1100 (EST) Received: from melba.bby.com.au(192.43.186.1) via SMTP by fw.bby.com.au, id smtpd021368; Wed Dec 9 00:51:26 1998 Received: from lightning (lightning.bby.com.au [192.43.186.20]) by melba.bby.com.au (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id LAA09328 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 11:51:37 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199812090051.LAA09328@melba.bby.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 From: Gregory Bond To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Another keyboard freeze Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 11:51:24 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 3.0-Current as at around 19981206 0000 UTC, running on HP KAYAK XA (PII-400). I previously reported odd keyboard freezes on the virtual console when I enabled softupdates. Since then I've been running with softupdates code in the kernel but not enabled for any partition. I just experienced another strange keyboard hang. I've got X3.3.3 installed and xdm enabled in /etc/ttys so at boot it pops up an XDM on vt7 but I can ctl-alt-Fn to get a login on other vts. Then something broke. Ctl-Alt-Fn stopped working (it beeped). Everything was working fine inside X, but I couldn't get out of it. Eventually, I killed the xdm and dropped back to vt0. At that point I was stuffed: "ordinary" keys produced no effect at all, and any of the Alt-Fn keys just produced a beep. Only way out was the three-finger salute. I'd like to be able to help sort this out if anyone can give me hints what to look for! Greg. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message