From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 6 16:34:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA13358 for stable-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 16:34:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from perseverance.sands.com (dal99.metronet.com [192.245.137.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA13353 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 16:34:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.sands.com (localhost.sands.com [127.0.0.1]) by perseverance.sands.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA12722; Tue, 6 May 1997 18:36:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199705062336.SAA12722@perseverance.sands.com> X-Authentication-Warning: perseverance.sands.com: Host localhost.sands.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: keyser@clio.rice.edu (Kevin Keyser) cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: frozen virtual terminals on Dell system In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 06 May 1997 09:19:12 CDT." <9705061419.AA12817@clio.rice.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 18:36:41 -0500 From: Ted Spradley Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The install went smoothly and the system boots fine and recognizes all > the hardware for which I have the kernel configured. At some point > (not coincident with any other event I can think of) the system stops > responding to all keyboard input, just as if the keyboard had been ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > unplugged. ^^^^^^^^^ Have you eliminated exactly that? I have a wonderful little IBM keyboard that I was using with a mini-DIN to normal-DIN adapter plus an extension cable, and I got the same symptoms quite often. The connections all seemed fine when I checked them, but if I disconnected and reconnected it, it would immediately start working fine again. Just a flakey connector, I guess. Doesn't hurt to check the really stupid stuff. > Kevin Keyser > keyser@clio.rice.edu Ted Spradley tsprad@metronet.com +1-972-484-5356 Brisco: "...the more I learn the less I know." Bowler: "At the rate we're learning things we won't know nothing in no time."