Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:09:15 -0600 (CST) From: Pilo Phlat <dono@async.org> To: Rakesh Vidyadharan <rakeshv@geocities.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keyboard (PS/2?) problems (follow-up) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901072100520.725-100000@toad.async.org> In-Reply-To: <369573AE.A236C539@geocities.com>
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On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Rakesh Vidyadharan wrote: >I had that problem a long time ago. My keyboard used to freeze up every >day, and I would have to switch the PC off and then on to get to work >again. The problem went away when I used a commercial X-server, which >leads me to believe that it is essentially a problem with your X-server, >and not with you keyboard. Perhaps, except that I am not running an X server. My problems are at the console.. which is why I mentioned syscons and switching vty's, not using the "Zoom" feature of an X server. I can reproduce the problem by rapidly switching vty's (using alt-Fkey). Just hold down your alt key, while pounding on the Fkeys corresponding to the enabled vty's in /etc/ttys. After about a minute or two of bashing the keys, the console/keyboard should freeze (well, at least in my case). Of course, this problem was noticed after several days worth of regular tty-switching, not by pounding on the keys from boredom :) In the mean time, I've ordered some more Microsoft(R) Natural(R)(TM)(SM) 3|337(SM)(TM)(R) keyboards to do some more testing (I don't have another 2.2.8R machine to test on). Woopie. -d KeyID 1024/570E72C5 Fingerprint 8A 74 C8 E4 A8 8D 00 FE 01 EF 9F BB 75 38 17 6F To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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