From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 21 15:25:43 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CC2A8A2FC for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:25:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D018A181F for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:25:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-244-25.knology.net [216.186.244.25] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id u0LFPX9j025064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:25:34 -0600 Subject: Re: Console rotates through all tty's after sitting for a bit References: <86r3hcl05g.fsf@gmail.com> <20160121034342.8d4b0ccb.freebsd@edvax.de> <86k2n3l4t7.fsf@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <56A0F86D.3060200@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:31:03 -0553.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <86k2n3l4t7.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:25:43 -0000 On 01/21/16 02:29, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > Polytropon writes: > >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:11:24 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: >>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, Malcolm Matalka wrote: >>> >>>> I installed FreeBSD on a machine (Dell OptiPlex 7010). I'm in the >>>> regular text console and if I just leave it, it starts rotating through >>>> all the tty's rather than going into a screen saver or anything (I have >>>> explicitly set the screen saver to a Blank screen). It did this during >>>> the install process as well. >>>> >>>> Has anyone experienced this and know why? It doesn't seem to >>>> negatively affect anything so far, it's just annoying. >>> Something is hitting the PrintScrn key. >> My first thought exactly. :-) >> >> Check the physical keyboard, and if it is a wireless keyboard, >> check possible "offending" other keyboards of that kind, too. > Interesting. It's a wired, but USB, keyboard. The keyboard itself is > in Swedish but I am using an English (US) keymap. > > I'm curious though, why would this happen after sitting for awhile > instead of all the time? Just random keyboard driver freaking out after > idling for a bit? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > FWIW, I see sporadic activity such as that w/ my USB kbd & mouse, every few days, I get some messages in my syslog file about keyboard/mouse disconnects: Jan 14 09:20:20 kabini1 kernel: ugen4.2: at usbus4 (disconnected) Jan 14 09:20:20 kabini1 kernel: ukbd0: at uhub4, port 3, addr 2 (disconnected) Jan 14 09:20:20 kabini1 kernel: ums0: at uhub4, port 3, addr 2 (disconnected) Jan 14 09:20:21 kabini1 kernel: ugen4.2: at usbus4 Jan 14 09:20:21 kabini1 kernel: ukbd0: on usbus4 Jan 14 09:20:21 kabini1 kernel: kbd2 at ukbd0 Jan 14 09:20:21 kabini1 kernel: ums0: on usbus4 Jan 14 09:20:21 kabini1 kernel: ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=3 Jan 15 14:34:22 kabini1 dbus[846]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out Jan 18 18:03:07 kabini1 kernel: ugen4.2: at usbus4 (disconnected) Jan 18 18:03:07 kabini1 kernel: ukbd0: at uhub4, port 3, addr 2 (disconnected) Jan 18 18:03:07 kabini1 kernel: ums0: at uhub4, port 3, addr 2 (disconnected) Jan 18 18:03:08 kabini1 kernel: usb_alloc_device: set address 2 failed (USB_ERR_IOERROR, ignored) Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: usbd_setup_device_desc: getting device descriptor at addr 2 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: ugen4.2: at usbus4 Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: ukbd0: on usbus4 Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: kbd2 at ukbd0 Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: ums0: on usbus4 Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=3 Jan 18 18:03:10 kabini1 kernel: uhub_explore: illegal enable change, port 3 Seems harmless, doesn't affect usability, may be unrelated .... $0.02, no more, no less. BTW: [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:29:28am] 479 % uname -a FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE-p30 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p30 #0: Mon Nov 2 10:11:50 UTC 2015 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 [root@kabini1, /etc, 9:31:27am] 480 % -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.