From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 22 18:59:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA23379 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:59:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA23374 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:59:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA21417; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 13:46:01 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603230316.NAA21417@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: console freezes/vt100 compatibility To: djw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Dan Walters) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 13:46:00 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Dan Walters" at Mar 22, 96 07:58:49 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dan Walters stands accused of saying: > > 1) I like to switch consoles pretty fast on occasion - should probably > just use X, but sometimes I prefer the text mode. Anyway, once in > a while it will just stop accepting keyboard input, including > ctrl-alt-del. The system will keep compiling, ftping, or whatever, > but I can't do anything or shut it down. Has anyone else experienced > this or fixed it? I have a P133/2940/16MB system, and a friend of mine It's a problem with the protocol used to talk to the keyboard, and isn't terribly easy to work around. Basically what happens is that the keyboard controller and the keyboard get out of sync; you can try unplugging and replugging your keyboard, which may clear the problem if it's your keyboard that's confused, and if your keyboard doesn't require a reset from the PC before working (most modern keybpards fit this category). A proper workaround would involve decoupling the keyboard communications stuff from the console driver, and raises nasty issues to do with keeping the keyboard state in sync with the selected VTY. > Dan Walters -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[