From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 00:56:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73C8106564A for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:56:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@mthelicon.com) Received: from hercules.mthelicon.com (hercules.mthelicon.com [IPv6:2001:49f0:2023::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 706B28FC0C for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:56:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PortaPegIII (hydra.fletchermoorland.co.uk [78.33.209.59]) (authenticated bits=0) by hercules.mthelicon.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p7Q0u5ml044310 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:56:06 GMT (envelope-from ken@mthelicon.com) From: "Pegasus Mc Cleaft" To: Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:56:04 +0100 Message-ID: <003d01cc638a$ef75c050$ce6140f0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Acxjiu4chyi+e80ST2W8im+fPfL4pw== Content-Language: en-gb X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=15.0 tests=BAYES_00,DOS_OUTLOOK_TO_MX, FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on hercules.mthelicon.com Subject: Console problem with ALT-F# keys X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:56:08 -0000 Hello Current, I have recently discovered a problem and I was wondering if anyone has experienced this or if they can verify that it is not just my hardware. I am running FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 r225125 compiled with LLVM on a Xeon processor (CPUTYPE=core2 and CFLAGS= -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe) I have recently installed this into a new machine and had chance to use the console for building kernel and ports (not to mention moving tons of files from one server to another.) What I am seeing is when I switch consoles from one to another, if I do them quickly there is no problem - Things work as I expect them to. However, if I keep the ALT key pressed for about 5 seconds and then hit another F key, it acts as if I had released the ALT key and presents only the F-key code to the console. I have tried a few experiments to try and help diagnose the problem. All the below tests were done with a keyboard attached to the PS2 port: 1) If you hold down the ALT key only for any length of time, the next F key will register as ALT-F# 2) If you do an ALT-F key and then continue to hold the ALT key down and within about 5 seconds strike another F-key, the console will see the ALT-F key correctly. 3) If you do an ALT-F key and the continue to hold the ALT key - wait more than about 5 seconds and then strike another f-key, the console will only see the F-Key strike. Since this is a new machine and the first install of BSD on it, I don't have anything to eliminate a hardware quirk with it. Its possible it may be the machine - I don't know. Would someone be willing to try the above tests and if its a BSD issue, I can submit a PR for it. Thanks Peg