Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 16:50:43 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: dd026@seqeb.gov.au Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD resetting itself Message-ID: <199609041450.QAA02702@gluon.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9609041209.A25460-0100000@svbyo4.seqeb.gov.au> from david de jong at "4. Sep. 96 13:16:55"
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> Hi,
> I am running FreeBSD release 2.1.5 on a Pentium 100Mhz. I start X on
> boot and normally operate in this mode. I have noticed that if I have
> run an X intensive process such as netscape or xv and then switch to
> one of the text terminal ( with <clt><alt> F1 for example ) the character
> mapping of the keyboard is corrupted. If the delete key is hit at this
> point FreeBSD will reboot. If however I go back to the X screen and then
> back to the text terminal the character map returns to normal ( this does
> not always happen ). Typing ^d at the login prompt ( I presume that this
> restarts getty ) will also correct the problem.
>
> Have you come across this problem as yet? Is there a problem with my
> setup? Can you offer a solution to this problem?
I think it's a problem with the X-Server, since I have seen that on
various platforms running XFree86-x.xx.
To switch terminals you normally use <Alt><Ctrl>. The state of these
keys gets sometimes somehow saved, when switching to text mode.
Just press once again <Alt><Ctrl> or <Ctrl><Alt> in text mode and you
should type again 'normal' characters.
(On my keyboard it's the problem with left and right <ALT> keys.
To switch terminals I have to use the left one, but sometimes ...)
Greetings,
Robert
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