Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:12:13 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> To: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange lockup problem Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960321120748.46341B-100000@vv.psiint.com> In-Reply-To: <199603210830.KAA27764@office.elvisti.kiev.ua>
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On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > # Switching from one vty to another frequently causes a lockup. It can > > If you still can do telnet to your box (or come into it > via modem port), that's a situation I've seen several > times before -- lockup (or better to say synchronization > problem) of onboard kbd controller, or keyboard itself. > Sometimes re-plugging of kbd jack cures it (dangerous!) > or a command kbdcontrol -r fast < /dev/ttyv0 (issued > after coming into the box via telnet). Since I don't have network access, I put an entry in /etc/crontab that runs "kbdcontrol -r normal < /dev/ttyv0" every minute. It's a cheap hack, but at least it means that I only have to wait <1 minute if it locks, instead of rebooting. > # mouse. The only changes were to comment out I386_CPU and I496_CPU, > # change the ident, and add options ATAPI, device wcd0, and device psm0. > # When I enable psm0, the system boots fine, but with the keyboard locked > # up. Disabling psm0 eliminates the problem. > > No idea on this. I re-enabled psm0, and it clears right up as soon as cron runs a minute after boot. So now I can run X. Thanks for the work-around. Now... Can anyone tell me WHY this is happening? Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================
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