Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 23:24:41 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Mike Nowlin <mike@r2d2.smlab.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: frozen virtual terminals on Dell system Message-ID: <199705090624.XAA11705@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 08 May 97 09:05:08 -0400. <Pine.LNX.3.96.970508090202.8055A-100000@r2d2.smlab.com>
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>> Well then, that's likely not going to help my case much, then. :-) It
>> seems that this is a Dell-specific "feature". They like to do some
>> things their own way, and I wouldn't be surprised a bit if they made
>> some funky half-compatible keyboard mod.
>You may have said this in the beginning of this discussion, but what Dell
>model(s) are you dealing with? I have a Dell Optiplex 433s/L that's just
>sitting here and hasn't been turned on in months. Maybe I'll throw
>FreeBSD on it and see what happens. I had it running FreeBSD 2.1.0 quite
>a while ago, and don't remember any problems (except it was sllloooowwww.
>-- 4MB wasn't quite enough!), but I'm willing to see if I can re-create
>the problem...
One of them is a Dell OptiPlex 133MHz Pentium (don't remember the
exact numbers and letters). The other is either an OptiPlex or
OmniPlex.
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