Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:18:08 +0500 From: "David Alderman" <dave@persprog.com> To: Jan Borgersen <borgerse@cs.unc.edu> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Valuepoints & CAPSLOCK Message-ID: <199702131819.NAA24351@persprog.com> In-Reply-To: <199702131645.LAA11940@gamella.cs.unc.edu>
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On 13 Feb 97 at 11:45, Jan Borgersen proclaimed: > > Is anyone running FreeBSD 2.1.6 on an IBM Valuepoint? (these are the > most available machines in my lab....) > > I've seen this on two 4dx2/66's ... > > Whenever I hit the CAPSLOCK key (and sometimes when I hit one > of the CTRL keys) FreeBSD hangs the active session. > > I can still telnet in to the machine, so the entire system is > not hung, but I can no longer do any work at the computer itself. > > I was wondering if anyone knows of any BIOS incompatibilities > b/w FreeBSD and the Valuepoint line. > SCO OSR5 (add appropriate expletives here) had a timing problem with their keyboard input routine. The fix was to add some spin to the spin loop in the keyboard routine (you could actually fix it by manually editing the binary for the input routine). This used to manifest itself on the IBM 300 series desktops regularly. Does FreeBSD use something as horrendous as a spin loop in the keyboard entry routine? Maybe you can try changing the loop timing. ====================================== When philosophy conflicts with reality, choose fantasy. Dave Alderman -- dave@persprog.com ======================================
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