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Date:      Wed, 8 Jan 1997 02:10:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Eric A. Griff" <eagriff@global2000.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: keyboard lockup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108021008.246S-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199701061438.JAA08903@global2000.net>

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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Eric A. Griff wrote:

> 	Ever since I first installed FreeBSD (2.1.5) and up (now 3.0-current), 
> I have had a problem with [PAUSE] & [SCROLL LOCK]. 
> 	It will lock up the keyboard under certain circumstances. Usually when
> toggleing them without scrolling the sreen back, when the system is busy, and 
> especially when that console is being written to still. 
> 	Do I have something setup wrong? Any replys much appreciated.

Pause doesn't generally do anything, but scroll lock does.  Pushing scroll
lock on the console activates the scrollback feature.  You have to turn it
off to get back the normal activity.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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