Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:56:04 +0100 From: "Pegasus Mc Cleaft" <ken@mthelicon.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Console problem with ALT-F# keys Message-ID: <003d01cc638a$ef75c050$ce6140f0$@com>
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Hello Current, I have recently discovered a problem and I was wondering if anyone has experienced this or if they can verify that it is not just my hardware. I am running FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 r225125 compiled with LLVM on a Xeon processor (CPUTYPE=core2 and CFLAGS= -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe) I have recently installed this into a new machine and had chance to use the console for building kernel and ports (not to mention moving tons of files from one server to another.) What I am seeing is when I switch consoles from one to another, if I do them quickly there is no problem - Things work as I expect them to. However, if I keep the ALT key pressed for about 5 seconds and then hit another F key, it acts as if I had released the ALT key and presents only the F-key code to the console. I have tried a few experiments to try and help diagnose the problem. All the below tests were done with a keyboard attached to the PS2 port: 1) If you hold down the ALT key only for any length of time, the next F key will register as ALT-F# 2) If you do an ALT-F key and then continue to hold the ALT key down and within about 5 seconds strike another F-key, the console will see the ALT-F key correctly. 3) If you do an ALT-F key and the continue to hold the ALT key - wait more than about 5 seconds and then strike another f-key, the console will only see the F-Key strike. Since this is a new machine and the first install of BSD on it, I don't have anything to eliminate a hardware quirk with it. Its possible it may be the machine - I don't know. Would someone be willing to try the above tests and if its a BSD issue, I can submit a PR for it. Thanks Peg
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