Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:54:26 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, mike@smith.net.au, Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader hangs after arrow/function key pressed at prompt Message-ID: <199810262154.XAA01438@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810262230190.8298-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> from Andrzej Bialecki at "Oct 26, 98 10:34:13 pm"
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Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Robert Nordier wrote: > > > > I also encountered another problem: /boot/loader sometimes ignores > > > all keypresses (I wasn't able even to break the countdown), but I'm not > > > sure in what circumstances it happens - it sometimes happens, when I type > > > something on the boot: prompt, then delete it. > > > > If this happened with the new boot1/boot2, can you confirm this is > > still a problem? Your original report of this was some time ago, and > > various changes have been made, including to the input routine. > > I just checked it with the newest sources - I built the binaries, and > installed them, and rebooted... Well, after several times I kind of see a > pattern. /boot/loader seems to choke when I press Enter _twice_ very > quickly at the boot: prompt (but again, not always..). Seems to me that > some junk left in some buffer confuses it... That's great, thanks. I've managed to get it happening fairly reproducibly. FWIW, it needs Enter three times at the boot manager prompt here. I think I may have found the problem: anyway, I found something. I'll just have to work on my keyboard technique to test it. :-) -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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