Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:34:13 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: 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: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810262230190.8298-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199810260941.LAA26041@ceia.nordier.com>
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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... Andrzej Bialecki -------------------- ++-------++ ------------------------------------- <abial@nask.pl> ||PicoBSD|| FreeBSD in your pocket? Go and see: Research & Academic |+-------+| "Small & Embedded FreeBSD" Network in Poland | |TT~~~| | http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ -------------------- ~-+==---+-+ ------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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