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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:03:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com>
To:        "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange lockup problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.91.960403094826.67115E-100000@vv.psiint.com>
In-Reply-To: <199603210830.KAA27764@office.elvisti.kiev.ua>

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On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote:

> # Switching from one vty to another frequently causes a lockup.  It can 
> 
> 	If you still can do telnet to your box (or come into it
> 	via modem port), that's a situation I've seen several
> 	times before -- lockup (or better to say synchronization
> 	problem) of onboard kbd controller, or keyboard itself.
> 	Sometimes re-plugging of kbd jack cures it (dangerous!)
> 	or a command kbdcontrol -r fast < /dev/ttyv0 (issued
> 	after coming into the box via telnet).

In case you come across this problem again, I solved it by adding

   options ASYNCH

to my kernel.

Dave


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David Walton                                     Unix Programmer
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