Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:25:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: locking up Message-ID: <199608160155.LAA16474@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199608152128.QAA24642@right.PCS> from "Jonathan Lemon" at Aug 15, 96 04:28:13 pm
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Jonathan Lemon stands accused of saying: > > I don't think that it is a LED-related problem. In my syscons keyboard > map, I've changed all instances of Caps-lock (clock) to Control (lctrl). > Thus, the LEDs never light up on my keyboard, and I don't think that it > ever touches the 'turn LED on' case in syscons. > > Yet I still get random lockups. :-( LED state is updated at every VC switch, even if the LEDs are all off. The biggest problem with automating a recovery from the hung state is that it's almost impossible for the keyboard driver to tell the difference between a hung keyboard and a user off making a coffee. None of the reset methods that I know of are safe enough to run on a regular basis - you'd have too many people complaining about losing keystrokes. I guess you could have a 'no LEDs' option for syscons for people who lock up too regularly... > Jonathan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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