Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 16:23:38 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.5 problems Message-ID: <199712020023.QAA21293@bubba.whistle.com>
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[ cross posted to questions and bugs.. hope that's ok ] I upgraded my machine recently, both hardware (new system) and sofware (2.2-whatever -> 2.2.5). Now I'm seeing two problems that have occasionally plagued me before. They seem to have been around for a long time... Problem #1: switching virtual consoles while X is running ---------- Switching virtual consoles while X is running often "locks up" the keyboard and display. Keystrokes don't register on the screen, and any attempt to switch virtual consoles generates a beep. Workaround on new system: ctl-alt-del to reboot Workaround on old system: Downgraded to earlier version of X server Problem #2: booteasy can't boot SCSI disk ---------- I have an IDE and a SCSI disk, with Adaptec 2940W + BIOS. Upon booting, the booteasy on the IDE is run: F1: DOS (Windows 95) F2: BSD (empty partition) F5: Disk 2 My root is on the SCSI disk, so I press F5... F1: BSD F5: Disk 1 Pressing F1 here *should* boot the SCSI disk, but it doesn't. Booteasy just comes back with the same menu and "F?". I've made the BSD partition active using FDISK, and even rewritten out the partition table on the SCSI disk. Workaround on new system: use a boot floppy -> 1:sd(0,a)/kernel Workaround on old system: don't remember but somehow I got it to work I figured since I had these bugs so long ago (ie, years) they would for sure be fixed by now... but guess not. Are these bugs known? Is there a fix (if so, which source files)? Should I file a PR? I'm interested in the technical explanations, if any.. Thanks, -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com
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