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Date:      Thu, 26 Nov 1998 14:47:06 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andriss <andriss@argate.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   keyboard freeze
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981126144020.21056A-100000@argate.com>

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Hello,

I have 2.2.7-release machine with a custom kernel.
My keyboard is PS/2, and the mouse (if it matters)
is serial/3 button.

Sometimes the keyboard freezes, but the machine
continues to work normally and can be accessed
over the network. The freeze does not happen
randomly, most of the times it is caused by
pressing Ctrl-Alt-Fn while starting X, without
waiting for it to initialize and draw the screen.

Surprisingly, Ctrl-Alt-Del still works when
the keyboard is frozen, and so does keyboard
under X.

I feel it is a known issue since there is
a program to switch virtual terminals.
(Awfulhak.org, Brian's setcon.tgz)

My question is: does it happen only on PS/2
machines and if so, why? What can be done
to prevent it from happening?

Thanks a lot,

Andriss

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Andriss@ArGate.com     http://ArGate.com



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