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Date:      Sun, 01 Dec 2002 13:16:01 -0800
From:      Manfred Antar <null@pozo.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org>, FreeBSD-current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: console problem
Message-ID:  <5.2.0.9.2.20021201131426.00a7a308@pozo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021201155958.Y360-100000@april.chuckr.org>

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At 04:07 PM 12/1/2002 -0500, Chuck Robey wrote:
>I've been on vacation for the last week, so I haven't been watching
>-current like a good boy should, but I've suddenly been seeing a serious
>problem, and it *might* not have been reported, and seeing as code freeze
>is almost here, it's worth risking a bit of embarrassment, I guess.
>
>Anyhow, it's the console, it's been locking up.  I just retried it with a
>kernel cvsupped not 2 hours ago, and it's still here.  All the vty's lock
>up, and once even froze the PC speaker (beeping annoyingly at me).
>
>There don't seem to be any hung processes.  I can use X, and I can also
>ssh into the box, so it's the console only.  Can't switch to different
>vty's, and the one i'm on is frozen, no response to any keys.
>
>It seems to come on more quickly if I do something serious, like a
>buildkernel.  Happened once on startup, but even though rc hadn't
>finished, I WAS able to ssh into the box and shut it down (indicating to
>me that rc had finished, just no response from the console).
>
>Machine is a 2 processor Tyan Thunder, 1G memory, two Athlons, scsi disks
>and eide both.
>
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>Chuck Robey         | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD,
>chuckr@chuckr.org   | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy.
>
>New Year's Resolution:  I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up
>fictitious words in the dictionary.
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I'm seeing the same here and the same on a serial console.
Kernel from Friday 29 Nov. 8pm PST sources works
So it happened sometime after that
Manfred

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