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Date:      Tue, 7 Jan 1997 07:50:09 -0800 (PST)
From:      Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com>
To:        Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Subject:   Re: Tecra 730 keyboard problem update 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.970107074214.2632A-100000@shelob.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199701070635.PAA05864@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>

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On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:

> >
> >I did notice each time that there was a "click" of the disk drive
> >almost as if there was a disk sync just as the keyboard locked up.  
> 
> I have little idea why the disk activity occurs like this.  Well,
> syslogd may be logging something (to /var/log/messages by default).
> Do you see any unusual log messages? However, the syscons/psm/kbdio
> drivers in 2.2-BETA don't send log messages to syslogd after the
> system boot by default. So, even if you find something, it does not
> directly come from the drivers.
> 
> 
I have been runing for a while now and have had several lockups.  They all
seem to occur while there is disk activity which leads me to suspect a
lost interrupt.  I am currently reinstalling and will give straight
2.2-Beta a try to see if it behaves any differently.

I thank you for your responses and understand that it is difficult to give
any firm advice on a problem so poorly defined.

Thanks beattie




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