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Date:      Wed, 09 Dec 1998 11:51:24 +1100
From:      Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Another keyboard freeze
Message-ID:  <199812090051.LAA09328@melba.bby.com.au>

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3.0-Current as at around 19981206 0000 UTC, running on HP KAYAK XA (PII-400).

I previously reported odd keyboard freezes on the virtual console when I 
enabled softupdates.  Since then I've been running with softupdates code in 
the kernel but not enabled for any partition.

I just experienced another strange keyboard hang.  I've got X3.3.3 installed 
and xdm enabled in /etc/ttys so at boot it pops up an XDM on vt7 but I can 
ctl-alt-Fn to get a login on other vts.

Then something broke.  Ctl-Alt-Fn stopped working (it beeped).  Everything was 
working fine inside X, but I couldn't get out of it.  Eventually, I killed the 
xdm and dropped back to vt0.  At that point I was stuffed: "ordinary" keys 
produced no effect at all, and any of the Alt-Fn keys just produced a beep.  
Only way out was the three-finger salute.

I'd like to be able to help sort this out if anyone can give me hints what to 
look for!

Greg.



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