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Date:      Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:14:14 +0100
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much)
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 7.2-PRE: switch virtual console drops crazy characters into X
Message-ID:  <20090416221414.2947e7ed@gluon.draftnet>
In-Reply-To: <KI7CLL.1xM@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>
References:  <KI7CLL.1xM@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>

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On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:32:09 GMT
pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much) wrote:

> Every time I switch from X to a virtual console and back, I get
> some characters dropped into my command-line in the X window,
> and have to delete them with the backspace key.
> These characters read: ^[[20~
> 
> Now this is exactly the escape sequence on the F9 key (where the X
> runs), if it were pressed without Ctrl-Alt. That shouldn't happen.
> 
> Now the funny thing is: this does only happen when booting the
> GENERIC kernel. When I boot my normal custom made kernel, it
> does not happen.
> Now this is strange. Usually the GENERIC kernel should show the
> least unexpected behaviour. 
> 
> Alright, there are lots and lots of devices left out of my custom
> kernel, but I do not see anything that could have to do with 
> VT switching. I do not quite understand it. But I am also not
> so much bored that I would start trying out options and building
> kernels so to find what makes this happen.
> 
> So, if anyone experiences the similar thing, and is enough annoyed
> to do something about it, I will happily send a diff from my
> kernel configs.

I'm also seeing the same issue, but I'm running a custom kernel. I've
attached a diff from GENERIC.

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Bruce Cran
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--- /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC	2009-03-12 03:09:11.000000000 +0000
+++ MYKERNEL	2009-04-06 19:57:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,34 +1,12 @@
-#
-# GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
-#
-# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
-# Kernel Configuration Files:
-#
-#    http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
-#
-# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
-# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
-# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
-# latest information.
-#
-# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
-# device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files.
-# If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first
-# in NOTES.
-#
-# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.474.2.17 2009/03/12 03:09:11 bms Exp $
-
-cpu		I486_CPU
-cpu		I586_CPU
 cpu		I686_CPU
-ident		GENERIC
+ident		MYKERNEL
 
 # To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints
 #hints		"GENERIC.hints"		# Default places to look for devices.
 
 makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		# Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
 
-options 	SCHED_ULE		# ULE scheduler
+options 	SCHED_4BSD		# 4BSD scheduler
 options 	PREEMPTION		# Enable kernel thread preemption
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
@@ -41,7 +19,6 @@
 options 	MD_ROOT			# MD is a potential root device
 options 	NFSCLIENT		# Network Filesystem Client
 options 	NFSSERVER		# Network Filesystem Server
-options 	NFSLOCKD		# Network Lock Manager
 options 	NFS_ROOT		# NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
 options 	MSDOSFS			# MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	CD9660			# ISO 9660 Filesystem
@@ -55,7 +32,6 @@
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
-options 	STACK			# stack(9) support
 options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory
 options 	SYSVMSG			# SYSV-style message queues
 options 	SYSVSEM			# SYSV-style semaphores
@@ -64,14 +40,10 @@
 options 	ADAPTIVE_GIANT		# Giant mutex is adaptive.
 options 	STOP_NMI		# Stop CPUS using NMI instead of IPI
 options 	AUDIT			# Security event auditing
-#options 	KDTRACE_HOOKS		# Kernel DTrace hooks
 
-# To make an SMP kernel, the next two lines are needed
-options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
-device		apic			# I/O APIC
+options		HWPMC_HOOKS
 
-# CPU frequency control
-device		cpufreq
+device		apic			# I/O APIC
 
 # Bus support.
 device		eisa
@@ -83,69 +55,14 @@
 # ATA and ATAPI devices
 device		ata
 device		atadisk		# ATA disk drives
-device		ataraid		# ATA RAID drives
+device		atapicam
 device		atapicd		# ATAPI CDROM drives
-device		atapifd		# ATAPI floppy drives
-device		atapist		# ATAPI tape drives
 options 	ATA_STATIC_ID	# Static device numbering
 
-# SCSI Controllers
-device		ahb		# EISA AHA1742 family
-device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
-options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
-					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
-device		ahd		# AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
-options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
-					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
-device		amd		# AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
-device		hptiop		# Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
-device		isp		# Qlogic family
-#device 	ispfw		# Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
-device		mpt		# LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
-#device		ncr		# NCR/Symbios Logic
-device		sym		# NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
-device		trm		# Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters
-
-device		adv		# Advansys SCSI adapters
-device		adw		# Advansys wide SCSI adapters
-device		aha		# Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters
-device		aic		# Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
-device		bt		# Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters
-
-device		ncv		# NCR 53C500
-device		nsp		# Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
-device		stg		# TMC 18C30/18C50
-
-# SCSI peripherals
 device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
-device		ch		# SCSI media changers
 device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
-device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)
 device		cd		# CD
 device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
-device		ses		# SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)
-
-# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
-device		amr		# AMI MegaRAID
-device		arcmsr		# Areca SATA II RAID
-device		asr		# DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID
-device		ciss		# Compaq Smart RAID 5*
-device		dpt		# DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
-device		hptmv		# Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
-device		hptrr		# Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
-device		iir		# Intel Integrated RAID
-device		ips		# IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
-device		mly		# Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
-device		twa		# 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID
-
-# RAID controllers
-device		aac		# Adaptec FSA RAID
-device		aacp		# SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
-device		ida		# Compaq Smart RAID
-device		mfi		# LSI MegaRAID SAS
-device		mlx		# Mylex DAC960 family
-device		pst		# Promise Supertrak SX6000
-device		twe		# 3ware ATA RAID
 
 # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
 device		atkbdc		# AT keyboard controller
@@ -168,116 +85,19 @@
 # Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
 device		pmtimer
 
-# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
-# PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
-device		cbb		# cardbus (yenta) bridge
-device		pccard		# PC Card (16-bit) bus
-device		cardbus		# CardBus (32-bit) bus
-
 # Serial (COM) ports
 device		sio		# 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports
 device		uart		# Generic UART driver
 
-# Parallel port
-device		ppc
-device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
-device		lpt		# Printer
-device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
-device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device
-#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da
-
-# If you've got a "dumb" serial or parallel PCI card that is
-# supported by the puc(4) glue driver, uncomment the following
-# line to enable it (connects to sio, uart and/or ppc drivers):
-#device		puc
-
-# PCI Ethernet NICs.
-device		de		# DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
-device		em		# Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Family
-device		igb		# Intel PRO/1000 PCIE Server Gigabit Family
-device		ixgb		# Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet Card
-device		le		# AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
-device		txp		# 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
-device		vx		# 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
-
-# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
-# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
 device		miibus		# MII bus support
-device		age		# Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
-device		ale		# Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
-device		bce		# Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
-device		bfe		# Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
-device		bge		# Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
-device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
-device		et		# Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
-device		fxp		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
-device		jme		# JMicron JMC250 Gigabit/JMC260 Fast Ethernet
-device		lge		# Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit Ethernet
-device		msk		# Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
-device		nfe		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
-device		nge		# NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
-#device		nve		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet Networking
-device		pcn		# AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
-device		re		# RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
-device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139
-device		sf		# Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
 device		sis		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
-device		sk		# SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
-device		ste		# Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
-device		stge		# Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
-device		ti		# Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
-device		tl		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
-device		tx		# SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
-device		vge		# VIA VT612x gigabit Ethernet
-device		vr		# VIA Rhine, Rhine II
-device		wb		# Winbond W89C840F
-device		xl		# 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
-
-# ISA Ethernet NICs.  pccard NICs included.
-device		cs		# Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
-# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
-device		ed		# NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
-device		ex		# Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
-device		ep		# Etherlink III based cards
-device		fe		# Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
-device		ie		# EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.
-device		sn		# SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
-device		xe		# Xircom pccard Ethernet
-
-# Wireless NIC cards
-device		wlan		# 802.11 support
-device		wlan_wep	# 802.11 WEP support
-device		wlan_ccmp	# 802.11 CCMP support
-device		wlan_tkip	# 802.11 TKIP support
-device		wlan_amrr	# AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
-device		wlan_scan_ap	# 802.11 AP mode scanning
-device		wlan_scan_sta	# 802.11 STA mode scanning
-device		an		# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
-device		ath		# Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's
-device		ath_hal		# Atheros HAL (Hardware Access Layer)
-options		AH_SUPPORT_AR5416	# enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
-device		ath_rate_sample	# SampleRate tx rate control for ath
-device		awi		# BayStack 660 and others
-device		ral		# Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
-device		wi		# WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
-#device		wl		# Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.
 
 # Pseudo devices.
 device		loop		# Network loopback
 device		random		# Entropy device
 device		ether		# Ethernet support
-device		sl		# Kernel SLIP
-device		ppp		# Kernel PPP
-device		tun		# Packet tunnel.
 device		pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
-device		md		# Memory "disks"
-device		gif		# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
-device		faith		# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)
-device		firmware	# firmware assist module
-
-# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
-# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
-# Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
+
 device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter
 
 # USB support
@@ -292,33 +112,5 @@
 device		ulpt		# Printer
 device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
 device		ums		# Mouse
-device		ural		# Ralink Technology RT2500USB wireless NICs
-device		rum		# Ralink Technology RT2501USB wireless NICs
-device		urio		# Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
-device		uscanner	# Scanners
-# USB Serial devices
-device		ucom		# Generic com ttys
-device		uark		# Technologies ARK3116 based serial adapters
-device		ubsa		# Belkin F5U103 and compatible serial adapters
-device		ubser		# BWCT console serial adapters
-device		uftdi		# For FTDI usb serial adapters
-device		uipaq		# Some WinCE based devices
-device		uplcom		# Prolific PL-2303 serial adapters
-device		uslcom		# SI Labs CP2101/CP2102 serial adapters
-device		uvisor		# Visor and Palm devices
-device		uvscom		# USB serial support for DDI pocket's PHS
-# USB Ethernet, requires miibus
-device		aue		# ADMtek USB Ethernet
-device		axe		# ASIX Electronics USB Ethernet
-device		cdce		# Generic USB over Ethernet
-device		cue		# CATC USB Ethernet
-device		kue		# Kawasaki LSI USB Ethernet
-device		rue		# RealTek RTL8150 USB Ethernet
-
-# FireWire support
-device		firewire	# FireWire bus code
-device		sbp		# SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus and da)
-device		fwe		# Ethernet over FireWire (non-standard!)
-device		fwip		# IP over FireWire (RFC 2734,3146)
-device		dcons		# Dumb console driver
-device		dcons_crom	# Configuration ROM for dcons
+
+

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