From owner-freebsd-stable Wed May 7 09:44:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01032 for stable-outgoing; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:44:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA01025 for ; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:44:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id JAA29345; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:44:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA05744; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:38:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705071638.JAA05744@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: keyser@clio.rice.edu (Kevin Keyser) cc: tsprad@mail.metronet.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: frozen virtual terminals on Dell system In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 07 May 97 07:36:10 -0500. <9705071236.AA13097@clio.rice.edu> Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 09:38:01 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > (not coincident with any other event I can think of) the system stops >> > responding to all keyboard input, just as if the keyboard had been >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> > unplugged. >> ^^^^^^^^^ >> Have you eliminated exactly that? I have a wonderful little IBM keyboard that [...] >In fact I did check this and it was not the problem. Even tried a >different keyboard. Also, things work fine (relatively speaking) when >booted into Win95. This makes me think the hardware is OK and I must >have some config problem, IRQ conflict (though I don't see one), etc. I have seen exactly this same problem under NetBSD. I was going through a switch-box, however, and just assumed the switch-box was to blame. Now, I suspect that it's actually the Dell keyboard hardware. Yes, the machines all run Windows NT and 95 fine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------