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Date:      Thu, 21 Jan 2016 08:23:00 +0000
From:      Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>,  freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Console rotates through all tty's after sitting for a bit
Message-ID:  <86k2n3l4t7.fsf@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160121034342.8d4b0ccb.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:43:42 %2B0100")
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes:

> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:11:24 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
>> 
>> > I installed FreeBSD on a machine (Dell OptiPlex 7010).  I'm in the
>> > regular text console and if I just leave it, it starts rotating through
>> > all the tty's rather than going into a screen saver or anything (I have
>> > explicitly set the screen saver to a Blank screen).  It did this during
>> > the install process as well.
>> >
>> > Has anyone experienced this and know why?  It doesn't seem to
>> > negatively affect anything so far, it's just annoying.
>> 
>> Something is hitting the PrintScrn key.
>
> My first thought exactly. :-)
>
> Check the physical keyboard, and if it is a wireless keyboard,
> check possible "offending" other keyboards of that kind, too.

Interesting.  It's a wired, but USB, keyboard.  The keyboard itself is
in Swedish but I am using an English (US) keymap.

I'm curious though, why would this happen after sitting for awhile
instead of all the time?  Just random keyboard driver freaking out after
idling for a bit?



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