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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 1996 11:11:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com>
To:        Mike Eggleston <mikee@green.eggtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Still console problems!
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.91.960403110651.67115H-100000@vv.psiint.com>
In-Reply-To: <199603311541.JAA07295@green.eggtech.com>

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On Sun, 31 Mar 1996, Mike Eggleston wrote:

> I'm still having problems with my console.  I know recently there was
> a posting about using what I think was kbd_control(1) under cron to
> recover from the console driver being confused.  I've tried it and
> can't get it to work.  Does anyone remember how this was set up under
> cron?  Also, is there a fix coming sometime for this problem.  I know
> for now I just need to live with it, but in the future?

The line I put into /etc/crontab was something like:

* * * * * root /usr/sbin/kbdcontrol -r normal < /dev/console

I don't know what problem you are having, but if it's anything like mine, 
adding:

options ASYNCH

to your kernel may fix it for you, without needing to resort to using cron.

Dave


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