Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 09:38:01 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: keyser@clio.rice.edu (Kevin Keyser) Cc: tsprad@mail.metronet.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: frozen virtual terminals on Dell system Message-ID: <199705071638.JAA05744@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 07 May 97 07:36:10 -0500. <9705071236.AA13097@clio.rice.edu>
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>> > (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.
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