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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:3609 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1443 Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!festival!kenny From: kenny@festival.ed.ac.uk (K J MacDonald) Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 + XFree 1.3 -> occasional keyboard hangup X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <MARK_WEAVER.93Sep18201917@excelsior.cis.brown.edu> Message-ID: <CDLJ1p.7xv@festival.ed.ac.uk> Followup-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Organization: Edinburgh University Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 10:13:00 GMT Lines: 25 Mark_Weaver@brown.edu wrote: : In article <27f382$7dc@mail.fwi.uva.nl> vdlinden@fwi.uva.nl (Frank van der Linden) writes: : > I'm still trying out NetBSD 0.9, and have installed XFree 1.3. It : > works OK, except for one thing: every once in a while (while in X), : > the keyboard locks up. I can still use the mouse, exit X, and then : > it works again, although I once could not send signals (^C, ^\, ^Z) : > via the keyboard anymore after exiting X this way. : The problem happens every time /etc/daily is run. This causes a : SIGHUP to be sent to syslogd, which makes it reset. When syslogd : resets, it closes and then reopens /dev/console, which takes pccons : out of X mode. This problem has been fixed for XFree86 2.0 (when it : comes out), but in the meantime you can fix it by switching to codrv. I have also had this very same problem with Linux 0.99pl12, XFree86 1.3, AMD-386SX-25. I presume the same thing is happening under Linux? I'm at work now, but I can't remember seeing a '/etc/daily' program. Any other possibilities ? Kenny. -- ============================================================================== Kenneth MacDonald E-mail: kenny@ed Dept. of Geology & Geophysics "Allow me to introduce myself, Major Dennis University of Edinburgh Bloodnok, International Christmas Pudding