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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news!debbie.cc.nctu.edu.tw!ccnews.nctu.edu.tw!cc.nctu.edu.tw!u7923081 From: u7923081@cc.nctu.edu.tw (Sun Zhi-Bang) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: X-window in NetBSD freezes my keyboard! Date: 29 Mar 1994 06:26:23 GMT Organization: Computer Center, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Lines: 65 Message-ID: <2n8hmf$oj1@ccnews.nctu.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: u7923081@ccsun5.cc.nctu.edu.tw X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, all *BSD folks: I used to be a LINUXer running kernel 1.0r and XFree86-2.0 happily in my Intel 486SX system. Recently I emptied the DOS partition in my 340MB HD and started installing NetBSD-current, which is from one of my schoolmates who TARs up his system as lib.tar.gz, bin.tar.gz, etc.tar.gz, game.tar.gz,... and so on. (he puts them in the site netbsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/pub/NetBSD/current-upgrade/tar_file) So it's just a copy of his nice BSD system. After I finish all the installation steps written in the document, everything seems to be o.k. and i successfully compiled tcsh-6.04 and cxterm-11.5.1. (Chinese xterm) Then i installed XFree86-2.1 , setup Xconfig and enter X-window with 'startx', it was o.k. with twm and xterm in the first few minutes. But my keyboard would freeze after I typed many keys to let it do many jobs like FTPing, compiling or TARing... The most weird way is that I can still cut and paste between xterm's to enter commands! Everything is just o.k. except keyboard inputing! What's wrong with it? I have tried installing FreeBSD-1.0-R with XFree86-2.0 before and met the same problem. It lets me guess that it is the problem from some unknown wickedness of my hardware. But why is my X in Linux so smooth? I usually let it turned on for days doing lots of jobs without any big problem... I have posted this problem in my native Internet-BBS sites and some suggested me to change some features in the BIOS settings. O.k., here I list my settings. Everyone, any suggests would be highly appreciated. Please note again that these features runs very smoothly in Linux X-window. Also, please forward me your messages, thanks. Intel 486SX-25 (clocking at 33MHz) (motherboard is manufactured by Acer's O.E.M. factory), SIS461 chipset, 128KB ext-cache 1993(c)AMIBIOS, Main Memory 16MB (80ns without parity bit) TRIPLEX S3-805 (vl-bus) with 1MB, IDE-HD Conner 340MB + Maxtor 120MB Advanced CMOS setup (those not important are skipped): Typematic Rate Programming: Disabled Typematic Rate: 500 Typematic Rate: 6 Above 1MB Memory Test: Disabled Memory Parity Error Check: Disabled Hard Disk Type 47 Data Area: 0:300 System Boot Up Num Lock: On External Cache Memory: Enabled Internal Cache Memory: Enabled Fast Gate A20 Option: Enabled Video ROM Shadow C000, 32K: Enabled Adaptor ROM Shadow C800, 32K: Disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow D000, 32K: Disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow D800, 32K: Disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow E000, 32K: Disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow E800, 32K: Disabled Boot Sector Virus Protection: Disabled Auto Config Function: Enabled DRAM Speed Option: Fastest DRAM Write CAS Pulse: 2T DRAM Write Cycle: 1 W/S Cache Write Back Option: W/Back Cache Write Cycle Option: 3T Cache Burst Read Cycle: 1T Bus Clock Frequency Select: 7.15MHz Video Cachable Option: Enabled BIOS Cachable Option: Enabled Latch Local Bus Devide: T3 Local Bus Ready: SYNC --