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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!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: Re: X-window in NetBSD freezes my keyboard! Date: 31 Mar 1994 16:08:40 GMT Organization: Computer Center, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Lines: 22 Message-ID: <2nesi8$jad@ccnews.nctu.edu.tw> References: <2n8hmf$oj1@ccnews.nctu.edu.tw> <2naavu$5am@harpo.uccs.edu> <JRG.94Mar30020240@blodwen.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: u7923081@ccsun5.cc.nctu.edu.tw X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] james r grinter (jrg@blodwen.demon.co.uk) wrote: : jmward@blanca.uccs.edu (Joel M. Ward) writes: : you've got an IDE drive. until recently NetBSD had a IDE bug but : now they've fixed it. try compiling the latest sources adn see if it : still occurs. : I'd still guess at /dev/vga and /dev/console problems. If it were the : disc then your machine would be locking up, not your keyboard. : check your /etc/ttys file, and make sure the top looks like this:- : console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 off secure : vga "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 on secure Ya the content of my /etc/ttys is exactly what you want... Considering Joel's advice... I found the time before it freezes my keyboard, the HD operates for a second (the HD-operating LED is on and I also hear the click sound of it) maybe reading, updating data or something else. Would IDE-HD operating affect the keyboard? I guess this is the clue and maybe there's some wickedness of my HD-controller... --