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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!blodwen.demon.co.uk!jrg From: jrg@blodwen.demon.co.uk (james r grinter) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: X-window in NetBSD freezes my keyboard! Date: 30 Mar 1994 01:02:40 GMT Organization: BCHFT&UI, London Lines: 25 Message-ID: <JRG.94Mar30020240@blodwen.demon.co.uk> References: <2n8hmf$oj1@ccnews.nctu.edu.tw> <2naavu$5am@harpo.uccs.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blodwen.demon.co.uk In-reply-to: jmward@blanca.uccs.edu's message of 29 Mar 1994 22:44:14 GMT In article <2naavu$5am@harpo.uccs.edu> 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:- # # from: @(#)ttys 5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89 # ttys,v 1.4.2.1 1993/08/20 07:58:39 cgd Exp # # name getty type status comments # # If the console is marked insecure, single-user requires # the root password. #console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 on secure # on the i386, the 'console' line above should be commented out and # the following lines should be uncommented: console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 off secure vga "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 on secure