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From: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5: psm device broken?
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 12:55:12 -0400
Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
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Patrick M. Hausen wrote:

FWIW, I am running 2.1 here, and the psm hangs the keyboard
when I start the X server.

and, 

> Did you insert the line for the psm driver _after_ the console driver?
> If not, that might be the cause of your hangs.

I have it configured *after* sc0.  *and* I pasted the
config line directly from the LINT file...

This is with a p6-200 Intel 440FX motherboard.  I'm wondering
if there is a timing problem or something?

P.S.: is back-porting the -current driver to 2.1.5 likely
to be as painfull as it usuallh is?

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