From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:42:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:42:43 -0500 Received: from c-24-99-36-145.atl.client2.attbi.com ([24.99.36.145]:5899 "HELO babylon.d2dc.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:42:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:50:48 -0500 From: "Zephaniah E\. Hull" To: Rudmer van Dijk Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.x console keyboard problem. Message-ID: <20021223155048.GA19266@babylon.d2dc.net> Mail-Followup-To: Rudmer van Dijk , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Notice-1: Unsolicited Commercial Email (Aka SPAM) to ANY systems under X-Notice-2: our control constitutes a $US500 Administrative Fee, payable X-Notice-3: immediately. By sending us mail, you hereby acknowledge that X-Notice-4: policy and agree to the fee. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 04:38:37PM +0100, Rudmer van Dijk wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have also been seeing this kind of behavior, but more with deadlocks th= an=20 > messed up in/output. Only I have not had the time to see where the proble= m=20 > lies...=20 >=20 > my problems are appearing when I switch away from X: > 1) black screen, completely dead (not responding to keyboard or network) > 2) normal console but after some time, dead (as in 1) > 3) mostly black screen with some colored vertical lines and a mouse point= er,=20 > not responsive to keyboard but system can be reached over the network >=20 > and the funny thing is that it does not always happen, sometimes I am abl= e to=20 > switch between X and console for 10 times or more... To cheat, just tap the Fn key twice when switching to X, to cheat better change your keymap to not have binds for ctrl-alt-Fn. It seems very likely that while some cards can survive being poked at by the vgacon driver while the X driver is also talking to them, other cards have more, significant problems. >=20 > I have been seeing this since 2.5.50.=20 But it did not at 2.5.49? That should definitely help him isolate it.. Zephaniah E. Hull. (All I want for Christmas is a /job/.) >=20 > Rudmer --=20 1024D/E65A7801 Zephaniah E. Hull 92ED 94E4 B1E6 3624 226D 5727 4453 008B E65A 7801 CCs of replies from mailing lists are requested. }>No. I just point out to troublemakers that I have an English degree, }>which means that I am allowed to make changes to the English language. }>(What _else_ could it possibly be for?) }Wow; in that case, my physics degree is *WAY* more useful than I }had thought. This just proves how useless a computer science degree is: there is hardly any useful science involved at all. I want my computer black magic degree! -- Victoria Swann, Jonathan Dursi, and D. Joseph Creighton on ASR --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+BzDYRFMAi+ZaeAERAt3ZAJ9lpNOodJcb8TRAeFyrM1eN3tdJSgCgtMxV 99g7dsusFgoNRjCCMLGlys4= =6l9u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--