Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Apr 1998 01:05:06 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.92 [and 2.1.93 ...] crashes on Compaq 6000 |
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On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, David C Niemi wrote:
>Hmmm, turning off CONFIG_SERIAL_ECHO also seems to make the boot-time >crashes go away. Does this mean there is a flaw in CONFIG_SERIAL_ECHO, or >just something wrong with the serial port on this box? ttyS0 does have a >MouseSystems mouse on it (the PS/2 mouse is also there because the Compaq >BIOS has no way to disable it). > >It also seems the scrolling with this option on is slower on the Compaq >6000 than it is on more sensible generic PCs I have at home. And there >were also interesting complaints about keyboard timeouts as I reported in >my previous message.
I suppose CONFIG_SERIAL_ECHO will be an option but is not yet inserted in the kernel configuration so people has to set it by hand Y or N.
It' s normal that all goes slow and stalls if you have some device connected to the serial port.
Andrea[s] Arcangeli
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