Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 5 Jun 1996 00:09:18 +0000 (GMT) | From | Emil Stepniewski <> | Subject | Re: 1.99.11: keyboard dead |
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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > > please ignore my previous post. I wrote, that 1.99.11 does not > show the keyboard-lock syndrom. wrong, it *does* show it. I didn't > recognise it, because it does not show up immediately, but requires some > time to appear (30 seconds ? 60 senconds ?). symptoms: unable to > switch VCs, pressing keys like CAPS, NUM and SCROLL-LOCK wont alter > the LEDs on the keyboard. > > when I log in from another computer at home (I have built a test-LAN), > I can however "cat > /dev/tty1" and will see whatever I type on the > 2nd computer. > > It is also impossible to restart the console by terminating the process > that owns it (i.e. bash or agetty). > > plugging in a different keyboard doesn't help either. >
I have got the same symptoms, though only when my GUS is playing any sound for a while. It looks like missed interrupt for me because reading a single character directly from keybord I/O returns it to life. It needn't to be your case but why not trying this when logged from another machine. This works for me:
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#include <fcntl.h>
int main() { int fd; unsigned char w; fd=open("/dev/port",O_RDONLY); if(fd<0) printf("Error 1"); lseek(fd,0x60,0); read(fd,&w,1); close(fd); printf("value=%x\n",w); } (*--------cut here-----------*)
Please tell me if it helps.
Best regards,
Emil
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