Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 3 Sep 1996 22:00:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | DUPRE Christophe <> | Subject | Re: Console driver problem ? |
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On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Michael Driscoll wrote:
> >I've just discovered a small problem I'm having with the console and > >Linux 2.0. > > > >Problem description: > >While using VC1 (ALT-F1 on my computer), the driver seems to miss some > >caracters (even when typing very slowly so it's not a typing overload :-) ) > >Sometimes caracters do not appear on the screen when I type then, instead > >I hear a beep. This is even with a just-rebooted system. It happends ONLY > >with VC1, not VC2,3,4 or whatever, and X11 works perfectly. > > I seem to remember that somebody else on the list was having trouble with > exactly the same symptoms as this when they were starting programs with > inittab in the following manner: > > top > /dev/tty6 > > ie. run top on VC6. The solution was to use the program "open" for this > purpose. Are you starting any programs in this way that might be soaking > up characters from your STDIN on VC1?
I DO run top, but redirect it to tty12. I've been doing this since 1.2, and never had any problem before. I'll try disabling top, but I doubt it will do any good.
Christophe Dupre Universite de Montreal Montreal, Qc, Canada "Nous ne sommes pas libres de ne pas etre libres, nous sommes obliges de l'etre" - Fernando Savater
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