Messages in this thread | | | From | "Sean Hunter" <> | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:05:59 +0100 | Subject | Re: [2.3.20] cat /dev/psaux freezes machine |
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On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 09:46:58AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> writes: > > > deneb:/# ls -l /dev/psaux > > crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Oct 11 12:22 /dev/psaux > > deneb:/# cat /dev/psaux > /dev/null > > [^C has no effect here, but ENTER still causes line feeds.] > > [Now move the mouse.] > > [The keyboard is dead. Magic SysRq doesn't work.] > > Same problem with 2.3.21, BTW. > > > I haven't tried yet whether it's only the keyboard which is dead. > > The system keeps running (at least with 2.3.21), only the keyboard dies.
I wonder if this is related to my laptop problems? Basically with 2.2.x, my laptop will boot with the keyboard frozen (no sysRq) if I have gpm start at boot time (mouse type, you guessed it - ps2). The computer is still running fine, and can operate over the network. If I tap a key during boot (wierdly enough). It works fine.
I suspect that the ps2 driver and/or keyboard driver are buggy here, and have been since at least late 2.1 (that's when I first got my laptop).
Do you see this behaviour with 2.2 ?
Sean
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