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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:3614 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1444 Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!sunic!ugle.unit.no!ugle.unit.no!he From: Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 + XFree 1.3 -> occasional keyboard hangup Message-ID: <1993Sep19.155011.9760@ugle.unit.no> Originator: he@ugle.unit.no Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator) Organization: SINTEF RUNIT, Trondheim, Norway References: <27f382$7dc@mail.fwi.uva.nl> <MARK_WEAVER.93Sep18201917@excelsior.cis.brown.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 93 15:50:11 GMT Lines: 9 In article <MARK_WEAVER.93Sep18201917@excelsior.cis.brown.edu> Mark_Weaver@brown.edu writes: >Another (hack) way of fixing it is to have /dev/console open by another >process so that the driver won't get the close() call. In an xterm you >can run "cat >/dev/console", and this should alleviate the problem until >XFree86 2.0 comes out. Or less hacky, perhaps running an xconsole process will do the job... - Havard