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From: jrg@blodwen.demon.co.uk (james r grinter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: X-window in NetBSD freezes my keyboard!
Date: 30 Mar 1994 01:02:40 GMT
Organization: BCHFT&UI, London
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In-reply-to: jmward@blanca.uccs.edu's message of 29 Mar 1994 22:44:14 GMT

In article <2naavu$5am@harpo.uccs.edu> jmward@blanca.uccs.edu (Joel M. Ward) writes:
   you've got an IDE drive.  until recently NetBSD had a IDE bug but
   now they've fixed it.  try compiling the latest sources adn see if it 
   still occurs.

I'd still guess at /dev/vga and /dev/console problems. If it were the
disc then your machine would be locking up, not your keyboard.

check your /etc/ttys file, and make sure the top looks like this:-

#
#	from: @(#)ttys	5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89
#	ttys,v 1.4.2.1 1993/08/20 07:58:39 cgd Exp
#
# name	getty				type	status		comments
#
# If the console is marked insecure, single-user requires
# the root password.
#console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"		pc3	on secure

# on the i386, the 'console' line above should be commented out and 
# the following lines should be uncommented:
console	"/usr/libexec/getty Pc"		pc3 off secure
vga   	"/usr/libexec/getty Pc"		pc3 on secure