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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!Dark Tower!kheller2 From: kheller2@ix.netcom.com (Karl Heller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: computer is locked on halt Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:03:42 Organization: CDNow Inc. The Internet Music Store Lines: 22 Message-ID: <kheller2.8.002B617A@ix.netcom.com> References: <3285D99C.167E@math.tau.ac.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: vfg-pa4-24.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Nov 12 5:04:15 PM CST 1996 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] In article <3285D99C.167E@math.tau.ac.il> Pozin Shimon <pozin@math.tau.ac.il> writes: >From: Pozin Shimon <pozin@math.tau.ac.il> >Subject: computer is locked on halt >Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 15:33:16 +0200 >Hello! >I have reinstalled FreeBSD 2.1 and now, when I 'halt' >the computer after the message "Press any key to reboot" >when I press any key I see the message: >"Keyboard reset failed. Trying CPU shutdown" and the computer >is locked (unless I press the physical reset button). >Can anybody explain me what does it mean and what did I do wrong? >I have 486DX-100, 32MB RAM, Walnut Greek CDROM with FreeBSD 2.1.0 >Thanks in advance, I had the same problem with 2.1. I don't think I've seen the problem on 2.1.5. Karl