Re: Input locking up in svgalib-1.4.3, kernel 2.5.24

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From: John Lamb (jwlamb@unity.ncsu.edu)
Date: Thu 04 Jul 2002 - 21:32:48 IDT


> On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, John Lamb wrote:                                
>                                                                     
> > Hi.I have compiled and installed SVGAlib, but for some reason it  
                                                                      
> > causes my input devices to lock up; no matter what program I run, 
if                                                                    
> > it tries to use svgalib, it locks the keyboard.in "demos/" I ran  
                                                                      
> > "fun" and "vgatest" and "lineart", allof them resulted in svgalib 
                                                                      
> > locking up my keyboard.Oddly, they still continue to run.  I      
logged                                                                
> > in remotely and killed the process, and was still unable to       
reclaim                                                               
> > control.I killed the bash process, and the console returned to a  
                                                                      
> > loginprompt, and still I was unable to reclaim control.I          
ultimately                                                            
> > have to reboot my computer.                                       
                                                                      
>                                                                     
> Is the keyboard connected with AT controller, PS/2, or USB?         
> Does the program setleds work in this mode?                         
>                                                                     
                                                                      
It's connected to PS/2. Setleds does, in fact, work.                  
                                                                      
> > Any help would be appreciated.I am running kernel 2.5.24 under    
> > slackware 8.1.                                                    
                                                                      
>                                                                     
> Does the same problem occur with kernel 2.4?                        
                                                                      
The problem occurs on 2.4.18 and 2.5.24.                              
                                                                      
Thanks,                                                               
John Lamb                                                             

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