From: Andrew Tristan (atristan@galaxy.ucr.edu)
Date: 04/01/93


From: atristan@galaxy.ucr.edu (Andrew Tristan)
Subject: Re: VC switching hangs machine
Date: 1 Apr 1993 16:42:41 GMT

In article <h-_5g--@rpi.edu> gallatin@colossus.cs.rpi.edu (Andrew Gallatin) writes:
>I'm running 0.99.pl6-26 from the latest SLS, and I'm having an
>intermittent problem when switching between virtual consoles.
>Sometimes the switch makes the machine hang, but it doesn't always
>happen. The machine goes totally dead, and ignores all keyboard input,
>including more VC switches, and ctrl-alt-del.
>
[stuff deleted]
>
>Can anybody help me with this? I can't seem to find it in any of the FAQ's.
>
[more stuff deleted]

Has anyone found a solution to this problem? I'm having the same
problem, except it's not intermittent, it's constant. I diddled
around with inittab, but it had little or no effect. Has it
something to do with run levels perhaps?

thanks

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