brent@uunet.uu.net (Brent Chapman) (01/19/89)
> Have those of you who do *not* use bitmapped displays on your Sun-4's > noticed any peciliarities regarding the console locking up?... Under 3.X running on systems without bitmapped consoles (in other words, with a terminal on ttya or ttyb as the console), there were bugs that would cause the console to hang if /dev/fb, /dev/kbd, and /dev/mouse existed. These three devices refer to a bitmapped console, and are not necessary on systems without a bitmapped console. The fix to stop things from hanging occasionally was simply to delete these three devices. Those same bugs might still exist under 4.0; I would try deleting the three devices, and see if the problem goes away. -Brent -- Brent Chapman Capital Market Technology, Inc. Computer Operations Manager 1995 University Ave., Suite 390 brent@capmkt.com Berkeley, CA 94704 {cogsci,lll-tis,uunet}!capmkt!brent Phone: 415/540-6400 [[ Our 3/280 is running 4.0.1 with a terminal for a console, no monitor, and /dev/fb, /dev/kbd, and /dev/mouse all exist. I haven't heard of any problems with the console locking up. --wnl ]]