Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264360AbUDSLgw (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:36:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264369AbUDSLgv (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:36:51 -0400 Received: from spc1-brig1-3-0-cust85.lond.broadband.ntl.com ([80.0.159.85]:7093 "EHLO ppgpenguin.kenmoffat.uklinux.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264360AbUDSLgb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:36:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:36:30 +0100 (BST) From: Ken Moffat To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: KVM issues with recent 2.6 kernels Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1689 Lines: 38 Hi, I'm seeing some oddities on two 2.6 boxes here. I use a Belkin Omni 4-way PS/2 KVM switch. It has a "hot key" to switch boxes (scroll-lock twice, then number 1-4). This has always been a little problematic on 2.4 (you have to get the timing of the key presses right, worst case when you get to the session either the number has been treated as input, or the display has scroll-lock turned on), but usable. On the two boxes running 2.6 (Celeron 1GHz with 2.6.4, Duron 1GHz with 2.6.5) I'm now seeing two strangenesses: The celeron is running console sessions, including a long-winded series of shell scripts run from a Makefile. I've started to notice that if I start the make then switch to another machine, sometimes when I come back the build is "stalled" between the scripts - the console looks as if scroll-lock is on, but when I free it the next stage of the build starts (confirmed from `top'). My expectation is that the whole build would have continued, even if that particular console display was somehow "locked". The duron is now being used to do things in xterms. From time to time the alt key stops being recognised (no alt-tab to switch windows, no ctrl-alt-n to switch desktops). And then after again switching machines it suddenly starts working properly again. Any suggestions on where to look, or which parts of my .config would be relevant ? Ken -- das eine Mal als Trag?die, das andere Mal als Farce - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/