Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mstan!amull
From: amull@Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: lock up with XENIX
Summary: Also can happen under UNIX?
Keywords: keyboard lockup, fix?
Message-ID: <534@s5.Morgan.COM>
Date: 25 Nov 89 01:41:04 GMT
References: <118@quame.UUCP> <5478@cps3xx.UUCP> <287@dksfr.UUCP>
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co. NY, NY
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In article <287@dksfr.UUCP>, don@dksfr.UUCP (don kossman) writes:
> In article <5478@cps3xx.UUCP> usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
> >From article <118@quame.UUCP>, by bryan@quame.UUCP (Bryan A. Woodruff):
> >> In article <180@mdi386.UUCP>, bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre) writes:
> >>> I am running into a problem with a client, and want to know if anyone
> >>> on the net may have a suggestion..
> >>> The problem is that at sporadic times, the system just locks up solid.
> >Alot of PC keyboards have a switch on the bottom to select it as a XT
> >or an AT style keyboard. I've seen machine lock up under DOS or XENIX
> >sometimes if this switch changes settings while the machine is running.
> (etc)
I had this with my Northgate Elegance (Adaptec/Microscience 65M) until
I swapped the keyboard for an older style which didn't have a detatchable
plug where the cable joins the keyboard. If that ever slipped, it was
hang city. The new keyboard is not the only change I made; I upgraded
the anti-static precautions to include spraying fabric softener on the
carpet. No lock-ups since.

Later,
Andrew Mullhaupt

P.S. Have solved the cc error message dilemma; the *.err files in /lib
need to have links which appear in /lib/386. Where should I have found
this in the manuals?