Re: [2.3.20] cat /dev/psaux freezes machine

Florian Weimer (fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org)
12 Oct 1999 09:46:58 +0200


Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> writes:

> deneb:/# ls -l /dev/psaux
> crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 Oct 11 12:22 /dev/psaux
> deneb:/# cat /dev/psaux > /dev/null
> [^C has no effect here, but ENTER still causes line feeds.]
> [Now move the mouse.]
> [The keyboard is dead. Magic SysRq doesn't work.]

Same problem with 2.3.21, BTW.

> I haven't tried yet whether it's only the keyboard which is dead.

The system keeps running (at least with 2.3.21), only the keyboard dies.

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