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- From: flee@cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
- Subject: /dev/console and /dev/xcons hang.
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:57:57 GMT
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- Has anyone had any problems with /dev/console hanging? It seems to be
- a race condition in the kernel. It looks like it happens when things
- scribble to /dev/console while xconsole exits, leaving the console in
- a wedged state. Perhaps flow control kicked in, when the console
- buffer filled up?
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- I can pretty much reproduce it at will. No idea how to fix it yet.
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- (Why isn't there documentation for /dev/console or /dev/xcons?)
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