I would try another keyboard. Just a thought. Quoting Merdad Akyol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi all, > > I'm not really sure if this is a problem of Debian, but I'll give it a try > here. I'm > using Debian Sparc 3.0_r2 out-of-the-ISOs on an Ultra 450. After some minor > problems > the basic system seems to be running decently, so I planned to install some > additional > debs (also from the official ISOs) using dselect. > Unfortunately this turned out to be rather time-consuming: When I hit the > PgDown-key in > the selection menu, my box froze and wouldn't react on any input from the > keyboard (but > I could still toggle the keyboard's LEDS). Several reboots later (it's hard > to get > unused to the PgDown-Key) I am convinced that this behaviour is _almost_ > deterministic. > Once or twice the box would survive a keypress on PgDown and seldomly it > would freeze > after (multiple fast) keypresses on the "normal" down-key. At the last freeze > I was > additionally logged in via ssh and the box didn't respond in the ssh session > either. > Finally I ditched dselect and decided to give aptitude a try (fortunately it > starts > with an "a", so I could install it without too many key-downs :-)). But after > the first > PgDown in aptitude the box froze again. > I could possibly manage to install my system by avoiding the evil PgDown-Key, > but later > on the box should be running really stable. So I would rather fix this > behaviour. Any > hints/suggestions? > TIA, Merdad > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** > ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** > ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** > > http://www.xmail.net Web E-Mail, accessible anywhere, 128 bit SSL Secure > > Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, > XMail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, Private Disk Storage, > Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing > > XMail Premium: 20 - 250MB Storage, 20MB Messages, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free > Starting at $9.95 per year > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com > Search http://www.teradex.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
