Modulok wrote: > On 6/21/07, Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This is a very weird symptom, noticed today for the first time. I have a >> cheap Microsoft wireless keybaord with USB connection, on one FreeBSD >> 6.2 release machine that acts as a lightweight server / occasional >> desktop. While in the console (no X running) I accidentally pressed >> CTRL-ALT-SPACE, received a message about USB controller error (sadly >> cannot remember exactly) and the machine froze completely. Tried from >> another machine but to no avail, it was completely frozen. After restart >> I tried it a second time, again same results. >> Changed some bios settings (disabled legacy USB support, that was >> actually the only option for USB besides disabling it completely) and >> checked a third time, still the same. >> Now I know this has something to do with the USB but the motherboard is >> not faulty. I don't know if it has to do with the particular keyboard (A >> Microsoft conspiracy to bring the CTRL-ALT-DEL equivalent to FreeBSD ? >> :) ) but was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem (or is >> brave enough to try...). I should also note that after pressing >> CTRL-ALT-SPACE the green power led of the machine started blinking (like >> sometimes motherboards do when entering standby or something, only there >> is no option for this in BIOS). Motherboard is a cheap but brand new >> ASROCK 478-based P4 motherboard. >> >> >> Thanks >> Manolis > > It's a BIOS feature known by man names including: Sleep state S3, > Standby or Suspend to RAM. It is not a flaw, (arguably), and it's not > specific to any particular kind of keyboard interface. You should be > able to disable it in your BIOS's setup program. For example under my > BIOS I would go: > > APCI >> ACPI Suspend Type >> (set from 's1&s3' to 's1') > > Now when I press ctrl+alt+space I get the following message: > "acpi0: Sleep state S3 is not supported by BIOS." > > There are probably other was of disabling it as well. > -Modulok- > __ Thanks for the suggestion, I thought it would be something like this, I don't think I have STR enabled in the BIOS but will have a second look tomorrow, I may have missed it.
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