Paul Vojta writes: > Folks: > > I've been experiencing the following problem when using recent versions > of the X server while also connecting to a network via a PC Card NIC. > The X server itself runs correctly, but after shutdown it seems to hang > the console driver until I eject the PC Card (PCMCIA). > > A typical sequence of events is: > > 1. I insert the card and connect to the network > 2. I start up the X server using startx > 3. I use the X server for a while. > 4. I shut down the X server > 5. Shutdown appears to be normal. However, either immediately or > soon after shutdown, the kernel's keyboard or console driver hangs > until I eject the PC Card. Sometimes I get a few seconds of normal > behavior before the problem occurs; for example, sometimes I > succeed in logging out before things act up. > 6. I eject the PC Card. Often I get the message: > eth0: interrupts dropped! > 7. Some of my keystrokes then appear on the screen (and get acted on); > things go normally from then on. I think that it's the console > driver rather than the keyboard driver, because if I type "date" > while things appear to be hung, it prints an older time after I > eject the PC Card. >
Thanks for pointing that out. A recent patch I've made introduces a bug in the handling of PCCards. I have a fix for it already which will be comitted soon. Please not that the current CVS head is a developers version. It may not be considered stable enough for your daily work. Egbert. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
