/dev/tty1 strangeness

DarrellAE@aol.com
Tue, 23 Jul 1996 00:36:01 -0400


I don't know for sure that this is a kernel problem:

Since upgrading to kernel versions 2.0.[0-8] I have had a problem with tty1
only:

After logging onto tty1 as user or root, that terminal starts loosing
keystrokes
and/or data bytes, and response time becomes very slow. While having this
problem
on tty1, I can use tty[2-6] or my Wyse 50 @ 38400on ttyS1 with no lost bytes,
and
no unusual slowness.

Using up/down arrows to navigate through files in mc-3.2.1 will occasionally
beep and
print "[B" or "[A" showing that either bytes are lost or bits are being
(re)set randomly.

If it makes any difference I am using agetty on all lines tty[1-6] && ttyS1,
libc-5.4.2.

Anybody else with this problem, or a solution?

TIA

Darrell A Escola
Clovic, California USA