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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Kirsty Rae <kirsty@ambassador.process9.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:29:04 +1030 (CST)

Re: /dev/console is dead

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Kirsty Rae wrote:

> This is not a problem I've come across before so I was wondering if someone 
> could put me in the right direction.
> 
> Basically, whilst at the console of my machine (standard Red Hat 6.0 on a 
> Pentium 100, 32Mb RAM with a couple SCSI drives) on boot-up, I can log on 
> and do what I need to do at the console.  However, when the machine has 
> been left running for a while, I lose control of the console.  I can access 
> the virtual terminals and still do what I need to do - there doesn't seem 
> to be anything else strange that I can notice, except that the screen just 
> looks at me blankly.
> 
> Any pointers as to what may be going on would be greatly appreciated...

Not running gpm, X, svgalib or SVGATextMode are you?

If so please read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt

Cheers,
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* Benjamin Close
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