From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275009AbTHFNKJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:10:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275011AbTHFNKI (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:10:08 -0400 Received: from mail.cybertrails.com ([162.42.150.35]:32527 "EHLO mail2.cybertrails.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S275009AbTHFNKB (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:10:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 06:09:39 -0700 From: Paul Dickson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rhl-devel-list@redhat.com Cc: Antonio Vargas Subject: Re: My report on running 2.6.0-test2 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 (possible tty trouble) Message-Id: <20030806060939.1b2a1521.dickson@permanentmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20030806114234.GD814@wind.cocodriloo.com> References: <20030806021621.2da5a850.dickson@permanentmail.com> <20030806022256.4b4f967c.dickson@permanentmail.com> <20030806114234.GD814@wind.cocodriloo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:42:34 +0200, Antonio Vargas wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:22:56AM -0700, Paul Dickson wrote: > > > I built 2.6.0-test2 for my Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook (PII, 300Mhz) with > > a RH9 distribution. I build the kernel on another system (1.33GHz) using > > ssh. > > > > I was missing some device support, so did a "make menuconfig". The > > configuration options were shown, I selected "Sound -->" and pressed > > enter. The terminal went back to text mode and then hung. Gnome-terminal > > started consuming all unused CPU cycles. > > > > I could recover the process by closing the tab or resetting the terminal, > > but this would only fix the problem for the moment. Frequently, it > > wouldn't even finish redisplaying the screen before it locked again. > > > > This would happen running "make menuconfig" locally or via ssh on another > > system. > > > > This is likely caused by some difference in the tty code in 2.6.0-test2. > > The problem does not occur under 2.4.20-18.9. If 2.6.0-test2 is correct, > > then I might need an updated version of gnome-terminal suitable for 2.6.0. > > This is a bug in gnome-terminal: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89151 > This bug is still in the gnome-terminal version included with Severn. -Paul