I've recompiled the kernel without DDB, and I still have the same deadlock
problems as before.  It happens at random, either when starting a new
xterm, or in a xscreensaver module.  I can still switch virtual terminals
with Ctrl-Alt-Fn, and X will shut down with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, but when I
try to log in on another terminal it only goes as far as taking my user
name and then I get nothing.

All I can do at that point is hit the reset button.

>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:06:30 +0200
>From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
>
>lookup problems are not uncommon, especially with -current but to my
knowledge
>the cause has always been fixed.
>Most often the apparent lookup is just that the kernel was in ddb.

> At 09:58 am 9/7/99 +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>It's possible that the kernel fall under debugger, but as you were running
>X you didn't see it. Recompile a kernel without 'options DDB' to avoid this.
...
>Without 'options DDB' it will panic and do a core dump. This can be
examinated
>later to find the problem.

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