Subject: Re: keyboard problem or 1.4 problem (and more....)
To: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/03/1999 16:55:55
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, T@W wrote:
> 
> > guy santiglia wrote:
> > >>
> > >> -On my LC475 it'll hang once in a while at the adb point (adb at obio0) in
> > >> bootup (especially after having saved any new settings in the Booter
> > >> without rebooting my Mac)

Look at the cpu_delay (sp?) factor. I bet it's different on the boots
where the kernel hangs.

> > >Are you using the new booter program?
> > >
> > >	Guy
> > 
> > YEP, but it also occurred with the old booter.
> > T@W
> 
> That could be the "old" problem, where moving the mouse while booting
> causes it to hang in the same place. I found that using Apple-B
> instead of the menu to boot would take care of that. That doesn't seem
> to be the fault of the booter. It's not the booter that hangs...

Weird. I'd bet that what moving the mouse did was change the calculated
cpu factor. If that factor's off, adb won't get its timings right and all
will lose.

Take care,

Bill