Christopher P. Gill wrote:
> Hello all,
> 	I've noticed a minor bug in NetBSD 1.4, GENERIC kenel.  I
> occasionally will get no prompt, i.e., it will be suppressed.  I'll just
> get the carriage-return that I typed, on a blank line.
> 
> This would occasionally happen, and I would figure that my machine was
> busy, but I discovered that this isn't so.  If I type a command, it gets
> executed just as though it were at a prompt, and just as soon.  If the
> prompt doesn't show up, a second tap on the [RETURN] key will usually
> produce a prompt as usual. 
> 
> Today it hapened as I connected via telnet.  Although I got the
> "NetBSD/mac68k..." line, I got no "login:" prompt below, and I thought
> that my machine was hung up.  After waiting for a while, I typed in my
> username anyway, and after hitting RETURN was rewarded with the
> "Password:" prompt, after which things proceeded normally. 
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this?  I didn't see anything about it in the
> FAQ.  I'm running on a Quadra 800 40/500+520.

i haven't heard of anyone else experience this, so that's why it's not in
the FAQ.  very strange, tho...

later.

colin