Re: console response/interaction requires keypress

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:19:59PM +1100, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a strange issue that I have been seeing for a while (probably a 
> month or so) but up until now hasn't really been an issue for me.
> 
> The symptom is, when connected to a domu via xm console, that a keypress 
> of any kind is required to display console output.
> 
> Ie. when connecting via xm console, the login prompt is not displayed 
> until I hit enter, then when I begin to type 'root', 'r' is only 
> displayed after I type 'o' etc. When I go to hit enter after typing 
> root, 'roo' is only displayed until the enter key is pressed.

I've seen this with various domUs (both NetBSD and linux), be they
i386, i386PAE or x86_64. This is since the upgrade to xentools3-3.1.2.
I hope it'll be fixed with 3.1.3, I should have the update ready by the end of
the week.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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