i seem to be having some small problems with NetBSD.

setup is:

NetBSD-1.2.1 (can't wait for -1.3)
486dx33
EISA bus
32M RAM
256K L2 cache
BusLogic BT742AH (EISA)
using the virtual console driver

if i telnet into my sparcstation-5 and try to run elm it complains that pc3
is not a known terminal type and dies.  no big deal, so i set the termtype to
vt100 (should work with just about everything) and after using elm for awhile
it locks up the console on the NetBSD box.  i can telnet in from the sparc and
try killing off proccesses, but i cannot ever reclaim control of my console
on the NetBSD box.  when i kill the elm process on my sparc the console on
the NetBSD box shows Terminated and drops me back down to my prompt, but i
cannot use the console, it is still locked.  so it appears to me that the
keyboard is what i getting locked up. (joy)

is this a known issue? is there something i might have missed here??

also, while i have your attention *grin*  i get this message on my console
quite often

<date:time> rtfm /netbsd: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo

what is this and how do i make it go away??

thanks for all the help.  i will include my dmesg and kernel config info.

-brian

dmesg:

rebooting...
NetBSD 1.2.1 (RTFM) #1: Sun Jun 22 16:01:40 PDT 1997
    root@nikki.arkham.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RTFM
CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU)
real mem  = 33161216
avail mem = 29179904
using 430 buffers containing 1761280 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
isa0 at mainbus0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
bt0 at isa0 port 0x330-0x333 irq 11: model BT-742AH, firmware 3.31
bt0: async, no parity
scsibus0 at bt0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QUANTUM, LP240S GM240S01X, 6.4> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 234MB, 1818 cyl, 4 head, 65 sec, 512 bytes/sec
st0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <WANGTEK, 5150ES SCSI ES41, B170> SCSI1 1/sequential removable
st0: rogue, drive empty
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <IOMEGA, ZIP 100, D.09> SCSI2 0/direct removable
sd1: drive offline
ed0 at isa0 port 0x280-0x29f iomem 0xd0000-0xd3fff irq 10
ed0: address 00:00:c0:b0:c2:df, type SMC8216T (16-bit) aui
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
vt0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x6f irq 1: et4000, 80/132 col, color, 8 scr, mf2-kbd, [R3.32]
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: 1.2MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 15 sec
eisa0 at mainbus0
device BUS4281 at eisa0 slot 1 not configured
biomask 840 netmask c40 ttymask c52
changing root device to sd0a
arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't a!
llocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<7>arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo<3>stray interrupt 7
stray interrupt 7
stray interrupt 7
stray interrupt 7
stray interrupt 7; stopped logging
wonko@rtfm.arkham.net> 


config:

wonko@rtfm.arkham.net> pwd
/sys/arch/i386/conf
wonko@rtfm.arkham.net> cat RTFM
#       $NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.48.2.1 1996/08/25 17:22:16 thorpej Exp $
#
#       GENERIC -- everything that's currently supported
#
 
machine         i386            # architecture, used by config; REQUIRED
 
options         I486_CPU
 
options         "NMBCLUSTERS=1024"
options         COM_HAYESP
 
options         DUMMY_NOPS      # speed hack; recommended
options         XSERVER,UCONSOLE
options         INSECURE        # insecure; allow /dev/mem writing for X
options         MACHINE_NONCONTIG
 
maxusers        32              # estimated number of users
options         TIMEZONE=0      # time zone to adjust RTC time by
options         DST=0           # daylight savings time used by RTC
 
options         SWAPPAGER       # paging; REQUIRED
options         VNODEPAGER      # mmap() of files
options         DEVPAGER        # mmap() of devices
 
options         DDB             # in-kernel debugger
options         DIAGNOSTIC      # internal consistency checks
options         KTRACE          # system call tracing, a la ktrace(1)
 
options         SYSVMSG         # System V-like message queues
options         SYSVSEM         # System V-like semaphores
options         SYSVSHM         # System V-like memory sharing
 
options         COMPAT_NOMID    # compatibility with 386BSD, BSDI, NetBSD 0.8,
options         COMPAT_09       # NetBSD 0.9,
options         COMPAT_10       # NetBSD 1.0,
options         COMPAT_11       # NetBSD 1.1,
options         COMPAT_43       # and 4.3BSD
options         TCP_COMPAT_42   # TCP bug compatibility with 4.2BSD
 
options         COMPAT_SVR4     # binary compatibility with SVR4
options         COMPAT_IBCS2    # binary compatibility with SCO and ISC
options         COMPAT_LINUX    # binary compatibility with Linux
options         COMPAT_FREEBSD  # binary compatibility with FreeBSD
 
options         USER_LDT        # user-settable LDT; used by WINE
options         LKM             # loadable kernel modules
 
options         FFS             # UFS
options         QUOTA           # UFS quotas
options         LFS             # log-structured file system
options         MFS             # memory file system
 
options         NFSCLIENT       # Network File System client
options         NFSSERVER       # Network File System server
 
options         CD9660          # ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system
options         MSDOSFS         # MS-DOS file system
options         FDESC           # /dev/fd
options         FIFO            # FIFOs; RECOMMENDED
options         KERNFS          # /kern
options         NULLFS          # loopback file system
options         PORTAL          # portal filesystem (still experimental)
options         PROCFS          # /proc
options         UMAPFS          # NULLFS + uid and gid remapping
options         UNION           # union file system
 
options         GATEWAY         # packet forwarding
options         INET            # IP + ICMP + TCP + UDP
options         NS              # XNS
options         ISO,TPIP        # OSI
options         EON             # OSI tunneling over IP
options         CCITT,LLC,HDLC  # X.25
 
config          netbsd  swap generic
options         GENERIC
 
mainbus0 at root
 
isa0    at mainbus0
eisa0   at mainbus0
 
npx0    at isa? port 0xf0 irq 13        # math coprocessor
 
vt0     at isa? port 0x60 irq 1
 
com0    at isa? port 0x3f8 irq 4        # standard PC serial ports
com1    at isa? port 0x2f8 irq 3
 
lpt0    at isa? port 0x378 irq 7        # standard PC parallel ports
 
bt0     at isa? port 0x330 irq ? drq ?  # BusLogic [57]4X SCSI controllers
scsibus* at bt?
 
sd*     at scsibus? target ? lun ?      # SCSI disk drives
st*     at scsibus? target ? lun ?      # SCSI tape drives
cd*     at scsibus? target ? lun ?      # SCSI CD-ROM drives
ch*     at scsibus? target ? lun ?      # SCSI autochangers
 
fdc0    at isa? port 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2  # standard PC floppy controllers
fdc1    at isa? port 0x370 irq ? drq ?
fd*     at fdc? drive ?
 
##needed to set to IRQ 10, don't ask why
ed0     at isa? port 0x280 iomem 0xd0000 irq 10 # WD/SMC, 3C503, and NE[12]000
 
pseudo-device   loop    1               # network loopback
pseudo-device   bpfilter 8              # packet filter
pseudo-device   ppp     2               # PPP
 
pseudo-device   pty     64              # pseudo-terminals
pseudo-device   tb      1               # tablet line discipline
pseudo-device   vnd     4               # paging to files
pseudo-device   ccd     4               # concatenated disk devices
wonko@rtfm.arkham.net> 

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** Brian Hechinger ** wonko@mail.arkham.net ** http://www.arkham.net **
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