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kernel/1431: CTRL-ALT-DEL drops kernel to ddb.
>Number: 1431
>Category: kernel
>Synopsis: Using CTRL-ALT-DEL in console drops kernel to ddb.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 3 12:00:02 MDT 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Morten Liebach
>Organization:
>Release: OpenBSD 2.8-current 2000.09.29 snapshot.
>Environment:
System : OpenBSD 2.8
Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
Machine : i586, AMD K2-6, 64MB RAM.
>Description:
Uncommenting the line:
#machdep.kbdreset=1
in /etc/sysctl.conf, reboot, and then test whether CTRL-ALT-DEL
works makes the kernel crash with the message:
uvm_fault(0xe5ae4d48, 0xdead0000, 0, 1) -> 5
kernel: page fault trap, code=0
Stopped at _psignal+0x35: testb $0x8,0x2d(%ebx)
ddb> _
and then the the cursor just blinks away ...
It doesn't matter whether someone is logged in to the tty or not.
>How-To-Repeat:
uncomment the last line in /etc/sysctl.conf so it says:
machdep.kbdreset=1
and reboot. In the console do a CTRL-ALT-DEL.
>Fix:
Put a # in front of `machdep.kbdreset=1' in /etc/sysctl.conf again.
Then reboot.
OR
Don't push CTRL-ALT-DEL in the console.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: