KDB Hang on 2.4 Kernel

[slurn at verisign.com]

> 
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:39:58 +0530, 
> "Sachin P Sant" <ssant at in.ibm.com> wrote:
> >Hi , i am having a problem with KDB 2.4.18 Kernel. Whenever i come out of
> >kdb using GO command , the machine apperently hangs. I can get back the
> >control by restarting the gpm via telnet session. I see this is a
> >limitation with KDB on 2.4.18 kernel.
> 
> Insufficient details.  What do you mean by "the machine hangs"?  If you
> can connect via telnet then the machine is not hung.  And what does gpm
> have to do with kdb?
> 

This sounds like an old problem we had with some interaction between 
the mouse manager and the console that would cause the console to 
_appear_ to be hung.   Telneting in and restarting gpm would generally
unfreeze the console.   I never spent the time to find the root cause.

scott