Ctrl + Alt + F1 always locks up 5.3-STABLE machine ( Was Re:5.3-RELEASE crashes during make buildworld (and other problems))

[Rick Updegrove]

Rick Updegrove wrote:

When I finally got 5.3-STABLE built after several mysterious failed
attempts the machine basically runs fine until...

I try to "Ctrl + Alt + F1" (or any of the F keys) that will now
consistently locks up the machine.

If I am quick enough with "Ctrl + Alt + Backspace" or
"Ctrl + Alt + Del" (or ssh from another machine) I can at least get it 
to reboot without a fsck on startup.  Unfortunately, if I am too slow it 
hangs indefinitely.  I have had to just power it off several times now 
and of course it then complains about / not being unmounted properly 
etc. etc.

Yes, this probably contributes to some of my problems earlier but when I 
was running make buildworld from single user mode it still crashed and 
despite all the help I have gotten here I still have not managed to 
capture a crash dump.

So, I am running 5.3-STABLE (from yesterday) and all my ports/packages 
are up to date and if I forget I cant switch to a terminal while I 
experiment with fluxbox or KDE I will always lock up the machine.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rick


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