🚀 go-pugleaf

  it's happened about five times this year; the server just goes away.

  i've got a sun-2 running os 3.2 and am running the 12/24 V10R4
  server. 

  unfortunately there are hardly any symptoms.  there is nothing
  in /usr/adm/messages that may indicate processes dying due to
  swapping problems or the like. 

  the problem which i am about to describe usually happens when i move
  the mouse (perhaps after closing an xterm window).

  the console window begins to disappear, but does not completely go
  away.  instead, the "console" (not to be confused with console
  window) prompt appears in the middle of the screen.  in addition,
  the keymap is all messed up.

  has anyone observed this behavior?  any fixes?  any way to reset the
  keyboard keymap short of rebooting (which i have to do now)?

  i'm hoping that V11 will be robust enough to catch anything that
  might make the server go away, and reset the tty and keyboard to
  some sane settings before aborting.  i also suggest that the server
  clear the screen upon exiting, rather than plopping the console
  prompt in the middle of the graphics.

						--bw