Date:	Thu, 05 Oct 2000 23:18:55 +0200
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Subject:	Re: strange interrupt chaining problem with keyboard interrupt
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> From: "Peter Remmers" <Peter DOT Remmers AT t-online DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:35:34 +0200
> >
> > Are you sure the program indeed locks up?
> 
> Yes, I'm sure. The counters on the screen don't count up
> anymore, which means the interrupt handler doesn't get called
> anymore. Also, the keytest function doesn't print any codes,
> and Ctrl-Break, which normally brings me back to rhide, doesn't
> work either.
> 
> > What happens if you press another key after one of the above keys?
> 
> Nothing. I don't even get an interrupt for the break-code of the
> shift key. The make-code is the last thing that happens.

How about locking everything that the interrupt handler touches?  Did
you do that?  The code you posted doesn't show.

> If I process every key in my ISR myself, and stuff the raw scancodes
> into the BIOS keyboard buffer, my keytest() really gets the raw
> codes, and ALL keys, including shift and num-lock etc. DO work.

Did you try to disable the keyboard hooking in the DJGPP startup code?
If so, did it change anything?

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