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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8578 comp.windows.x.i386unix:7104 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!admii!cmcl2!newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu!rick From: rick@cs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Problems with NetBSD-0.9/XFree86-2.0 Date: 6 Feb 1994 22:32:29 GMT Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 38 Message-ID: <2j3r5t$34t@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sbrick.cs.sunysb.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] I have just finished installation of NetBSD-0.9 and XFree86-2.0 on my Gateway 2000 DX-66V. Here is the basic configuration info: 486DX-66 processor 16 mByte ram Buslogic 445S VLB scsi controller Micropolis 2177 Logitech MouseMan (connected to com1) USR Sportster 14.4 internal (configured as com0) Orchid F1280 ISA graphics card I could rattle on with some very positive comments of this system relative to my Sun IPC at work, but there are some stability problems that reduce the overall utility of the system relative to the Sun :-( Here is a short list of the worst problems: 1. com0 occasionally hangs kermit/tip in a state that kill -9 will not remove them (process state SE+). 2. XFree-86 will sometimes botch the real state of the control key such that any key typed results in a control character, until the control kit is hit and released. In other words, the key behaves like caps lock, but for control chars. 3. Console session always hangs when exiting XFree86. I start the server using "startx", and after exiting XFree, the machine is still up and the keyboard responding, but startx never seems to exit such that I get a prompt back from csh. 4. XFree86 seems to ignore the middle button on the Logitech. I am using the Mouseman keyword with "/dev/tty01" @ 1200 baud in Xconfig. If anyone could should some light on how to resolve these problems, I would really appreciate it. Tnx -- Rick Spanbauer, State U of NY/Stony Brook