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From: klee@imagen.com (Kanghoon Lee)
Subject: Re: Problems with NetBSD-0.9/XFree86-2.0
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Date: 11 Feb 94 19:45:34 GMT
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rick@cs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer) writes:
>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.
4. Try Microsoft keyword instead, and comment out Emulate3Button.
Kang.
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