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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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