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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!knews.uk0.vbc.net!newsfeed.easynet.co.uk!easynet-uk!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!conrads From: conrads@dolphin.neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: psm mouse and 2.1.5 Date: 9 Oct 1996 23:28:39 GMT Organization: What? Me, organize? Lines: 29 Message-ID: <53hcf7$gm7@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <53cop3$aao@newshost.lanl.gov> <53cr6a$5hj@uuneo.neosoft.com> <53gl98$aq5@helena.MT.net> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.242 In article <53gl98$aq5@helena.MT.net>, Nate Williams <nate@see.my.signature> wrote: >[ Emailed as well ] > >In article <53cr6a$5hj@uuneo.neosoft.com>, >Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote: >>>I vaguely remember reading that there is a problem with the ps2 >>>mouse under 2.1.5. Is that correct? >>> >> >>One thing I've noticed is that, after running an X session for a certain >>length of time, the mouse begins behaving strangely. Certain apps (mainly >>your basic "core" apps, such as xfm, xbmbrowser, xftp, etc., i.e., not >>the "fancier", Motif-like apps) exhibit strange behavior, where one can >>pull down a menu, but not select anything on the menu. > >This sounds like the infamous 'CAPS-LOCK' problem that plauged folks >earlier one. In any case, I've been doing (what little bit there is) all >of the patching to the current driver, and it's worked *flawless* for me >on all the systems I have available. Is this code available anywhere? Would love to get it. Thanks! -- Conrad Sabatier | conrads@neosoft.com | Eschew obfuscation. http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads |