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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-12.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-22.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: psm mouse and 2.1.5 Date: 9 Oct 1996 16:52:56 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 27 Message-ID: <53gl98$aq5@helena.MT.net> References: <53cop3$aao@newshost.lanl.gov> <53cr6a$5hj@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.mt.sri.com [ 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. Nate -- nate@sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.mt.sri.com | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana (all the crazies are now in jail 'cept us home #: (406) 443-7063 | natives). - Fly fishing fanatic!