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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
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Message-ID: <53gl98$aq5@helena.MT.net>
References: <53cop3$aao@newshost.lanl.gov> <53cr6a$5hj@uuneo.neosoft.com>
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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
 
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