On Sat, 04 Nov 2000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Option 2 - gpm interference turned out to be the problem.
> >
> > I would be interested to know when this "problem" started, i.e which
> > distros are affected.
> >
> > <= RH6.0 wasnt affected, Suse6.0 wasn't, Suse6.4 is, Caldera 1.3 wasn't.
> >
> > To me, this is a major problem and a fatal flaw in linux/X if it is
> > widespread.
Hi All.
I have used SuSE 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and now 7.0 and RedHat 6.0, 6.2 on
the same h/w and have had no problem with the mouse under X. - A PS2
Mouse that is.
I did have problems with the serial mouse on RedHat 6.0 and
6.2 and I think the problem is the mix of apps that may address the serial
port mouse. If I put the serial mouse on my 16 serial Comtrol Rocket port (a
memory mapped device) the issue didn't arise. Make of this what you will, but
I think its still a overabundance of interrupts on the serial mouse that
stuffs the bottom half ISR. There was a early issue with GPM and KDE
coexisting but that is old (~ 1.5yrs).
Cheers, Grahame.
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