Re: Release-critical Bugreport for June 23, 2000
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Petr Cech wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 05:15:04AM -0500 , BugScan reporter wrote:
> > Bug stamp-out list for Jun 23 05:12 (CST)
[...]
> > Package: gpm (debian/main)
> > Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@whitestar.soark.net>
> > [HELP] Fix needed. (RB)
> > 65962 gpm: mouse-test locks up keyboard completely
> > 65967 gpm: doesn't stop when switching to X
>
> fsck this one. critical??? use /dev/gpmdata with repeater
I have tried /dev/gpmdata, but found it wasn't an option, because
1) it doesn't seem to pass the mouses data correctly,
a) moving the mouse in a circular fashion produces a series of
displaced semi-circles, as if the driver were extrapolating my
movements; the regular X driver gives nice round circles as it should be.
(although gpm on console works just fine...)
b) if I press the middle mouse button, it gets released automatically
when I move the mouse, which is terrible with menus in the root window.
2) gpm/X worked correctly in slink and before, so anyone upgrading is
going to get big trouble
3) nowhere in the X installation is mentioned that gpmdata _must_ be used
when gpm is installed, which means that lots of people won't understand
why their mouse isn't working on a new potato install.
I suspect both bugs have to do with the kernel, so I'm not sure where the fix
should go. And maybe some people can double-check these bugs to exclude any
hardware-specificness.
Regards,
Anne Bezemer
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