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Date:      Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:51:08 -0500
From:      Tim Singletary <tsingle@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   problems with 2.2-alpha
Message-ID:  <199611212351.SAA08669@sunbaked.gsfc743>

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Just another data point: FreeBSD 2.2-Alpha and XFree86-32 on a P-166
with an adaptec 2940 controller, SCSI disk, 3C900 ethernet, a Matrox
Millenium, and a two-button PS/2 mouse.  Pretty much a vanilla kernel
and XF86Config.

Mostly things are working great!

However, every now and then X gets weird.  The odd stuff seems to
start when I'm doing things that involve a lot of `clicking the
mouse'.  Once the weird stuff starts, <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Bkspc> is the only
way out.  Some of the things that have happened include:

     * the pointer jumps toward the upper right corner.

     * windows act as if they got a button events.

     * the keyboard stops working.  Or rather, it generates seemingly
       random characters.

     * the pointer starts moving in `slow motion'.

Sorry I can't characterize things better; I'm still looking for the
pattern to the behavior.

I'm not sure what to blame.  Am I seeing a bug in FreeBSD?  XFree86??
Is the video card the culprit???

Any thoughts or pointers to where I should look to find better clues?

tim



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