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From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] X broken with new patchkit ?
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In article <1993Jan28.175619.15857@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>In article <4374@wzv.win.tue.nl> guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) writes:
>>I installed the new patchkit a few days ago. I also had keycap-0.1.1 (codrv)
>>installed. This used to work fine, but now that I've installed the new
>>patchkit, the keyboard isn't functioning quite well anymore when using X.
>>Symptoms are that after pressing a key you have to wiat several seconds
>>for the key to become visible on your xterm UNLESS you move your mouse..
>>then the char immediately shows up. Anyone having the same behaviour?
>
>Obvious select() problem -- make sure the right device is selected in the
>com driver (0 instead of 1 or 1 instead of 2.  This was in the previous
>patch kit, and I don't think it was removed.

Unfortunately, there are some patches in the com driver that make those
patches obsolete.  Anyone willing to make those patches for the stock
com driver?

I'm sure it's trivial, but I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep/night
this week, and this evening is no exception.

Nate
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