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From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA PS/2 drunk mouse syndrome?
Date: 16 Dec 1996 20:07:27 GMT
Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations
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Message-ID: <594a5v$ee9@helena.MT.net>
References: <nHrfb5s@quack.kfu.com>
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In article <nHrfb5s@quack.kfu.com>, Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> wrote:
>Both of the machines I have that have PS/2 mice and 2.2-ALPHA
>(one is a P-120, the other a P-Pro-200) have a problem. Every
>once in a while, the data stream will go out of sync and moving
>the mouse will result in it going totally bonkers for a second or
>two, usually ending up in a corner.

Known problem, fixed in -current and in the 2.2 release-tree sources. 
Grab the next 2.2 SNAP (Beta?) when Jordan releases it and things should
be better.

(Syscons and the PS/2 mouse driver get along better.)



Nate
  
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