Re: Getting started with modular xorg

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:47:02PM -0400, Blair Sadewitz wrote:
> Unfortunately, the perennial "mouse pointer sticks to left side of the
> screen" bug is still--at least functionally speaking--there!  Of
> course, with 1.3.99.0, "ye olde valuators patch" no longer applies, as
> the code has been rehauled for the new Xinput API.  I have no idea if
> this is NetBSD-specific or not, and have no other OS to serve as a
> control.

It is a kernel bug present at least in various NetBSD and DragonFly
releases. Yes, it most likely needs to be patched back in, but ideally
the source would finally stop doing floating point in signal handlers.

> The Xorg developers almost completely removed all NetBSD support from
> bsd_mouse.c.  I'll have to get that put back.

No big surprise given the amount of NetBSD developers that also work for
Xorg...

Joerg