Subject: Re: Scrolling Mice crash XdecNetBSD
To: Michiel Buddingh' <ajuin@stack.nl>
From: Einar Karttunen <ekarttun@cs.helsinki.fi>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/10/2005 22:37:24
On 10.03 12:44, Michiel Buddingh' wrote:
> I've recently acquired an AlphaServer 300 4/266 equipped with a nice
> ZLXP-E3, and I must say, NetBSD works like a charm on it.  However,
> and I suppose I have only myself to blame for mixing 'old' and 'new'
> hardware like this, scrolling the mouse invariably crashes XdecNetBSD
> (and XalphaNetBSD too, for that matter).  

I am able to produce the same with a bare 2.0 install on an
Alphastation 255 with PBXGB-AA graphics card.

> So, has anyone else encountered this problem?  Is there perhaps a way
> to configure XdecNetBSD not to crash?  Will XFree86 solve all my
> problems?  Or should I just go look for a PS/2 mouse without a
> scrollwheel?

I don't have a solution, but didn't have time to investigate the problem.
Please tell if you find a solution.

- Einar Karttunen