Subject: Re: New kernels available
To: None <ender@is.rice.edu>
From: Ken and Masami Nakata <masami@fa2.so-net.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/23/1997 08:38:14
On Tue, 22 Apr 1997 12:56:28 -0500 (CDT),
Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu> wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Mark Andres wrote:
> > 
> > > Unfortunately, his part seems to have broken the ability to use my
> > > Microspeed 3-button mouse.  On bootup, the kernel recognizes the mouse,
> > > but the middle and right buttons do not work.  This happens when using
> > > GENERIC-29 (as well as Madhatter #39 and #40).  
> > 
> > What's the last known working kernel... GENERIC-27?  I could believe that
> > the hardware ADB driver is resetting your mouse to default behavior, but
> > please don't construe that as the only possible reason that it's not
> > working.  Can anyone else shed some light on this?  (I've only got Apple
> > single button mice here.)
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the HWDIRECT code resets the ADB bus, but I'm pretty
> sure that the MRG code did the same thing.  I don't remember John's code
> making any real changes to the mouse handling code, though.  As soon as I
> can get my 3 button mouse fixed, maybe I can take a look at this...

Just FYI, my Logitech TrackMan continues to work just fine with the
kernel current as of Apr 21 CDT.  (Yeah, that's the one having
trouble booting on 630, but it does boot on my SE/30... how weird..)

Ken