I ran Debian stable and xfree86 3.3.6 successfully for several weeks, but wished for KDE so am trying to upgrade to Debain testing.
I have a serious problem that I think is with xfree86 4.1.0. I boot into x-windows, KDE or gnome and can only use the mouse for about 1 minute before it stops. The mouse locks up as I move across window or applet boundaries. Some of the time I can hit the enter key or alt-tab and the mouse breaks free and works again for another minute. The mouse works correctly in shell consoles under gpm. The mouse is a serial genius netmouse that has worked well with xfree86 3.3.6 for two years. I tried XFree86 - configure but this gave me an x-windows session where the mouse did not work at all. I have hand configured the mouse with xf86config as /dev/ttyS0, ms protocal and emulating three buttons but this gives a mouse that only works for several motions across window/applet boundaries. This mouse setup worked well with xfree86 3.3.6. I have tried this now with two different video cards (graphics blaster exxtreme and diamond stealth 2000)but there was no difference - both video cards worked with x-windows but the mouse driver is very bad. My kernal is 2.2.19 from Debian stable - or did it change to 2.2.20 with the upgrade to testing? I am not sure. My processor is an AMD K6-450. Would an upgrade to kernal 2.4.16-k6 fix this bug? I have reloaded Debian stable and reupgraded to testing but still have a tired mouse. Has anyone seen this before - it seems to me to be a very serious bug in xfree86 4.1.0. Should I upgrade to xfree86 4.2.0 from xfree86.org? If I were to upgrade to Debian unstable would I get a different version of xfree86? Thanks, Dennis Krinke __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
