On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 13:52, David Stanaway wrote: > I just built the new debs for powerpc, and I was having some problem > with the behavior of my USB Mouse and keyboard for the duration of an X > Session and I am unable to repeat it. > > I am running xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1 from gdm with gnome-session and > sawfish-gnome 1.0.1.20020116. > > My hardware is a first generation G4 Powerbook (With a Rage128 M3), and > I am running: 2.4.19-pre8-ben0 with the r128 DRI module, and I am using > the r128 driver for my display. > > Here is the running problem that I was having: > > There are some regular but intermitant problems with registering mouse > clicks, and some key combinations yeild odd results. All revolving > around change of focus. > > EG: > In gnome, my task list sometime takes a couple of clicks before the the > active window changes. Alert dialogs from evolution especially seem to > have problems getting focus. > > Clicking the mouse in a gnome-terminal selects the whole line > some-times, the rest of the time, it selects a just a word. Also, using > a drag to select only selects to word boundaries. > > In evolution compose message dialog, Often, after click or using the > down arrow followed by pressing the shift key results in the input focus > changing from the message text to either the scroll bar or the subject > textbox. > > I am having alot of difficulty describing a 100% reliable case where > these glitches occur, but they occur very frequently. For instance > capitalizing the I at the beginning of this paragraph took about 10 > tries before I could stop the focus shifting to the subject line.
I've been seeing this on and off for quite some time, but of course I've been running a 4.2 server for a long time as well for its Radeon support. Can you try with a 4.1 server to see if it makes a difference? The problem being that it seems to occur non-deterministically, so one can never be sure it's actually not there... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
