Subject: Re: X problems
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Anders Franzen <uabfra@uab.ericsson.se>
List: current-users
Date: 03/15/2001 14:58:03
Jukka Marin wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 05:54:03AM -0500, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > First of all I am using a Rage 128 AGP card.  XFree86 uses the SVGA
> > driver.  Every once in a while, especially when fast scrolling, the
> > text meant for an xterm will be displayed at some random spot on the
> > screen.  I changed cards when I upgraded so it is hard to tell for
> > sure if it is the card or the software.
>
> Sounds familiar.. I think I've seen similar problems with my Rage card.
> I'm back to using a Matrox now and the problems are gone.  I thought it
> was a software problem - maybe it's a bug in the Rage driver in XFree?

I had the same problem with Xfree 3.3.6 I think,
I could get it to dissapear by disableing the
hw_accel, but that makes X pretty useless.

Instead I upgraded to XFree86 4.0.1 and now it works.

>
>
> > Another problem is that the mouse will not use the middle button.  I
> > have this same mouse at work with a current NetBSD and it works fine.
> > The relevant lines from my XF86Config file are;
> >
> > Section "Pointer"
> >     Protocol    "wsmouse"
> >     Device      "/dev/wsmouse0"
> >
> > Any other options I tried cause it to fail with a configuration error.
> >
> > The mouse is a wheel mouse.  I tried enabling options Buttons 5 and
> > ZAxismapping 4 5 but that also caused a configuration error.
>
> Protocol    "wsmouse"
> Device      "/dev/wsmouse0"
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
>
> is all I have and it Just Works with a cheap Trekker wheel mouse.  The
> wheel works as well.
>
>   -jm