>Number:         3074
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       floppy disk access causes serial problems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 31 08:20:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthias Scheler
>Organization:
Matthias Scheler				http://colwyn.owl.de/~tron/
>Release:        961227
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lyssa 1.2B NetBSD 1.2B (LYSSA) #2: Tue Dec 31 16:39:46 MET 1996 tron@lyssa:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LYSSA i386


>Description:
When I first tried the new "fdformat" command I noticed that my serial
Logitech mouse was going wild while it was running. The mouse pointer
started jumping and fake button presses occured. I can verify this
problem with "fdformat", "dd" and the MSDOS filesystem. I also tried to
downgrade from X-Free86 3.2 to 3.1.2 but it didn't help. The only
explanation for this phenomenon I have is that the floppy driver somehow
causes problem with the serial driver.

>How-To-Repeat:
Start X-Free86 3.1.2 or 3.2, start "fdformat" in a XTerm window and move
the mouse arround while it's running.

>Fix:
Sorry, no idea.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: