Subject: Re: 3100 Mouse, was Re: New 3100 install
To: Benson L Chow <bc3c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/04/1998 13:25:39
On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Benson L Chow wrote:

> I just got back and have a little time with my 3100 again (yay!) and for
> starters, tried out 1.3beta.  However, I'm also having trouble with the
> mouse not working -- Xcfbpmax would start up fine (after finally reading
> the README.pmax and forgetting about the X11R5 inability to handle
> compressed fonts :-) but the mouse cursor would not move.  I basically
> tried the kernel netbsd.aout under a 1.2D install (booted the 1.3b
> rather than the 1.2D kernel image) as well as a fresh 1.3beta install. 
> In both cases, the mouse cursor would not move in X11.  The "annoying"
> (quote from previous posts...ugh) cursor problem fix seems to be the
> source of the brokenness of the 1.3b kernel.  Anyone else find this to
> be the case?

I've run into the same thing on a 3100 here at work. I'd love to see it
fixed!

Take care,

Bill