Subject: 5000/260 Mouse woes
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Bob Lantz <rlantz@cs.stanford.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 12/02/1998 14:45:33
I have been looking at the mouse problems I've observed with the 10/25
snapshot on my DS5000/260. Basically, if you move the mouse around a lot, it
often freezes and stops getting mouse events, forever. In fact, the
mouse event code (mouseInput) is never being called again after the mouse
freezes up. This implies that the scc driver isn't receiving mouse
interrupts correctly. Note that the keyboard still works, and it goes
through the same path!! Anyway, I guess the next thing to do is to look at
the io asic driver, which is what actually talks to the scc (?) If
anyone has any additional suggestions, that would be helpful. Best regards,

Bob

p.s. This did not happen under ultrix, so I do not think it is a hardware
problem. Also, it doesn't look like there is a convenient way of resetting
things to a functional configuration without rebooting.