From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200002141749.LAA26552@lists.linuxppc.org> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:45:53 -0500 (EST) From: Kevin_Hendricks Reply-To: Kevin_Hendricks Subject: Re: Bug in acceled Xpmac? To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, ningerso@d.umn.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hi, Yes, thjere was a serious mouse bug problem with usb mice fixed in Xpmac rev8 and later versions. It seems that the accelerated Xpmac was not properly setting an accurate time for the mouse button events. Please try upgrading to Xpmac rev9 and try again (see http://www.linuxppc.org/BlueG3/ for a link. If you still have a mouse problem with Xpmac rev9, please let me know. Thanks, Kevin >It looks like the accelerated Xpmac that was released in January may have >a bug in mouse handling. > >I was working on a small epplet for one button mouse users to make better >use of enlightenment. When using the version of Xpmac that shipped with >LinuxPPC 1999 Q1 it worked fine. But when using the recent accelerated >version, the mouse functionality wouldn't change. > >XGetPointerMapping returns the values that were set, but it doesn't seem >to be updating the way it handles the button. > >Has anyone else seen similar behavior or know of a fix? I attached the >source of my program for anyone interested in trying it out. > >------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- >| Nathan Ingersoll | Computer Science/Mathematics | >| mailto: ningerso@d.umn.edu | University of Minnesota-Duluth | >| http://umn.edu/~ningerso | http://www.d.umn.edu | >------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- > -- Kevin B. Hendricks Associate Professor of Operations and Information Technology Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A-3K7 CANADA khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca, (519) 661-3874, fax: 519-661-3959 ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/