Re: 2.1.9 still don't like gpm
Philippe Strauss (philou@sicel-home-1-4.urbanet.ch)
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 18:35:16 +0100 (MET)
Herbert Xu wrote:
>
>
> Andrew C. Esh wrote:
> >
> > I've noticed people talking about problems with SLIP, PPP, and even
> > the X mouse on 2.1.8. I had problems with gpm in 2.1.9 and 2.1.9. I
> > killed gpm, and started X. The mouse is herky-jerky there too, in both
> > kernel versions.
> >
> > Guys: Is there a general serial problem in 2.1.8 and 2.1.9?
>
> I'm using 2.1.8 and haven't seen any serial problems
> at all, except that setserial doesn't autoprobe the
> irq's properly. I had to set the irq's manually but
> other than that, it's been fine.
>
Exactly the same for me. The wild interrupt
detect doesn't work,it report irq 0 for both port,
hence the jerky mouse behaviour. My UART is a 16550A,
and is detected correctly. Was ok with 2.1.7,
start giving trouble with 2.1.8.
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Philippe Strauss, CH-1092 Belmont
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