More ULE bugs fixed.

Eirik Oeverby ltning at anduin.net
Tue Nov 4 15:21:48 PST 2003


Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2003/11/04 09:29), Eirik Oeverby wrote:
> 
> 
>>The problem is two parts: The mouse tends to 'lock up' for brief moments
>>when the system is under load, in particular during heavy UI operations
>>or when doing compile jobs and such.
>>The second part of the problem is related, and is manifested by the
>>mouse actually making movements I never asked it to make.
> 
> 
> Wow, I just assumed it was a local problem.  I'm also seeing unrequested
> mouse movement, as if the signals from movements are repeated or
> amplified.
> 
> The thing is, I'm using 4BSD, not ULE, so I wouldn't trouble Jeff to
> look for a cause for that specific problem in ULE.

That is indeed interesting. When I return to 4BSD, everything works very
nicely. Perhaps this is some interrupt issue or something? I'll
recompile tonight and try with a new kernel (new interrupt stuff for
i386 has been checked in recently) and report back.

Sorry about the (possibly) false alarm!

/Eirik


> 
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.
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