Messages in this thread | | | From | Vlad Berditchevskiy <> | Subject | Bugs in 2.6.0-test1 and 2.6.0-test1-mm2 | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:07:13 +0200 |
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Hi,
I did a quick test of the mentioned kernels (BTW, the -mm2 version was very responsive on my desktop!) and found two very annoying bugs (apart from the "cannot mount root fs" bug already mentioned on this mailing list).
1. My PS/2 Logitech Mouseman Wheel mouse doesn't work preperly any more. When I run xev and press different mouse buttons, I get the following events:
left button - button 1 right button - button 3 both middle button and thumb button - button 2 (should be different) wheel - no events at all. :-(
I did not change everything in the XFree86 configuration and it works properly widh 2.4.* kernels (i.e. there are 6 different events). The kernel is compiled with
,---- | CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y | CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y | CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL=m `----
2. The second bug is a very strange one. I use sawfish as a WM and have some shortcuts to launch frequently used apps. For example, when I press Ctrl-Alt-Space, gnome-terminal is launched.
Now, when CPU load is high, those shortcuts do not work reliably. The first time I press Ctrl-Alt-Space nothing happens. However it I press those keys again, 3 (three!) terminals show up! An so on, so I always get this sequens: 0 - 3 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 3... That is, if I press Ctrl-Alt-Space 3 times, I get 9 terminals! And no, it's not a joke! ;-) It looks so: the first terminal appears without a frame, then it freezes for about 2 seconds, then the frame is drawn around the terminal, and then 2 other terminals show up almost immediately (with frames).
This bug can only be reproduced during high CPU load with both official and -mm2 kernels. I have a dual Athlon box, but it's enough to utilize one CPU to encounter this behavior. Note, that it only happens whan I use these shortcuts; if I launch gnome-terminal with the mouse from the gnome panel or type gnome-terminal in a shell, such things do not happen.
I don't know, maybe this is just another sawfish bug, but it always worked with 2.4 kernels. Are there other similar WM-independent app launchers so I can compare?
P.S. While I was writing this text (and compiling the kernel with make -j2), my system froze for abount 10-15 minutes, so I could not do anything. :-(
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