Hi there,

I recently discovered bug in ports that
has kept me from using OpenBSD since
its v2.x series.

The problem is that my PS/2 mouse becomes erratic
if I install Windowmaker or Openbox. When moved
the mouse jumps all over the screen opening dialogs
at will.

I used to think this was a driver related bug but
now that I by change tried the default Fvwm manager
I started thinking otherwise.

I have been triple booting to NetBSD 1.6.x/2.0.x
and Gentoo/Slackware linux with the same
hardware and windowmanagers but not had any problems
with them. The serial mouse in OpenBSD works ok
but I don't like having two mouses on my desk.

How to repeat the problem with OpenBSD 3.7:

Use generic kernel, configure X and start X =>
the mouse behaves normally. Now exit X and
install windowmaker/openbox and start X => the mouse
is erratic.

To recover:

use pkg_delete to remove windowmaker/openbox and
all their dependant packages. Start X to Fvwm =>
mouse is still erratic. Reboot and start X =>
mouse works OK.

I have had this problem with three differend motherboards
and three different graphics cards and as said before
with all v3.x OpenBSDs. It occurs with Pentium and
my current AMD64 systems.

Any ideas?

-pekka-

Pekka Niiranen a écrit :
> I have had this problem with three differend motherboards
> and three different graphics cards and as said before
> with all v3.x OpenBSDs. It occurs with Pentium and
> my current AMD64 systems.
>
> Any ideas?

Do you use the wsmouse driver in your xorg.conf ?

Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> Pekka Niiranen a écrit :
>
>> I have had this problem with three differend motherboards
>> and three different graphics cards and as said before
>> with all v3.x OpenBSDs. It occurs with Pentium and
>> my current AMD64 systems.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>
> Do you use the wsmouse driver in your xorg.conf ?

Yes I do. I think the problem is related to
my Belkin KVM switch. There are dozens of similar
bug reports on net. However, why I experience
problems with OpenBSD and certain windowmanagers
remains a mystery.

-pekka-

pekka niiranen a écrit :
> Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> Yes I do. I think the problem is related to
> my Belkin KVM switch. There are dozens of similar
> bug reports on net. However, why I experience
> problems with OpenBSD and certain windowmanagers
> remains a mystery.

Well, I can tell you _this_ is your problem. I also have a Belkin KVM
switch and experience the same problem under OpenBSD (and Linux).
To my knowledge, there're no fix for that.

Thanks,

I bought "Linksys Integrated KVM 2-port switch"
(about 35 EUR) and problems disappeared.

When I was using Belkin KVM the scroll wheel stopped working
when switching from W2K to OpenBSD/Linux and back.
Is was fixed too by Linksys.

-pekka-

Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> pekka niiranen a écrit :
>
>> Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
>> Yes I do. I think the problem is related to
>> my Belkin KVM switch. There are dozens of similar
>> bug reports on net. However, why I experience
>> problems with OpenBSD and certain windowmanagers
>> remains a mystery.
>
>
> Well, I can tell you _this_ is your problem. I also have a Belkin KVM
> switch and experience the same problem under OpenBSD (and Linux).
> To my knowledge, there're no fix for that.