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M11-113-12 mouse

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (timkwan@MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 1 23:29:15 1993

From: timkwan@MIT.EDU
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 93 23:28:41 EST

Button 1 of M11-113-12's mouse is behaving strangely.  When holding button 1
down without releasing it, it sometimes generates

	ButtonPress [ButtonRelease ButtonPress ButtonRelease ... ] ButtonPress

events as verified by testing it using xev.  Thus, pressing button 1 on a
menu, for example, and holding it down on a menu item would select the item
even though I haven't released the button, because 'ghost' ButtonRelease
events are generated randomly.

-Tim

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