Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse segfault Plib
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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flightgear (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: flightgear
When the Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse is plugged in, fgfs (flightgear) and js_demo (joystick test programm) both stop with segmentation faults.
This is experienced on Ubuntu 8.04 and Flightgear 1.0.0, Plib 1.8.4
Workarounds:
#1 unplug your Sidewinder Mouse, fgfs and js_demo work without segfault
#2 In /dev/input there is a joystick entry for my Mouse (dev/input/js0 on my system - checked with cat dev/input/js0 - some mouse buttons are detected as joystick buttons). When the entry is deleted (root only) fgfs and js_demo work just fine without segfaulting and the mouse is still operating fine. (After you unplug and replug your mouse, the dev/input/ entry will be recreated.)
(Problem should be probably related to Plib)
Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?