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    Fix mouse cursor jumping to top left corner of screen on OpenSolaris

    Update 2009-11-07: This issue is fixed in OpenSolaris build snv_126.

    OpenSolaris dev repository update snv_116 introduced an XOrg bug that caused the mouse cursor to jump to the top left corner of the screen very frequently. Apparently, there is some floating point math issue is involved using MMX/SSE2 instructions. I was living with the workaround posted [...]

    Random links for week 36

    My (ex-)manager David Carlton has decided to leave us to join Playdom. I learned a lot in the past two years working with him. We are going to miss him a lot! Playdom is fortunate to have such a talented individual on board. I am sure he will be bringing a multitude of perspectives into [...]

    Per-user Mercurial Installation

    Recently, I had to install Mercurial on one of our Solaris 10 development machines without root access. The installation procedure was a little bit tricky. So, I thought it would be helpful to share the experience.

    First, I downloaded Mercurial source and extracted it. This is a standard procedure for installing any package from source.

    $ [...]