Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:14:34 -0800 From: chip.wiegand@simrad.com To: dan@slightlystrange.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mouse is jerky Message-ID: <OFE0DB686F.7FE7E5D4-ON88256B82.00741675-88256B82.0074B607@simrad.no>
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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 0074B60288256B82_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 03/20/2002 08:08:25 AM: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 07:58:51AM -0800, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > > I have two boxes on my desk, one is fbsd 4.5 and the other NT, and a kvm > > switch between > > them. When I switch to fbsd the mouse is jerky and difficult to point to > > small specific areas, > > I can't do image work at all because of this. In NT it is smooth. > > Any ideas why and how I can fix this? > > > > -- > > Chip Wiegand > > Computer Services > > Simrad, Inc > > www.simrad.com > > chip.wiegand@simrad.com > > > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." > > --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment > > Corporation, 1977 > > (They why do I have 7? Somebody help me!) > > From memory, there are two mouse drivers for FreeBSD - one for the console, > and the other used by X. If you have both running concurrently, you may > see this sort of behaviour - if you plug your I/O stuff direct into the BSD > box, do you still get the same symptoms? If so, try killing the console > mouse driver (called moused, I think...) > > HTH > > Dan Well, I grep'd ps and there is only 1 entry for the mouse - moused -3 -p /dev I then killed that process and of course lost the mouse cursor. You know how hard it is to navigate kde without a mouse? Ridiculous, it is. Anyway, I did plug the mouse directory into the computer and it is still quite jerky. Doesn't matter which wm I use. -- Chip W --=_alternative 0074B60288256B82_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 03/20/2002 08:08:25 AM:<br> <br> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 07:58:51AM -0800, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote:<br> > > I have two boxes on my desk, one is fbsd 4.5 and the other NT, and a kvm<br> > > switch between<br> > > them. When I switch to fbsd the mouse is jerky and difficult to point to<br> > > small specific areas,<br> > > I can't do image work at all because of this. In NT it is smooth.<br> > > Any ideas why and how I can fix this?<br> > ><br> > > --<br> > > Chip Wiegand<br> > > Computer Services<br> > > Simrad, Inc<br> > > www.simrad.com<br> > > chip.wiegand@simrad.com<br> > ><br> > > "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."<br> > > --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment<br> > > Corporation, 1977<br> > > (They why do I have 7? Somebody help me!)<br> > </font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">> From memory, there are two mouse drivers for FreeBSD - one for the console,<br> > and the other used by X. If you have both running concurrently, you may<br> > see this sort of behaviour - if you plug your I/O stuff direct into the BSD<br> > box, do you still get the same symptoms? If so, try killing the console<br> > mouse driver (called moused, I think...)<br> > </font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">> HTH<br> > </font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">> Dan<br> </font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Well, I grep'd ps and there is only 1 entry for the mouse - moused -3 -p /dev</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">I then killed that process and of course lost the mouse cursor. You know how</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">hard it is to navigate kde without a mouse? Ridiculous, it is.</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Anyway, I did plug the mouse directory into the computer and it is still quite</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">jerky. Doesn't matter which wm I use.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Chip W</font> --=_alternative 0074B60288256B82_=-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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