From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 12:19:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6022837B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:19:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E5D443FBF for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:19:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2003073019191601100obim5e>; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:19:16 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6UJJEM1028477; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:19:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h6UJJDaK028474; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:19:13 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: C Peter Biessener References: <3F26D3ED.9090400@hirshfields.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 30 Jul 2003 15:19:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <3F26D3ED.9090400@hirshfields.com> Message-ID: <448yqfoma6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1 mouse problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:19:18 -0000 C Peter Biessener writes: > We have a test machine setup with FreeBSD v5.1. We're using the > default XFree for 5.1. The machine is a PentiumPro 200 with 160MB RAM > and a S3 VirgeGX video card. > > X-Windows displays beautifully, but the mouse is extremely > sluggish. We've tried the Microsoft mouse that came with the computer, > and we've tried a Logitech mouse, the same as we use on all of our > other FreeBSD machines. Both PS/2 mice behave the same (on screen). > The on-screen behavior of the mouse pointer makes it seem like the > pointer is not updating but every second or two - because other > on-screen focus changes happen before the mouse pointer moves to where > the focus change happens. > > Does anyone have any suggestions about how to resolve this mouse > pointer issue? Are you using the sysmouse daemon?