From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 12:56:46 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 0840037B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:56:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2573643F93 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:56:44 -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 (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003073019563801400cmj3qe>; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:56:38 +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 h6UJuUM1029044; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:56:30 -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 h6UJuUPe029041; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:56:30 -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> <448yqfoma6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3F281FFA.4060900@hirshfields.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 30 Jul 2003 15:56:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <3F281FFA.4060900@hirshfields.com> Message-ID: <44n0evn5zl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 35 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 19:56:46 -0000 C Peter Biessener writes: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > 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? > > No, we're pretty much using 5.1 out-of-the-box... I've loosened up > the network security some for telnet, ftp, etc... My process list and > uname follow: I didn't notice anything particularly interesting there. Of course, I don't really know 5.x yet: I've had to stick pretty much with the production branch so far. The only suggestion I've got is to try using sysmouse: it *might* just solve the problem for you, and it would definitely be interesting to know how the mouse behaves under sysmouse on the console. Good luck.