Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:28:56 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 - mouse movement randomly freezes computer Message-ID: <20000114112856.C316@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000113164703.6417A-100000@spectre>; from mpoulin@honk.org on Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 05:16:20PM -0500 References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000113164703.6417A-100000@spectre>
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On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 05:16:20PM -0500, Marty Poulin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope someone can help me with this one...
>
> I am trying to get a reliable desktop system working, but I keep running
> into the same problem over and over when I am in X:
>
> My mouse cursor will disappear after a random amount of time - 1 minute,
> 10 minutes, 1 hour... the bottom line is that as soon as this happens,
> the machine is locked up SOLID. I can't switch to a virtual console, the
> machine no longer responds to pings, I can't telnet in.
Here's an off-the-wall question: have you got a getty enabled on the
port the mouse is running off?
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