From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 13 14:29: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E9114F39 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04940; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:28:57 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA01043; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:28:56 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:28:56 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Marty Poulin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 - mouse movement randomly freezes computer Message-ID: <20000114112856.C316@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from mpoulin@honk.org on Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 05:16:20PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? -- Jonathan Chen | "In prosperity our friends know us; | in adversity we know our friends." | - John Churton Collins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message