From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 23:10:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E851065677 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 934B28FC0C for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2ENAZo6070648; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:10:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p2ENAZJZ070645; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:10:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:10:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Adam Vande More In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-902635197-1518840562-1300144235=:70642" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:10:35 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused flickering X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:10:38 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1518840562-1300144235=:70642 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Warren Block wrote: > With moused enabled or started by a USB mouse, moving the mouse pointer on a console screen causes other characters on the screen to flicker. > > It's not very visible on a mostly-black screen, but run lptest to get some text and mouse the mouse around. > > This seems new.  It's possible it's a memory problem with the video board, but it seems unlikely because there aren't any other noticeable problems.  This machine is running > i386 8-stable. > > > I see it here, but it's not so much a flicker at least as I would describe it.  If you hover your mouse over a character it appears to add at least 1 px width to the character, and only > on certain characters, "m" or "M" for example. On mine, it's characters that are near but not under the mouse pointer that flicker off and on quickly. Move the mouse in a circle and random characters all over the screen blink quickly off and then on. ---902635197-1518840562-1300144235=:70642--