From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 29 03:03:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E1F916A4CE for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:03:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web40706.mail.yahoo.com (web40706.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D15943D41 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:03:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wisco_disco@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040829030344.93993.qmail@web40706.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.208.53.189] by web40706.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:03:44 PDT Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:03:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Poland To: Robert Watson In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PLEASE TEST] Better support for Synaptics Touchpads X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: doug@polands.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:03:45 -0000 > Robert Watson wrote: > > > > Would this have anything to do with the mouse on a Dell laptop > > moving all by itself? When I boot with ACPI enabled on 5.2.1-R > > or 5.3Beta the mouse will simply go wild, moving all over the > > screen at will. This happens at the console and in X (both > > XFree86 and XOrg). > > No, that's probably a problem with your Dell notebook. I've had > two Dells do it, and they do it under Windows as well. I was sure > it was a FreeBSD psm bug for months and months, and spent days > hacking on psm trying to figure out what was triggering it. Then > one day I was sitting in a meeting at our offices in Santa Clara, > and a whole room of people were typing on Dells, and about once a > minute someone would go "Damn mouse". Then it clicked :-). I > wouldn't rule out a recent FreeBSD change doing it, but given my > experiences I'd think it more likely to be a hardware issue. it > went away each time I replaced the motherboard, but came back a > few months later, suggesting wear-and-tear. > Well, that would explain much. This laptop (Dell C600) worked quite nicely when 5.2.1 was released. The mouse situation has slowly deteriorated in recent months. It's a shame if it's a hardware problem cause paying to have this laptop fixed is not an option. Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. -- Regards, Doug _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush