From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 18:49:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334CD1065678 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:49:04 +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 E39928FC0A for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:49:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2HIn3EL020525; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o2HIn2FO020522; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Paul Schmehl In-Reply-To: <10E075E52DED228526F5ECAB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> Message-ID: References: <10E075E52DED228526F5ECAB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:03 -0600 (MDT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Irritating delay in mouse in kde4 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: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:49:04 -0000 On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I recently upgraded from FreeBSD 7.2 STABLE to 8.0 STABLE. I also upgraded > from KDE3 to KDE4 and rebuilt all my ports. Everything seems to work fine > except the mouse. There is an irritating delay that I can't seem to get rid > of. For example, if I mouse to the address line in Firefox and begin typing > in a url, nothing happens until I move the mouse. Then, suddenly, what I > typed will appear in the address bar. > > If I'm working in a shell, for example running portupgrade, nothing happens > until I move the mouse. Then suddenly portupgrade will start working. > > Has anyone seen this type of behavior? Have any idea what the cause might be > or where to look to troubleshoot the issue? Do you have an AllowEmptyInput line in xorg.conf? If so, remove it. If you need to disable HAL input device detection, use Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA