From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 29 13:52:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEF437B400 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:52:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CRWdog.demon.co.uk (ppp-67-116-46-57.dialup.sntc01.pacbell.net [67.116.46.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 587B943E42 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:52:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spadger@best.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by CRWdog.demon.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92826A9 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:52:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Cursor (trackpoint) "creep" with moused? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1812050734P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:52:42 -0400 From: Andy Sparrow Message-Id: <20020829205242.92826A9@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --==_Exmh_1812050734P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Most of the time, my trackpoint works great with moused, under X (normal) or in a VT. Sometimes, it'll start to "creep" in some direction or other. I've been seeing this for ever (e.g. since 4.0-STABLE), on more than one HP laptop. This "creeping" often starts relatively slowly and gets worse, sometimes it's very extreme, zooming around like crazy.. It always "creeps" in the same direction when it starts (until corrected), but it could "creep" in almost any direction. Sometimes, it'll just spontaneously correct itself... I recently discovered that it can be rectified by switching to a VT (where it'll continue to creep for up to maybe 30-45 seconds, then it'll fix itself), and then it'll be fine under X after switching back, so it look like something related to the VT-switching "heals" it :-) I run moused, and the X (4.2) config uses Protocol Auto and /dev/sysmouse. The other day, I noticed cursor creep whilst playing mp3's (via 'xmms'), and the audio (Maestro3) "stuttered" really badly as soon as the creep started, effectively playing at maybe 25% of normal speed. As soon as the cursor stopped "creeping" (due to the VT switch), audio playback went back to normal. I've only seen this once, and I've certainly been playing mp3's before when it's been creeping... I'm just curious as to why this might be - the trackpoint "creep", that is - does anyone have any ideas? :-) Regards, AS --==_Exmh_1812050734P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE9bomaPHh895bDXeQRAnOQAKCJyaRvV4Ablr2hpXQ3stuKyw5X3QCfcfmk F/jtE8v9bQ2SC6SESeWSpzs= =d9Gq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1812050734P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message