From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 29 14:33:18 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 BD2EB37B400 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:33:15 -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 61DD743E6E for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:33:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spadger@best.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by CRWdog.demon.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED58A29; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:33:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Kevin Oberman" Cc: Barney Wolff , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cursor (trackpoint) "creep" with moused? In-Reply-To: Message from "Kevin Oberman" of "Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:24:22 PDT." <20020829212422.CDAB35D06@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1909954767P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:33:07 -0400 From: Andy Sparrow Message-Id: <20020829213307.ED58A29@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_-1909954767P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > TrackPoint creep is inherent in the design and operation of the > TrackPoint(tm). The hardware should detect the slight bias in the > system and re-balance the system if the TrackPoint is left alone for a > few seconds. It detects a continuous offset in the signal from the > pointer and compensates for it. This is probably done in BIOS. > > This is documented in the manuals for IBM systems using TrackPoint. I > don't know if Toshiba has a similar stuff in their manual, but I'm > pretty sure that the operation is the same. > > Bottom line: If you see the pointer "creeping", just leave it alone > for about 5 seconds and it should stop. Huh, very cool, thanks for the info. FWIW, it often seems to take longer than 5 seconds (maybe it just seems longer). I'll have to try that next time. Least I know it's not the hardware (well, not just /my/ hardware, anyway ;-) - I was starting to wonder... Thanks all, AS --==_Exmh_-1909954767P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE9bpMTPHh895bDXeQRAjXZAKCbwcTQDe21qJAEKmSBezs/xGNXgQCfcaHu bVQQ2a4seDbCBnKFAJNyV5w= =v404 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1909954767P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message