From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 20 19:23:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14863 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 19:23:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (root@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14850 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 19:23:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA12426; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:23:29 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:23:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Greg Lehey cc: Duncan Barclay , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS/2 Mouse resolution. In-Reply-To: <19980618183046.40637@papillon.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: [...snip...] > >> Interesting. The "updates in bursts" looks like an interrupt problem. > >> I've had similar problems, but I hadn't associated them with the > >> change from serial to PS/2. I'm currently using a MouseMan on a > >> serial port on my laptop, and it works fine, but I've been having real > >> problems on my "real" machine with a PS/2 port. I thought it was the > >> screen resolution (1600x1200) which was causing the problems, but now > >> I'll investigate more carefully. > > > > If it were an interrupt problem, wouldn't the cursor itself move jumpily > > and not just the inverse selection? > > Yes. That's what comes of not reading the message carefully. Of > course, it could still be a conflict with disk access. Hmm, nothing I ever would have thought of.. :-) I've noticed it with absolutely no disk access occurring, and it doesn't update in random bursts. > > It moves even more fluidly than with my serial mouse (of course, it > > was a cheap low-res mouse). > > My impression is that the same mouse (convertible) is smoother on a > serial connection than on the PS/2 connector. As I said, I'll try > this out when I get home. I'll have to try this out myself with the trackball instead of my old mouse. > Greg > -- > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message