From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Oct 6 6:12:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B50337B66C for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 06:12:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 13hXIs-0009qU-00; Fri, 06 Oct 2000 13:12:46 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e966Tfe73244; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:29:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:29:41 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse problem and X-Windows? Message-ID: <20001006082940.A73201@freebie.demon.nl> References: <001301c02e6d$2d0e51c0$0100a8c0@veldy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <001301c02e6d$2d0e51c0$0100a8c0@veldy.net>; from veldy@veldy.net on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 08:40:00PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 08:40:00PM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > I am suddenly having a problem with X-Windows (4.0.1_2) and the PS/2 mouse. > I have tried both the PS/2 protocol and the Intellimouse protocol. > Everytime I start X everything appears to start OK, but when I move the > mouse, it jumps all over the place - highlighting text and what have you. > In a split second it becomes stuck at the top of the screen. > > Here is the kicker. > > I have an Athlon 600 system from compaq (it was ...). The mainboard in it > stinks. Well, this mouse problem suddenly crops up after a fresh build > world. I was sick of the quirks of the old board, so I went and bought an > ABIT KA7-100. I put a new mouse on it and bought new Micron memory (PC133). FWIW: I have never seen this on my KA7. So I am pretty sure this is software/setup related. Plain Logitech PS/2 mouse here, listed in X86config as Option "Protocol" "PS/2" (XFree 4.x BTW) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message