Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 09:42:42 +0200 (MEST) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: john@isi.co.jp (john cooper) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, john@isi.com Subject: Re: Quick (freebsd 2.2.1 / xf86 3.2 / flakey mouse) question Message-ID: <199705130742.JAA03237@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199705130008.JAA00677@ns.isi.co.jp> from john cooper at "May 13, 97 09:08:05 am"
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First, please do not cross post to that many groups. Did you try the kernel option options PSM_CHECKSYNC #checks the header byte for sync. > Hi, > I searched the freebsd and XF86 FAQ's but found nothing > corresponding the the problem I'm experiencing. I have a > ps/2 mouse systems mouse that exhibits wierd behavior > under both fvwm and twm. > > The cursor can be moved with the mouse, however the cursor > instantly 'homes' back to the lower left corner of the screen > at seemingly random times. The frequency of this is so high > that X is effectively unuseable. > > The mouse is at 0x60, IRQ 12 as usual and conflicts with > no other device as best as I can tell. I suspect some > xf86 configuration problem here as the erratic behavior > occurs in fvwm and twm. I tried selecting mouse comm > protocols other than ps/2, which only made things worse. > > Incidentally I have the same configuration except for > the video server, installed on another machine which > functions as expected. The working installation uses > the non-accelerated "svga" server. On the other machine > I've tried both "svga" and "s3v" servers. In both > installations, "moused" is not running. Is the motherboard + hardware (mouse) the same in both cases? > > So at this point I'm stuck. This is a pretty generic > installation so I suspect some other poor soul already > grappled with this problem. Help! > > Any and all advice is most welcome. > > Thanks, > > -john > > Please respond to: john@isi.co.jp > > PS: Iwill P55TV SCSI Motherboard with Award BIOS, Diamond Stealth > 2000 3D video card > > -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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