Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 07:54:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Wayne Baety <mrfoine@enteract.com> To: john cooper <john@isi.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.com, john@isi.com Subject: Re: Quick (freebsd 2.2.1 / xf86 3.2 / flakey mouse) question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970527074452.3963A-100000@enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <199705130008.JAA00677@ns.isi.co.jp>
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On Tue, 13 May 1997, john cooper wrote: > 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. I get this too but with a serial mouse.....the problem goes away whenever i unplug the floppy drive cable though...what gives? > > 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. > im not using anything but the mouse on COM1 and its irq. EQ: NEC Floppy drive using an in board PCI floppy controller w/ a PCI to ISA Bridge (shows up on the probe list). As far as i know the board only uses IRQ 14 and 15 for the HD and the standard floppy irq.
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