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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA PS/2 drunk mouse syndrome?
Date: 18 Dec 1996 14:34:12 GMT
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In article <32B5375F.41C67EA6@tt.luth.se>,
Bengt-Arne Fjellner <baf@tt.luth.se> writes:
> Nick Sayer wrote:
>>
>> Both of the machines I have that have PS/2 mice and 2.2-ALPHA
>> (one is a P-120, the other a P-Pro-200) have a problem. Every
>> once in a while, the data stream will go out of sync and moving
>> the mouse will result in it going totally bonkers for a second or
>> two, usually ending up in a corner.
>>
>> To be honest, I am not entirely sure whether to blame this on
>> XF86-3.2 or 2.2-ALPHA, but I wonder if anyone else has noticed
>> and perhaps worked around it.
[.....]
> Yup running on a dell P-133 with ps/2 mouse it sometimes get stuck (
> also keyboard)
> If i switch to text console it starts working again
You can get a copy of 'setcon' from the web site below. It's a simple
program that changes the current console. Something like
'setcon 1; setcon 12' from another connection to the machine will free
it up.
I've seen this happening (although more rarely) on 2.1.5 too.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....