From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] random moving of cursor arrow Message-ID: <20030725110110.P28024@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <00e401c3528b$7c33b0c0$b9844051@insultant.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <00e401c3528b$7c33b0c0$b9844051@insultant.net>; from boyd, rounin on Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 11:02:33AM +0200 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:01:11 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 03b464b4-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 11:02:33AM +0200, boyd, rounin wrote: > > sounds like mouse 'events' are being dropped 'cos something is > a bit too busy to handle all the i/o activity. Hm, yes, I was a bit hasty at blaming the serial device driver. The cure is right, but something else may be responsible. I do note, though, that in my case buttons got pressed as well as mere random movement being triggered. This would point to corrupted input data from the serial port, largely. Whether PS/2 mice are affected would also help in diagnosing the problem. I know I had great difficulty during a recent installation because I wanted to open an additional window and the mouse was utterly unusable. I did catch it a few times, fortunately. ++L