From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <98c04f7f3b956c6344a100d18e2e6b26@plan9.bell-labs.com> From: David Presotto To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] random moving of cursor arrow In-Reply-To: <20030725104302.O28024@cackle.proxima.alt.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-yopzohnsmiqdzmypmfpmekajsy" Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:59:30 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 046e0978-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-yopzohnsmiqdzmypmfpmekajsy Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What does the word jangly mean? --upas-yopzohnsmiqdzmypmfpmekajsy Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from plan9.cs.bell-labs.com ([135.104.9.2]) by plan9; Fri Jul 25 04:55:31 EDT 2003 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by plan9; Fri Jul 25 04:55:28 EDT 2003 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 326C119C05; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:55:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.6.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id CE9D319BDE; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:55:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 7DF3819BFE; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:54:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cackle.proxima.alt.za (cackle.proxima.alt.za [196.30.44.141]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id C34BE19B0F for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:54:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cackle.proxima.alt.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cackle.proxima.alt.za (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h6P8h8np000838 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:43:10 +0200 (SAST) Received: (from lucio@localhost) by cackle.proxima.alt.za (8.12.9/8.12.3/Submit) id h6P8h5bt000837 for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:43:05 +0200 (SAST) From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] random moving of cursor arrow Message-ID: <20030725104302.O28024@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Mail-Followup-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4us In-Reply-To: ; from sasa on Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:52:31AM +0200 Organization: Proxima Research & Development Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Reply-To: lucio@proxima.alt.za List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:43:03 +0200 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 10:52:31AM +0200, sasa wrote: > > > when i copy large amount of data from cd-rom to hard-disk (300 mb) > and try to move the cursor arrow, then the cursor is randomly > moving around the screen. The new serial port device driver seems a bit jangly (Dave, is this your doing?). > so, i'm not able to work with mouse while copying from cd to harddrive. > procesor is amd k6 300 mhz, graphic card is s3virge, 96 mb of ram. > echo i1 > /dev/eia0ctl usually solves that for me, but naturally it relies on the serial chip being advanced enough to include the FIFO buffer. I have wondered what it is that changed and make the serial driver less responsive, but I am not (yet) going to delve in there. ++L --upas-yopzohnsmiqdzmypmfpmekajsy--