From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:31:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:31:11 -0500 Received: from mail09.voicenet.com ([207.103.0.35]:1183 "HELO mail09.voicenet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:31:02 -0500 Message-ID: <3A75546F.DAC87368@voicenet.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:30:55 -0500 From: safemode X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19pre7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Cox CC: Dylan Griffiths , Linux kernel Subject: Re: More on the VIA KT133 chipset misbehaving in Linux In-Reply-To: <3A75278F.B41B492B@bigfoot.com> <3A75507A.9386AFE2@agelectronics.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Adrian Cox wrote: > Dylan Griffiths wrote: > > The VIA KT133 chipset exhibits the following bugs under Linux 2.2.17 and > > 2.4.0: > > 1) PS/2 mouse cursor randomly jumps to upper right hand corner of screen and > > locks for a bit > > This happens to me about once a month on a BX chipset PII machine here, > and on a KT133 chipset machine I have. I have to hit ctrl-alt-backspace > to regain control of the console. I always assumed it was a bug in X, > but it never caused me enough trouble to actually make me pursue it. > > - Adrian > turn off gpm.. fixes the mouse problem immediately. as in killall -9 gpm before starting X. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/