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 06:41:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:41:25 -0500 Received: from agsite2.demon.co.uk ([212.229.103.106]:8198 "EHLO gateway.agsite2.demon.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 06:41:09 -0500 Message-ID: <3A7556C6.5A9518FA@agelectronics.co.uk> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:40:54 +0000 From: Adrian Cox X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17pre6 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: safemode CC: 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> <3A75546F.DAC87368@voicenet.com> 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 safemode wrote: > Adrian Cox wrote: > > Dylan Griffiths wrote: > > > 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. > turn off gpm.. fixes the mouse problem immediately. as in killall -9 gpm > before starting X. I don't even have gpm installed on these machines, precisely for this reason. Whatever it is, it isn't gpm. But I also believe it isn't Via, and I'm not convinced that it's the kernel. - Adrian Cox - 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/