[plug] Mouse Pointer goes cazy

[alan howard]

I also get a simmilar problem using a genius net mouse pro. (ps/2) it seams to
be related to hard disc activity. it did not use to do it when i was using the
com port ( with adaptor) , but only since i moved it to the ps/2 socket.

regards
alan howard



On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Dennis Plester wrote:
> I have the same problem with my Intellieye mouse too (plain version, not the
> chunky 7 button extravaganza). I'm sure it's an optical mouse problem as I
> can sometimes get a "pause" when using it in Win98 during heavy mouse
> activity. It's almost like the mouse doesn't keep up with my hand movements.
> In Linux, it has misbehaved in Redhat 6.1, 6.2 and Mandrake 7.1 in KDE and
> GNOME, but instead of a "momentary lapse of reason" seen in Win98, it
> behaves more like your description. 
> 
> It is only ever a brief occurrence (maybe half a second), and happens maybe
> once very few hours, so I live with it. It seems to mainly happen during a
> period of rapid windows opening/closing with simultaneous mouse activity,
> but I can't consistently reproduce it.
> 
> I'm still using my mouse via PS/2, but have thought about trying it with USB
> instead. I just haven't got around to it...
>