[plug] XFree86 4.0.3

[Beau Kuiper]

Easy

Use the option to diable the hardware mouse cursor. The manual page for
the driver probably discusses it.

Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au


On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Adrian Woodley wrote:

> G'Day,
>             I'm expiriencing a problem with XFree86 version 4.0.3 and am
> wondering if anyone else has had it. The problem runs like this: after
> an unknown amount of time, the mouse cursor will display several pixals
> to the right of its actuall location, making it a little tricky but not
> impossible to navigate around the computer. I'm currently using the
> XFree v 4 server that comes with Mandrake 8.0, but I've had the same
> problem with a self compiled copy of the same version, running on a
> RedHat 6.2 distribution. Restarting the X11 server has no effect and the
> only solution I've found is to restart the computer.
> The mouse I'm using is a Logitech Optical Wheel mouse (USB), but I've
> had the same problem with a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical using both
> USB and PS2. From memory I also had trouble with a standard PS2
> Intellimouse.
> The computer uses a VIA chipset and I've had no trouble under Windows,
> however the time spend in Windows isn't long enough to have tested this
> thoroughly.
> Version 3 of XFree has no problem, but does not fully support the mouse
> (at least I think it doesn't).
> I'd be interested to hear if anyone has had a similar problem or knows
> of an fix for it. And yes, I know I could just use V3 of XFree, but
> thats not the point is it! :)
>
> Adrian Woodley
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