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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU!tmonroe From: tmonroe@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Anthony Monroe) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Mouse Strangeness under FreeBSD 1.1 Date: 22 Sep 1994 17:32:44 GMT Organization: Computer Science Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley Lines: 17 Message-ID: <35sf3s$msl@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <ETLDNCN.94Sep22113112@paddington.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.csua.berkeley.edu In article <ETLDNCN.94Sep22113112@paddington.ericsson.se>, <etldncn@paddington.ericsson.se> wrote: >Under DOS I have no problems but when I load X up on FreeBSD the mouse >seems very sluggish. For example when I move the mouse from bottom of >the screen to the top the arrow takes a few milliseconds to arrive. At least you have the mouse on the right port... What finally worked for me was setting the mouse baud rate to 1200. Don't know why MS Windows likes to run its mouse at 9600, but that's for Microsoft to know and me to ignore. Then, there's always the physical factors, like making sure your mouse is clean and dry and healthy, especially the ball inside it. Tony