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From: Bengt-Arne Fjellner <baf@tt.luth.se>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA PS/2 drunk mouse syndrome?
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:49:51 +0000
Organization: Lulea Technical University
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Nick Sayer wrote:
> 
> Both of the machines I have that have PS/2 mice and 2.2-ALPHA
> (one is a P-120, the other a P-Pro-200) have a problem. Every
> once in a while, the data stream will go out of sync and moving
> the mouse will result in it going totally bonkers for a second or
> two, usually ending up in a corner.
> 
> To be honest, I am not entirely sure whether to blame this on
> XF86-3.2 or 2.2-ALPHA, but I wonder if anyone else has noticed
> and perhaps worked around it.
> 
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Yup running on a dell P-133 with ps/2 mouse it sometimes get stuck (
also keyboard)
If i switch to text console  it starts working again