Tracy Nelson on Fri, 4 Jun 1999 09:42:46 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] rookie mistakes


Are you using a serial mouse on an old 486 system?  If so, maybe the mouse
is generating more interrupts than the system can handle quickly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McCoy <JIM@JIMMCCOY.COM>
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 22:33
Subject: Re: [Plug] rookie mistakes


>I have Red Hat 6.0 installed.
>When I run x windows the display is  larger than my screen and the mouse is
>very quirky.  When it does move it is very slow and it jumps around.  I
have
>no real control
>over it.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Is this a common problem?
>I don't know much about the hardware and have no manuals on it.
>Is there a commercial version of x that has built in smarts to evaluate
>hardware
>and configure itself?
>
>Jim Mc Coy



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