James Sutherland wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Pierre Fortin wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > That's not what I saw - it was jerking randomly around the screen, with a
> > > tendency towards the top right. Not confined anywhere, just not moving
> > > properly.
> > >
> > > > You can only escape with a hard-reboot, or switching to the console :(
> > > > This is however probably not related to the "jumpyness-problem" that
> > > > occurs when you change from ps/2 to imps/2...
> >
> > This may sound way out in left field; but when this happens, switch between
> > consoles and look at the rightmost LED on the keyboard... for each console
> > (don't forget F12), if the LED is on, try Ctl+Q... I recently discovered this
> > on a similar "magnetic mouse" problem recently.
>
> That's getting into the realms of reflexology, I think :-)
>
> I've only made this mistake once, and solved it by rebooting and
> installing with the generic PS/2 option which worked fine - I don't think
> I'll get a chance to try your solution! Thanks anyway, though.
I hope no-one does... but, I've seen the mouse problem more than once, and this
is the closest I got to a clue to what's happening. BTW, I'm still running the
same instance (avoided a reboot).
> James.
Pierre
