On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Pierre Fortin wrote:
> 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).
You're still running the install program?! Must be a hell of a slow
download you've got there :-)
(Actually, I did a 2 hour install over a direct 100Mbit/sec connection
from another PC. Painful... For some reason, the HDD on the server kept
cutting out for a couple of seconds every minute or so?!)
James.
