Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
> I am running LFS 6.1 and I have a problem with my mouse. I am
> running Xorg stable (6.8.2RC6 i think) and fluxbox 0.9.14. My problem
> is that whenever i do something that is heavy on the cpu such as open
> firefox or copy large files, my mouse starts jumping around like
> crazy, and my workspaces keep switching all over the place. i have a
> logitech mx1000, but use it under the explorerps/2 protocol in
> xorg.conf. the mouse also seems to click/copy/paste wherever it jumps
> to. this also happens when i go to websites such as espn.go.com. I
> dont know if this is related or not, but while i was installing LFS, i
> would have to switch to and from different consoles on my host os.
> whenever i did a "make install" and would switch to another console
> (alt+f2) that console would act as if the shift key were constantly
> pressed. i would then have to press as many keys as i randomly could
> to finally get alt+f1 to switch back. does anyone know what the cause
> of this is? is it hardware, or more just configuration. im thinking
> about redoing the installation for xorg because the mouse thing is
> annoying. i can only use it when im not doing anything with my
> computer!! thanks
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Unless your cpu is very hard worked nothing like that should ever
happen. I would have to time it fairly carefully to land a copy 'n'
paste on firefox opening. It sounds like
1. You have a wrong/borderline mouse protocol.
2. You may have compile/configuration errors in your setup
3. You probably have slow disk access, because the correct chipset is
not compiled in to your kernel. Hdparm -tT /dev/hda would check this.
4. You may have a memory fault (Try www.memtest86.com)
5. If none of the above apply, you need to post a lot of information. I
don't know if you have a mac, a laptop, usb, ps2 or serial mouse.
Try narrowing it down; set a compile going in a console and then copy &
paste in a bash console and in X.
I would also note that you haven't discovered the marvels of word wrap
yet. I got hate mail when I joined the list and didn't word wrap my
mails, but people are more tolerant these days.
BTW, stop compiling until you are sure of your memory. You may decide
down the road it all has to be done again...
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With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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