On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, joy wrote: > James Miller wrote: > > >option, each time I would boot using that kernel, I would not be able to > >control the mouse in X. The cursor would appear on the screen, but moving > >the mouse would have no effect on it. I did get error messages though - > >something to the effect of "pointing device not found" (don't recall > >precisely, since my resolution was to put the matter on the back burner > > > > > No no no, after checking out the speed of the 2.6, with KDE loading in > quarte the time,how did you ever get the heart to go back?
I don't use that bloated monstrosity of a desktop :) (fluxbox is my choice of late), so the difference was not as immediately noticeable. In fact, I spent enough time trying to figure out why such a simple thing as a mouse wouldn't work using this kernel, that any speed advantages that might have been there were entirely lost. I never really even got to use my usual desktop since, once I logged in, all I could really do was ctrl-alt-backspace to get back to a command prompt where I could actually interact with the computer. > I suggest you do the same as I did -- check the config .If yours too is > a USB mouse, then with the HID support built in or as a module > the mouse will still use psaux. Also disable support for anything called > APIC in the kernel. > according to NVIDIA 's helpfile this affects performance on the X > server (mine used to hang every 3.5 (approx.,) minutes) No, not a USB mouse. Mine's just a plain old ps2 - nothing fancy. I'll keep the APIC thing in mind for whenever I'll be able to get back again to troubleshooting the problem. James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
