I've had the same problem with a PS/2 mouse and Mandrake 7.0. Sometimes it
happens frequently enough to cause me to think seriously about finding
another distribution, but I'm not sure if that would cure it. But, usually I
can go for hours, if not days, without this happening.
I do wonder if KDE is the culprit - I'm anxiously awaiting their 2.0
release. Or maybe I should just go to GNOME, figure out how to get its
ppp-applet to work, and see if that solves the problem.
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://w3.one.net/~lvarney
----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Helios-New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: [newbie] Mouse woes driving me crazy
| Dear friends:
|
| Using Mandrake 6.1 and KDE.
|
| I have a plain Micro Serial & PS/2 mouse. It's relatively new. Bought it
| a few months ago.
|
| Here is what happens:
|
| The mouse freezes or just plain disappears. I do a Cnt+Alt+Esc if the
| mouse freezes (e.g. in Netscape). If it disappears, I do a
| Cnt+Alt+Backspace. This brings me back to the console. I type startx and
| get back in KDE. The mouse is back in operation. But shortly thereafter
| (about 10-20 minutes lates), this same scenario is repeated ad nauseam.
| I tried another new version of the Micro mouse. Same problem. I don't
| think it has anything to do with the mouse. I went into KDE's Control
| Center (Input Devices, Mouse) and played with the acceleration option.
| Hasn't helped one way or another.
|
| Would appreciate any advice.
|
| Thank you so much.
|
| Benjamin
|
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