Re: X11 hangs after moving mouse

[Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz>]

On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Peter Berlau wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 04:52:56AM +0100, Ben Jorgensen wrote:
> hi ben,
> > After starting X11 the computer hangs (stone-dead) after a few seconds.
> > Sometimes it just hangs right away.. I think it may have something to do
> > with the mouse but I'm not sure.
> > 
> > Today I changed some hardware in my computer (motherboard,ram,mouse). I
> > used to have a ps/2 mouse but now I have a serial mouse instead. It's a
> > logitech 3-button mouse.
> sometimes there is a problem in using gpm and X at same;
> especially if using a serial mouse, and kernel  2.0.35
> please try using 'gpm -k' before start the X-Server; mostly it help's
> >
> please note: this problem don't occurs if You use a PS/2-mouse, ;-)

Strange, I have no problems with a serial mouse..

                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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