Re: mouse-pointer acting weird
I've just lived with it for the most part--try using a windowmanager with
less overhead, like FVWM vise enlightenment. I have almost exactly the
same setup as you, except I invested in 32M of memory, and I have the
exact same problem, mostly I've minimized it with afterstep and minimizing
system overhead.
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Roy-Anders Larsen wrote:
> I am running Debian 2.0 (slink) on a 486DX33 with only 10MB RAM and my
> computer is often working hard (having to make use of a lot of virtual
> memory). I am using a three-button mouse running the MouseSystems
> protocol in Xwindows and I am running gpm with -t msc.
> As long as there is not a heavy load on the computer, the mouse works
> fine. Also in windows3.11 on my DOS partition, the mouse never acts up.
> However, when the load gets large on the computer, the mouse starts
> 'jumping' a few inches left at a time. Occasionally it will jump a few
> inches down also. This only happens if I try moving the mouse.
> It happens both with gpm on a virtual console and in X.
> Have anyone experienced the same thing or have any clues about why this is
> happening ? Anything I can do to help it (software-wise) ?
>
> Roy
>
>
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