Re: X freezing seconds after starting when mouse moves

[Wayne Sitton <waynes@techgod.net>]

I had the same problem.  You've probably got xfree86 set your mouse as 
/dev/psaux , but you also have GPM installed.  They sometimes conflict.
Remove gpm and you should be OK

Wayne

On Sunday 22 July 2001 12:36, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> I just installed XFree86 4.0.3-4 on my Debian woody box and
> am having some trouble with it.  I can startx and everything
> seems fine.  However, if I move the mouse at all, the entire
> screen freezes after a few (3?) seconds and I have to
> ctrl-alt-backspace to quit the x session.
>
> I used xf86config to create my XF86Config-4 file and didn't
> modify it directly at all.  I double-checked my video card
> settings (verified using SuperProbe) as well as my monitor
> settings (ViewSonic GS790 -- pulled the specs straight from
> ViewSonics' site)  My mouse is set up as a plain vanilla PS2
> mouse using /dev/psaux, which I verified is correct using gpmconfig.
>
> I'm using KDE and Enlightenment as well.  I read somewhere
> that Enlightenment didn't play well with XFree86 4.x, but I'm
> not sure if that's causing my problem or something else.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --kurt