Re: mouse freezes in X

[Kurt Lieber <debian@kirpatrick.com>]

On Wednesday 28 November 2001 05:53 pm, joey tsai wrote:
> Hi, I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical, and I'm currently using it
> via ps/2 port.  I had no problems with it for nearly a year, but now in
> X it will simply freeze on the screen and won't respond.  Restarting X
> will usually restore it, but eventually it will freeze again.  Is anyone
> else having this problem?  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks,

I've experienced similar behavior when switching between computers on a KVM 
switch.  Resolved the problem by flashing the firmware on the KVM switch.

Also, gpm seems to always cause problems with X, so make sure you're not 
running that when you launch X.

--kurt