dave madden wrote:
> Could you compile & run the program below when your mouse isn't
> working right? It calls gettimeofday() in a tight loop and reports
> what it found once a second. You should see lines like:
>
> Tue Oct 19 09:43:15 FWD:501936/ 0:BACK ( 0us > delta > 10860us)
> Tue Oct 19 09:43:16 FWD:810266/ 0:BACK ( 0us > delta > 10809us)
>
> If you start seeing anything besides 0 in the BACK position, or a
> negative minimum delta, then we may have a similar problem. (If
> you're running xntpd, turn it off and then reboot to make sure the
> kernel's not doing a time adjustment.)
>
> I'm running 2.3.18 plus Ingo Molnar's H5 patch on a 2xPIII, RH6.1,
> with an ATI Mach64 card. When I use XF86, things seem to be stable,
> but I also have (and would like to use) XiG's accelerated server.
> When I use it, though, the mouse goes crazy after a while. (I believe
> that's caused by negative time steps, but I don't know what causes the
> negative steps.)
>
> Anyway, let me know.
>
> d.
[SNIP PROGRAM]
I have been led to believe that it may simply be a mouse setup bug.
However, my machine is at home, so I have no way of testing till
tonight. I will bring your code home and run it. If negative numbers
show up, I'll let you know. However, I find it hard to believe that
timing errors could cause the mouse to click. Erratic movements yes,
but clicking? And it wasnt sporadic problems, it simply NEVER worked
properly.
Mordy
--
o Mordy Ovits
o Cryptographic Engineer
o LockStar, Inc.
--
There are two kinds of fool; One who says "This is old
and therefore bad," and one who says "This is new and
therefore better." -- John Brunner
-
Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/
To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
