Shawn Walker wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I recently updated from OpenSolaris 200x build 127 to build 128a.
> 
> Much to my dismay, I've discovered that input from my USB mouse has
> become sporadically delayed.  Moving the mouse back and forth is
> frequently interrupted as the system seems to start ignoring input from
> the device and then suddenly starts again.
> 
> Going to back to 127 restores the normal silkiness I expect.
> 
> Now here's where it gets weirder.
> 
> I normally use Metacity, *not* compiz.
> 
> But, on a whim, I decided to try enabling Visual Effects -> Normal under
> System -> Preferences -> Appearance.
> 
> Much to my surprise, my mouse cursor was suddenly restored to its normal
> silken movement.  Daunted, I then disabled Visual Effects again, and
> surprisingly, the smooth movement remained.
> 
> I then decided to re-enable Visual Effects, logged out, and logged back in.
> 
> The laggy movement was back.  But this time, playing with Visual Effects
> settings made no difference.
> 
> So, I disabled Visual Effects again, logged out, logged back in.
> 
> The laggy movement was back, so I then tried re-enabling Visual Effects.
>  Mysteriously, this again restored normal, smooth cursor movement.
> 
> I'm a bit flabbergasted here. I've already checked prstat several times
> to ensure that the system's load average was low and that there were no
> rogue processes.
> 
> Does anyone have ideas as to how to debug this rather bizarre issue?

Anyone?  I've tried b129 and it has the same symptoms/issue.

-- 
Shawn Walker

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