On Sun, 10 May 1998, Adam Keys wrote: > Kiyan Azarbar wrote: > > > > Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems > > really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with > > alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it > > very often crashes X. The whole thing just comes down and xdm > > restarts. > > > > I don't know how else to explain it, but I've only had these problems > > since I upgraded to hamm. I'm running the SVGA server since I have a > > Mystique. It's very disconcerting... sometimes I just lose everything. > > This has happeneded to me for ever with both bo and hamm. I think it is > either a 'feature' of X or is just something that happens. Your best > bet is to use more xterms/rxvt's and switch to the console less. Other > than that, maybe submit a bug to the xfree86 and X Consortium people and > cross your fingers.
Have you tried running the mouse with gpm, using -R, and then setting XF86Config to get its mouse data from /dev/gpmdata in MouseSystems protocol? Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
