[GLLUG] Keyboard & mouse problems

Jeremy Bowers jerf at jerf.org
Mon Feb 6 16:54:08 EST 2006


Caleb Cushing wrote:
> My mouse is the same. And I have noticed it in window's as well although 
> less than in linux (possibly because I don't compile in windows). I 
> can't fix it in windows, but I should be able to in linux. I have also 
> had a problem, where, at random, the mouse and keyboard stop being able 
> to communicate with the computer, unplugging and replugging the Key 
> seem's to fix this, temporarily. I am not sure if the two are related or 
> not. Although it's annoying it's much less common and so much less of a 
> problem.

I remember having this exact same problem when PS/2 was "new", i.e., 
less than 5 years old. Several times I would "downgrade" my mouse to a 
serial connection, because it was much smoother.

Would your motherboard's chipset happen to be from Via?


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