[GLLUG] Keyboard & mouse problems

Caleb Cushing xenoterracide at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 21:42:11 EST 2006


I have 2 types of controllers OHCI and EHCI is one better than the other? I
don't know the difference. right now it's plugged into an OHCI controller.

I'm thinking of playing with the BIOS tonight infact after I post this. I'll
let you all know how that works out.

On 2/6/06, Sean O'Malley <picasso at madflower.com> wrote:
>
> My initial guess is your chipset is UHCI interface rather then a OHCI
> interface (USB 1.x only i believe). Essentially UHCI is a software
> controller and OHCI is hardware (like hardware vs software RAID). However
> it is a common problem for UHCI controllers. You might get an OHCI
> controller and see if the problem lingers.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Caleb Cushing wrote:
>
> > No the chipset is nForce2 (promise controllers for sata).
> >
> > On 2/6/06, Jeremy Bowers <jerf at jerf.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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