5.1 mouse problems

[Lowell Gilbert]

C Peter Biessener <pbiessener at hirshfields.com> writes:

> We have a test machine setup with FreeBSD v5.1.  We're using the
> default XFree for 5.1.  The machine is a PentiumPro 200 with 160MB RAM
> and a S3 VirgeGX video card.
> 
> X-Windows displays beautifully, but the mouse is extremely
> sluggish. We've tried the Microsoft mouse that came with the computer,
> and we've tried a Logitech mouse, the same as we use on all of our
> other FreeBSD machines.  Both PS/2 mice behave the same (on screen).
> The on-screen behavior of the mouse pointer makes it seem like the
> pointer is not updating but every second or two - because other
> on-screen focus changes happen before the mouse pointer moves to where
> the focus change happens.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions about how to resolve this mouse
> pointer issue?

Are you using the sysmouse daemon?