FW: keyboard and mouse issues

[Schlechter, Fred]

-----Original Message-----
From: Schlechter, Fred 
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:46 AM
To: 'Torfinn Ingolfsen'
Subject: RE: keyboard and mouse issues




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-usb at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-usb at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Torfinn Ingolfsen
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:20 PM
To: freebsd-usb at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: keyboard and mouse issues


Hello,

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:53:59 -0500
"Schlechter, Fred" <FRS at MacLeanPower.com> wrote:

> The mouse pointer disappears when keys are pressed on the keyboard.
> The mouse pointer reappears only when the mouse is moved or one of
> the mouse buttons is pressed. This happens only in the console and

>>AFAIK, this works as designed. And it has been working like that long
>>before 7.0.

You're correct, please see below.

> I really can't say if this is a bug, but it is annoying and this issue
> did not exist when using a PS2 mouse and keyboard.

>>Are you certain about that? I just tested a few systems here, and all
>>remove the mouse pointer i console when keys are pressed. Some of these
>>systems run FreeBSD 6.x, and one runs 7.0-stable.

The problem was with my mouse.

To verify the problem I connected my original PS2 mouse/keybrd and rebooted.
The mouse pointer did not disappear when keys were pressed but only when I
looked at the mouse pointer very closely did I see why. Apparently the PS2
mouse is broken and even though it's not being touched it "quivers" very 
slightly. The console sees that quivering as mouse movement and so displays
the mouse pointer.

I recently upgraded to 7.0 and at the same time switched over to a USB mouse
and keyboard. So I assumed that the disappearing mouse pointer was a possible
bug with the 7.0 release.

Thank you for your response(s), without them I probably wouldn't have noticed
something so subtle.

Fred S.
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