Re: xorg loops

2009/6/2 Lapo Luchini <lapo_at_lapo.it>:
> Tim Kientzle wrote:
>> AllowEmptyInput   hald      Result
>>    off            enabled   Mouse/keyboard delays/jerkiness
>>    off            disabled  Works
>>    on (default)   enabled   Works
>>    on (default)   disabled  No mouse/keyboard
>
> Tim, I had your same symptoms (as far as "delays/jerkiness" can go):
> when using the USB external mouse and leaving it in *some* positions,
> the whole system was paused until I move the mouse even a little bit, at
> that point all "missing events" (i.e. all keypresses that didn't produce
> any output, or also all screen updates) are shown in fast-forward (e.g.
> the Firefox spinner of a loading tab was stopped until the mouse moved,
> and made the 3 missing turns rapidly, then all to normal). When the
> mouse was left in other positions, no problem was shown.
>
> After Googling your message I commented-out the AllowEmptyInput line in
> my xorg.conf and now both internal touchpad and external mouse work
> perfectly and don't "halt the event queue" (or what it was) anymore.
>
> I still wonder the reason behind this behavior but as long as it's
> working, I won't complain.

+1
That's exactly what helps me with this problem.


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