[iyonix-support] Re: Why does cursor sometimes freeze on startup

In article <ec1427764f.zen44412@xxxxxxxxx>, Simon Smith
<simon_smith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <662a23764f.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tim Powys-Lybbe
>           <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[Snip] Crashing mice

 
> > A corroboration of my experience on moving the pointer around during
> > boot up!  I think I have found that the critical period is from
> > shortly after the desktop opens and before the booting is finished;
> > does the USB system does its interrogating then?

> Now that's interesting; my optical mouse sometimes gets 'juddery' while
> it's on the wood grain of my desk, even though I'm not moving it. I
> wonder if spurious movement like that at critical points is the cause
> of any mysterious crashes for people.

Optical mice are unreliable if operated on certain background patterns. I
found changing one mouse mat for another made a huge difference.

HTH,
Ian

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