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

In message of 24 Feb, Michael Talibard <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> On 24 Feb 2008, at 11:04, Barry E Allen wrote:
> 
> > In article <E6A38A07-FD44-4180-9281-7203D366615C@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,  
> > Michael
> > Talibard <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On 24 Feb 2008, at 8:40, mark.stephens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >>> My cursor sometimes freezes when my Iyonix boots up and MPro loads
> >>> messages (may well be nothing to do with MPro its just whats
> >>> running at tine). Is this any known combination of software? What
> >>> can I do about it?
> >> Alt-break may give you a clue.
> >
> > My cursor also sometimes freezes when Hermes starts up. Pressing Alt
> > Break stops Hermes, but the cursor is still frozen. Alt Break stops  
> > HID
> > but the cursor is still frozen. Alt Break stops Fireworkz etc etc.
> >
> > Only a reset gets out of the loop.
> 
> Yes, but Alt Break can point the finger. With me it was HID, and moving
> that to later in the start-up sequence cured the problem.

I have found that if I move the pointer around before !Boot has finished
the machine locks up.  I have interpreted this as some buffer filling up
but I have yet to find the cause.  I must remember to try removing the
trackerball/keyboard lead next time it happens.

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