mouse cursor blocks on the left in CentOS

[wighou]

Hello,

I use CentOS with 2 PC HP Compaq 6005. The 2 one give the same problem. After a time of use (not constant), the pointer is blocked on the left of screen. It is possible to move the mouse cursor horizontaly, but only if you move very very slowly. If you go a little faster, the cursor return on the left of the screen. For vertical move, no problem. I tried with different mice. CentOS is up to date. Does it exist a compatibility problem of HP PCs with CentOS ?

wighou

[Rubberman]

USB or PS2 mouse? I have been running CentOS for years with both types of mice/track-balls and never saw this problem. So, if USB, how is your BIOS configured re. legacy USB keyboard/mouse support?

[wighou]

The mouse is ps2. But I have tried with usb too. Same problem. It occures just with these PC HP Compacq 6005. I did the same installation in an other type of PC. I have no problem. It mays exist a problem of compatibility between centos and the HP Compacq 6005.

[Rubberman]

I wouldn't be surprised if it is a "lost interrupt" problem. Try booting your Linux kernel with APIC turned off.

[wighou]

OK, to make this, I have to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and add noapic at the end of the line beginning by kernel.

True ? If the mouse works good after this, does a colateral effect exist ?

[Rubberman]

OK, to make this, I have to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and add noapic at the end of the line beginning by kernel.

True ? If the mouse works good after this, does a colateral effect exist ?

There are ALWAYS collateral effects! What they may be remain to be seen. Basically, your are disabling the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) during the boot process. I think Linux is smart enough to work around that as this is a common solution for older, less "current"ly compatible hardware.

[wighou]

I tried to add noacpi but the system can not boot.
It remains blocked after the line :
Memory for crash kernel (0x0 to 0x0) notwithin permissible range
But this line is not the problem because without the noacpi option, it exists too, but the system boot normaly.
The strange thing is that it booted normaly the first time I added the noacpi option and had no problem of mouse. I thought that the problem of mouse was solved but now, the system can not boot.

OK, I solved the mouse problem booting with xen option. But now, the problem is that the X-server does not have "backing store" enabled. I can lead to graphical problem with the simulation software I use. Any idea to activate this backing store ?

Last edit :
And the ultimate problem is resolved adding
Option "backingstore"
to the Device section of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I hope that using the xen version will not cause more problem ...

Thanks for your help Rubberman