Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2912 mails)

[Darryl Gregorash <raven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter B Van Campen wrote:

> On Tuesday 01 February 2005 7:00 pm, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
>  
>
> > Doug McGarrett wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Much of the standard "knowledge" says to clean
> > > mice and trackballs <snip>
> > >      
> > All of this is --precisely-- the reason I switched to an optical
> > mouse, and I have never regretted it. I have absolutely no problems
> > with it, unlike some of the others. In particular, when I move the
> > mouse, the cursor reacts immediately, whether the motion is fast or
> > slow. Haven't tried it on games, but I don't think it would be a
> > problem there.
> >
> > It's a Logitech USB mouse with a PS/2 adapter. No @#$%$#^% way am I
> > going to hang a 9600 baud device off a multi- megabit USB port!! :-)
> >    
>
> Hi,
>
> I have 2 systems with Logitech Marbel trackballs Optical. One is native 
> plugged into USB 1.x port on SUSE 8.2 and the other is same model but 
> plugged into PS/2 port via Ligitech adapter supplied.
>
> When I 'snap' my finger on the ball for a burst of rapid movement I see 
> the 'stuck cursor' mentioned on the PS/2 connected TB, but on the USB 
> connected TB the cursor moves fasted than I can see.

What can I say? Does the same mouse on the same PS/2 port work OK in 
Wi????? I can only report my experience, which is good.