Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: #define HZ 1024 -- negative effects? | From | Michael Rothwell <> | Date | 29 Apr 2001 17:59:16 -0400 |
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Great. I'm running 4.02. How do I enable "silken mouse"?
Thanks,
-Michael
On 29 Apr 2001 14:44:11 -0700, Jim Gettys wrote: > The biggest single issue in GUI responsiveness on Linux has been caused > by XFree86's implementation of mouse tracking in user space. > > On typical UNIX systems, the mouse was often controlled in the kernel > driver. Until recently (XFree86 4.0 days), the XFree86 server's reads > of mouse/keyboard events were not signal driven, so that if the X server > was loaded, the cursor stopped moving. > > On most (but not all) current XFree86 implementations, this is now > signal drive, and further the internal X schedular has been reworked to > make it difficult for a single client to monopolize the X server. > > So the first thing you should try is to make sure you are using an X server > with this "silken mouse" enabled; anotherwords, run XFree86 4.0x and make > sure the implementation has it enabled.... > > There may be more to do in Linux thereafter, but until you've done this, you > don't get to discuss the matter further.... > - Jim Gettys > > -- > Jim Gettys > Technology and Corporate Development > Compaq Computer Corporation > jg@pa.dec.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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