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Old 03-16-2009, 09:54 PM   #1
vaaub
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mouse and keyboard problems under RHEL 5 with multi-core host


I use RHEL 5 with a multi-core (single cpu, 4 cores, Intel Xeon) host (MEM 4G). However, I found that mouse and keyboard always lost respond when I used them in GNOME. The mouse periodically stops at some position and then moves. The keyboard input sometimes displays very slowly. It looks like the linux system is running on a old pc... I don't know why all this happens? Hope someone can help me with some suggestions or hints, thanks a lot!

Quote:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 900.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 4789.99

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 900.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 4787.32

processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 900.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 4787.35

processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 900.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 4787.34

Quote:
dmesg | grep CPU | grep ID
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 2
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 3
Quote:
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3417 682 2734 0 60 456
-/+ buffers/cache: 165 3251
Swap: 1983 0 1983
 
Old 03-16-2009, 11:54 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by vaaub View Post
Hope someone can help me with some suggestions or hints, thanks a lot!
Are you using PS/2 or USB mouse and keyboard?

If you are using USB mouse and keyboard, what is the output of "lsusb -v" and "lsbusb -vv". I may have the syntax wrong. Double check me by running "lsusb --help".

What kernel are you running? Have you tried upgrading to a newer kernel? Are you trying to run a 32-bit kernel on 64-bit hardware? Are you trying to run a non-SMP kernel on SMP hardware?

The answers to these questions will help us to help you.
 
Old 03-17-2009, 12:03 AM   #3
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uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:21 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I don't know if it has something to do with the driver of display card.

I use lspci and find that the video card is XGI but now the driver in xorg.conf is "sis". If it causes the problem?

Last edited by vaaub; 03-17-2009 at 03:32 AM.
 
Old 03-17-2009, 03:32 AM   #4
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I use lspci and find that the video card is XGI but now the driver in xorg.conf is "sis". If it causes the problem?
 
Old 03-17-2009, 02:57 PM   #5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vaaub View Post
I use lspci and find that the video card is XGI but now the driver in xorg.conf is "sis".
Can you post the output of "lspci -vv" and "lspci" here?
 
  


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