Slacko 6.3.0 Mouse freeze in Dell Dimension E521

[Computer semi-expert]

Hey all.

I have a Dell Dimension E521 (AMD Athlon 64 XP, 1 GB RAM, nVidia integrated graphics). Sometimes when I boot Puppy on it from CD (Slacko 6.3.0 [I know it's a development version but it's what I have]) the cursor will randomly freeze. As far as I know there is no pattern that the freezes follow and sometimes it never freezes at all. Unplugging the mouse and plugging it back in does no good.

If needed I can post more specs, try to replicate it, etc.

[greengeek]

Try loading a completely different browser and totally avoid using the inbuilt one. See if that changes anything.

[bigpup]

Is it a USB mouse?
If yes.
Have you tried plugging it into a different USB port?
Are you sure the mouse is not going bad?

Booting from a CD.
Is the CD drive clean inside?
Read lens clean?
CD disk clean?
Was Slacko burned to it at a low speed. 8 or less burn speed?

Final release version of Slacko is Slacko 6.3.2 for a reason.
Earlier 6 series versions had bugs.

[Computer semi-expert]

Greengeek: this has nothing to do with the browser.

Bigpup: it is a USB mouse, perfectly fine, tried different ports with no success. CD and drive find, not sure what burn speed is.

I may try burning 6.3.2, but I rarely boot Slacko on this computer, so I might just live with it. I'll update this if I try 6.3.2.

[greengeek]

Once the mouse freezes does anything else still work? Are you able to continue typing text and are you able to use keyboard shortcuts to switch between active windows?

[Computer semi-expert]

Yeah, the keyboard works.