Very Computer

I tried this hardware setup (see lspci output below) against kernel
2.4.8 and xfree86 4.1 and now everything behaves like it does in Win2k;
meaning the usb mouse "skips" and stops working for a fraction of a
second about once every 60 seconds.  With earlier kernel/xfree setups
once the mouse skipped for the first time, it would never come back
until I rebooted (since I don't dare mess with /dev stuff too much)

Here is my lspci -v output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3099
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b099 (prog-if
00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
        Memory behind bridge: dde00000-dfefffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cdc00000-ddcfffff
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink]
(rev 78)
        Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink for PC
Management NIC
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
        Memory at dfffff80 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at dffa0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev
07)
        Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 8001
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at d400 [size=64]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3074
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3074
        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev
06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        I/O ports at ff00 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 18)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 12
        I/O ports at c800 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 18)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 12
        I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 18)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Unknown device 0925:1234
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 12
        I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 (rev b2)
(prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Expansion ROM at dfef0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>