Strangely enough, I ran into the same problem on my laptop, but the
solution was to uninstall gpm. Probably just my own laziness, but I
couldn't get a configuration of gpm and X that wouldn't have mouse
problems, but removing gpm from the equation fixed it right up.
Rog
On Mon, 07 May 2001 19:02:54 Todd Weaver wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Storm Linux User wrote:
> > > Very often, the mouse pointer just freezes while moving.
> > > Unfreezing is possible by opening a new window (via keyboard
> shortcut),
> > > but it is very anoying and makes working under X impossible.
> > >
> > > I wonder if this is a known issue and has somebody a suggestion how
> > > to get rid of this?
> > >
> > > this is my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 :
> > >
> > > Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> > > Driver "mouse"
> > > Option "CorePointer"
> > > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > > EndSection
>
> This is what I use:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
> Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
>
> using gpm of course. (apt-get install gpm)
>
> With the default gpm.conf...
>
> # /etc/gpm.conf - configuration file for gpm(1)
> #
> # If mouse response seems to be to slow, try using
> # responsiveness=15. append can contain any random arguments to be
> # appended to the commandline.
> #
> # If you edit this file by hand, please be aware it is sourced by
> # /etc/init.d/gpm and thus all shell meta characters must be
> # protected from evaluation (i.e. by quoting them).
> #
> # This file is used by /etc/init.d/gpm and can be modified by
> # /usr/sbin/gpmconfig.
> #
> device=/dev/psaux
> responsiveness=
> repeat_type=ms3
> type=ps2
> append=""
> sample_rate=
>
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