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= > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
