My 2 cents: I don't know anyone covered this yet, but just to make sure it's not PEBKAC, I will operate on the assumption the mouse is optical. Is the PS2 one you had optical? If not, check your mousing surface. Make sure it's not too reflective , or just use a piece of white paper below the mouse. Sometimes optical mice jump randomly on reflective surfaces...
~Andrew PS: For the record, I've never had a USB mouse NOT work in Linux (Several 10's of mice). Allen Brown wrote: >> Are you talking about using a USB mouse with a laptop that has a >> touchpad or is this a desktop PC? > > Since my desktop is currently dead I am limping with a laptop. > That's why I need to use the USB mouse. It doesn't accept PS2. > And the touch pad is awkward compared to a mouse. > > The problem I've described also applied to the desktop when > it was running. > >> My G7 Logitech is USB and works very well both with lappy and >> desktop in Ubuntu.I could post X11of my PCs if you wish? > > This is a G5. Yes, please post. > >> Also wireless phones /microwaves can interfere with that area of >> freq. > > I don't have a wireless phone. My roommie has a cell, but is > currently at the coast. The microwave oven is not running. > The WiFi router is about 15 feet away and running at partial power. > I don't know how to turn off the WiFi in the lappy. (When I've > tried in the past gnome immediately brought it back up.) > >> Shut off both and try then. >> And if blue tooth disable blue tooth on cell and PDAs to test for >> improvement.I know not much to work but with hope it helps. :-) > > I don't have anything powered that's bluetooth, unless the lappy > is broadcasting into the aether without asking me. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
