I also have a M$ Intellimouse (PS/2) perhaps it would have been better
deemed a DumbAmouse (PS/2) type. As I think you are both very lucky to have
had it work under M$. I bought it new with my win98 system and had this
same problem using it under M$.
I had to revert to a 20 year old two button mouse in order to get any use
out of my M$ system, when I installed Linux I selected the
generic PS/2 mouse configurations in the Mandrake install as I luckily had
read here of others having this problem and thought I would do my self a
favor by skipping over my desire for two buttons and a wheel.
b/web
Wade
At 12:07 AM 5/5/00 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote:
>> Why is it that when I select MS Intellimouse (PS/2) from the list in
>> Mouseconfig it will not work correctly in X?
>> My mouse is a PS/2 Intellimouse.
>> The symptoms are the pointer will automatically move to the upper-right
>> corner of the screen and the button-press events (menus) will fire
randomly.
>>
>> My workaround is to use the generic 3 button PS/2 mouse settings. I'm
>> really curious as to why this happens. Do others have the problem? And
>> are there really any differences between selecting Intellimouse or generic
>> mouse?
>
>Yes, I had this problem too. Quite frustrating. I did the thing that all true
>blue former mac and windows users do: I reformatted and reinstalled Mandrake,
>this time being careful to choose the generic ps/2 driver.
>
>But that doesn't support the beloved mouse wheel. Are there any drivers which
>allow for the use of the wheel?
>
>Regards,
>Nathan
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