Hi,
I am using an intellimouse optical on LM8.1 (on a laptop). The mouse works
beautifully. The only difference that I see between our free86config-4 files
is that my mouse is pointed to /dev/mouse. Have you tried that?
hth,
Bill W.
On Sunday 16 December 2001 12:17, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have installed Mandrake Linux 8.1 (Powerpack) on my system.
> I have a problem with my mouse. When I try to move the cursor it
> goes crazy. It likes to go to the lower left of the screen but it may go
> anywhere... So fast it almost seems to just "appear" there. Along
> the way it may open menus, move my "menu bar" from along the
> bottom of the screen to the left side. (How do I put it back along the
> bottom - in Gnome desktop?)
>
> My mouse is a MS Intellimouse Optical. I am using (well, trying
> to 8-( ) Xfree86 4.0 so I am looking at xfree86config-4, correct?
>
> It said:
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" or "/dev/mouse1" or something
> (I changed it to "/dev/psaux")
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>
> and the cordmiddle option is "#" so it isn't activated.
>
> I have tried various things including reinstalling approximately 15
> times now. Nothing changes. I started out with a logitech 2 button
> mouse and some keyboard. Was going crazy all over the screen.
> Tried reinstalling. Nope. Got the wife to go get a different mouse.
> She came home with the intellimouse packaged with the "MS
> Internet Keyboard." Still the same behavior. Exactly the same.
> Goes crazy opens menus moved my task bar to the left crazy.
>
> At one point I got to the mouse screen where I roll the mouse
> wheel to activate. I did, it worked for up down push wheel push left
> button push right button. Movement worked. Ok, complete install
> still crazy. Two mice two keyboards still crazy. Crazy.
>
> Surely I'm not the only one in existance that can't get mouse to
> stop being crazy. What do I need to do that it can't figure out by
> itself? Is crazy I say!
>
> Must do in Gnome, KDE locks up at screen. Where blinking
> icon "loading window manager" it stops blinking locked up. That is
> another problem always in every installation. Will worry about that
> later, got option #2 Gnome to work. Mouse crazy in login and
> Gnome. Crazy.
>
> Help. Trying to use this "keyboard mouse" emulation is crazy
> too, will start moving and stop but pointer keeps to edge of screen
> then I have to remember what way I was moving and hit that key
> again and then it stops trying to move that way and I can move back.
> Sometimes different keys act this way. Noticed I was trying to type
> in my user password and it wasn't working. Went back to input user
> name to test and sure enough... All my input was in caps, the #'s
> were in "@#!@%!"! My shift key was "stuck" so I pressed them and
> retyped user, password fine. Is there a conflict between my mouse
> and keyboard? Would explain multiple keyboards/mice exhibiting
> the same problem? According to the colors on the plugs/ports and
> also the labeling I've got them plugged into the correct ps2 ports.
> And they work fine in Windows98 (as if that's supposed to be any
> colsolation <GRIN>).
>
> I have the bios configured for Plug & Play OS "OFF" like the
> installation guide that came with ML8.1PP said to.
>
> Help,
> Wes Gregg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Stuck in Windows where my mouse is a mouse and my
> keyboard is a keyboard and they both work fine. 8-(
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