Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 10:49, Michael Still wrote: I have seen this on both of my laptops (a Toshiba Tecra, and an IBM Thinkpad). It happens in both the W thing and Linux... I've never been concerned. yes! so it's not just me! my (toshiba tecra) laptop does that slowly scrolling to the top of the screen thing by itself, it's the built in nipple mouse. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
I've seen Dell Latitude CPX laptops do that thing where the pointer scrolls to the top slowly even when your not touching anythingi just installed the latest Flash Bios and it was fine... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Fitch Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 10:21 PM To: slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 10:49, Michael Still wrote: I have seen this on both of my laptops (a Toshiba Tecra, and an IBM Thinkpad). It happens in both the W thing and Linux... I've never been concerned. yes! so it's not just me! my (toshiba tecra) laptop does that slowly scrolling to the top of the screen thing by itself, it's the built in nipple mouse. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:24:56PM +1000, Warren wrote: when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the screen but stops some amount of pixels short (about 40 i think) so far the only way i found to fix this is reboot any clues please? is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?] does switching to a different virtual console (Ctl+Alt+F1) and back to X (Ctl+Alt+F7) fix it? [sometimes this resets the input device to a known state] I had a similar problem with a mouse last week but it just turned out to be some dirt on the rollers. Conrad. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
If this is on a laptop, it's most likely the trackpad having a hardware failure. The Dells at work (NT) often do this just before the keyboard dies. - Jill. -- Jill Rowling, Systems Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:24:56PM +1000, Warren wrote: when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -- This email is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify us by return e-mail or telephone Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited on +61 2 9413 6300. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
Warren wrote: when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the screen but stops some amount of pixels short (about 40 i think) so far the only way i found to fix this is reboot any clues please? It probably has nothing to do with it, but are you using a hardware accelerated cursor? I remember having problems with this way way back with an early version of the nvidia drivers for my tnt2 card. The relevant option is HWCursor in your XF86Config-4 file (assuming you're using xfree 4.x, and I'm also not sure if it's an nvidia specific option). Try toggling its value. Does restarting X solve your problem? are you running gpm and using it to send mouse events to X? I generally find gpm to cause problems with everything ever (well, specifically I can't use directfb apps with it). I would also be fascinated if restarting X did not solve your problem, since X (as far as I know) has its own drivers for input devices which would be restarted every time you restart X. HTH James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
quote who=Conrad Parker is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?] I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm... if I get gpm out of the way, then the meece run fine. The symptom I see using gpm is that X will get confuses and push the cursor up against the edges of the screen regardless of how you move it. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] stibbons Yeah. The whole climax thing would make much more sense if I'd paid attention. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
Warren was once rumoured to have said: when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the screen but stops some amount of pixels short (about 40 i think) so far the only way i found to fix this is reboot any clues please? You're suffering from what sounds like a hardware cursor issue. Restarting your X Server (you can use Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to kill the current instance, and gdm/xdm/kdm will spawn a new one) should fix it. If you want to avoid the problem, you'll need to disable the hardware cursor support in your XServer. This is usually done by adding: option SWCursor to the video card section of your XFree86 config file[1]. The main disadvantage there is that Hardware cursor support is MUCH faster than software cursor support - you are likely to experience a huge hit to the responsiveness of your mouse whilst the system is under heavier loads. C. [1] Its been a long time since I had to do this - I might have the option's name wrong - when in doubt, read the readme files - it is mentioned in there. -- --==-- Crossfire | This email was brought to you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% Recycled Electrons --==-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:38:41AM +1000, Jan Schmidt wrote: I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm... if I get gpm out of the way, then the meece run fine. The symptom I see using gpm is that X will get confuses and push the cursor up against the edges of the screen regardless of how you move it. You can usually get an Intellimouse working with gpm using an /etc/gpm.conf like: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=raw type=imps2 append= And /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 containing: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option ProtocolIMPS/2 Option Device /dev/gpmdata Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection The important thing is to set gpm's repeat type to raw, and use IMPS/2 as the protocol and /dev/gpmdata as the device when configuring X. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:38:41AM +1000, Jan Schmidt wrote: quote who=Conrad Parker is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?] I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm... if I get gpm out of the way, then the meece run fine. The symptom I see using gpm is that X will get confuses and push the cursor up against the edges of the screen regardless of how you move it. hmm, what occasionally happens to me (like, a few times a year, not every day) is that my mouse cursor will decide to crawl slowly to the top of the screen, and if there's virtual desktops above then of course it crawls into them as well and keeps on going. Picking the mouse up off its mat and gently shaking it seems to discipline it and it behaves properly again. maybe my mouse has a dirty roller, maybe its a driver problem, maybe I forgot to wear deodorant those days and it's trying to escape; damn rebellious intellimice. K. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Conrad Parker wrote: On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:38:41AM +1000, Jan Schmidt wrote: quote who=Conrad Parker is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?] I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm... if I get gpm out of the way, then the meece run fine. The symptom I see using gpm is that X will get confuses and push the cursor up against the edges of the screen regardless of how you move it. hmm, what occasionally happens to me (like, a few times a year, not every day) is that my mouse cursor will decide to crawl slowly to the top of the screen, and if there's virtual desktops above then of course it crawls into them as well and keeps on going. Picking the mouse up off its mat and gently shaking it seems to discipline it and it behaves properly again. I have seen this on both of my laptops (a Toshiba Tecra, and an IBM Thinkpad). It happens in both the W thing and Linux... I've never been concerned. Mikal -- Michael Still ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) UMT+10hrs -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
thanx everyone for your comments this problem is very intermittent - hasn't happened yet today and i haven't been able to nail down if any particular event triggers it this is a Genius Wheel Mouse supplied with a new desktop system from everythinglinux - i haven't yet tried swapping in another mouse certainly the tip on restarting X sounds a bit less painful than a reboot, tho yet to try it when it happens its very annoying, I will keep an eye on it thanx again Warren Mobey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
