Re: Mouse doesn't work right in X
> I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), > and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my > mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the > screen, actually) and apparently it thinks i'm clicking the mouse > buttons too since the WindowMaker menus pop up. I can't get the cursor > to work normally. It just stays off the screen. I can move side to > side, but that doesn't really help much :-) Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks > what about telling us some details? the effect is typical for having configured the wrong mouse type. but it may also be caused by an incompatible logitech wheel mouse (if you have one). -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
Re: Mouse doesn't work right in X
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Morgan Terry wrote: > > > I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), > > and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my > > mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the > > screen, actually) and apparently it thinks i'm clicking the mouse > > buttons too since the WindowMaker menus pop up. I can't get the cursor > > to work normally. It just stays off the screen. I can move side to > > side, but that doesn't really help much :-) Any help would be greatly > > appreciated. Thanks > > It's hard to help you out with no knowledge of what laptop or what mouse > you have; however, it sounds like you're using an ikncorrect protocol. I > can't recall the proper method for detecting mouse hardware under X, but > gpmconfig out of X should give you a pretty good idcea of what you're up > against. > > Ben move your /etc/X11/XF86Config to some other filename, then run XF86Setup as root. 1) it may actually get your mouse right, in which case, note which it thinks it is. 2) you can use the keyboard to get it to load different mouse behaviors until one is shown to behave itself properly. note which one that is. then 3) abort, go back to your original XF86Config file, and graft the values in. plus move it back. The moving it away is in case you accidentally let the setup program go through the complete sequence (maybe you are distracted)... you don't want to write over anything else you put in there already. -or- 1) setup gpm correctly, 2) stop using /dev/psaux (or whatever the real port is) - switch to using the repeater output for X's input mousedev. man gpm for its name, I've forgotten, it's a bit late for me right now. * Heather * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mouse doesn't work right in X
Sencond this, check whether your gpm is in repeater mode or not. Also check Mouse protocal, most laptop use PS/2. Once upon a time, I heard Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill say > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Morgan Terry wrote: > > > I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), > > and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my > > mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the > > screen, actually) and apparently it thinks i'm clicking the mouse > > buttons too since the WindowMaker menus pop up. I can't get the cursor > > to work normally. It just stays off the screen. I can move side to > > side, but that doesn't really help much :-) Any help would be greatly > > appreciated. Thanks > > It's hard to help you out with no knowledge of what laptop or what mouse > you have; however, it sounds like you're using an ikncorrect protocol. I > can't recall the proper method for detecting mouse hardware under X, but > gpmconfig out of X should give you a pretty good idcea of what you're up > against. > > Ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ## #Chanop Silpa-Anan # #gpg @ http://kenji.anu.edu.au/~chanop/chanop.asc# ## pgpRq3Z9irZnr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mouse doesn't work right in X
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Morgan Terry wrote: > I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), > and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my > mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the > screen, actually) and apparently it thinks i'm clicking the mouse > buttons too since the WindowMaker menus pop up. I can't get the cursor > to work normally. It just stays off the screen. I can move side to > side, but that doesn't really help much :-) Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks It's hard to help you out with no knowledge of what laptop or what mouse you have; however, it sounds like you're using an ikncorrect protocol. I can't recall the proper method for detecting mouse hardware under X, but gpmconfig out of X should give you a pretty good idcea of what you're up against. Ben
Mouse doesn't work right in X
I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the screen, actually) and apparently it thinks i'm clicking the mouse buttons too since the WindowMaker menus pop up. I can't get the cursor to work normally. It just stays off the screen. I can move side to side, but that doesn't really help much :-) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -- Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who sacrifices functionality for ease of use loses both and deserves neither.
