[gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!

2007-07-22 Thread Ted Ozolins
Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs all over the place. Does

Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!

2007-07-22 Thread b.n.
Ted Ozolins ha scritto: Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs

Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!

2007-07-22 Thread Stroller
On 22 Jul 2007, at 22:42, Ted Ozolins wrote: Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse pointer flies all over the screen,

Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!!

2007-07-22 Thread Ted Ozolins
Stroller wrote: I assume you're using X11 KDE or Gnome or something like this. What does your xorg.conf say, please? I'm thinking specifically of the mouse section, but you might as well post the lot to be sure. Also, is anything written to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog when