Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-13 Thread David Fitch
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

RE: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-13 Thread Chris Barnes
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Conrad Parker
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

RE: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Jill Rowling
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread James Gregory
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Jan Schmidt
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Crossfire
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Tom Massey
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Conrad Parker
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Michael Still
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

Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right

2002-06-12 Thread Warren
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