patrick,
can you post the "pointer" section of /etc/X11/XF86Config? sounds like one
of two things:
1. protocol section is not correct
2. wrong device is being polled.
patrick, kill gpm "/etc/rc2.d/gpm stop" and then start X. if your mouse
works correctly, the wrong device is being polled.
if the mouse doesn't work correctly, the protocol isn't correct.
pete
ps- i forwarded this email to vox-tech where it belongs. technical
discussions should go to vox-tech, not vox. thanks!
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> Hey all, at the last installfest Pete helped me put Debian 2.2 on my
> inherited Toshia 430 CDT. Everything's been working fine, but I hadn't
> had a chance to test out X. This evening I loaded X and was surprised to
> find that the pointing stick didn't work. The cursor starts in the middle
> of the screen and the second I touch the pointing stick, the cursor jumps
> to the bottom of the screen, and will only move right to left.
> Additionally, the cursor jumps in about three steps from the right to the
> left of the screen. I closed down the computer and rebooted with a normal
> mouse plugged into the PS/2 port on the back of the laptop. The same
> thing happened. I'm open to any ideas, please let me know what you guys
> think. Thanks a lot.
