hi,
On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 10:55, Moses Lei wrote: > Hi, > > This often happens if you're using the wrong protocol for your PS/2 mouse. > Check http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/mouse6.html and see if any of those > configurations seem to correspond to your mouse. If you can't find > something that looks right, you'll just have to experiment with the > protocols. Nowadays, I've found that most mice are either ImPS/2 or > ExplorerPS/2. However, if those don't work, give the other more obscure > PS/2 protocols a try. yes, that's what i thought too, but by now i think i'm through basically all of the options ("ImPS/2" "PS/2" "IntelliMouse" "Logitech" "BusMouse" "Microsoft" "MouseMan" "Auto" "usb" ...) with no satisfying results: some of them would behave even worse, some of them wouldn't work at all, and some of them would crash and reboot the system. i find the "ImPS/2" protocol to be the relatively best. this is really wearing me down. i think, perhaps this is not an X problem at all -- i discovered that if i additionally plug in a second mouse through an usb port (not even configuring it, or loading the kernel modules actually, though usbcore is loaded already on my system) the mouse behaviour (of the first mouse) gets even worse. again, it's not what i experienced before when using the wrong protocol that the cursor will usually jump to a corner and then more or less stay in that area, it really is totally random, sometimes i can use the mouse for about a minute without any sudden jumps or clicks, sometimes it happens all the time though. anyway, the other thing i noticed, when i try to start gpm in the console the computer crashes and reboots (i did this with and without X running -- same difference). so all this makes me wonder if it is even possible that it is an X problem? meanwhile i installed debian and it works there, so the hardware is ok. the big difference (i think) is that gentoo uses the dynamic devfs -- but i don't know anything much about it, so i am not sure if this could cause behaviour like this. any suggestions would be highly appreciated! thanks again. amael ; > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 05:35:27PM +0200, amael wrote: > > > > > > hello - > > > > i am experiencing a strange problem with my mouse using XFree86 version > > 4.2.0 (compiled using the gentoo ebuild): > > > > the mouse pointer will randomly *jump* up or down half a screen, or > > simply *warp* to a different location. additionally mouse clicks (both > > button 1, 2 and 3) will occur (not physically on the mouse of course). > > the mouse wheel (buttons 4 and 5?) are also affected. > > > > this only happens if i use the mouse, i.e. if i do not touch it the > > pointer will just sit there, as it should, and no mouse clicks will be > > issued. once i start using the mouse the madness will start. > > > > another interesting detail is that i have tried several mice: a logitech > > cordless mouse (from the logitech itouch desktop), a tiny logitech > > travel mate optical mouse, and finally a simple logitech ps2 mouse (the > > first two are usb-mice, but i had them connected to the ps2 port with > > that standard adapter that comes with all mice nowadays). the problem > > was there no matter which mouse i had connected, but the standard > > logitech mouse behaved comparatively well, i.e. it would still warp or > > jump occasionally, but by far not as frequently as the other two. > > > > now, i briefly had red-hat 7.2 installed on this computer and there were > > no problems, unfortunatly i have not kept that configuration file. i > > have my current config file attached. > > > > has anybody experienced a problem like this before or knows of a > > solution? it is maddening if your mouse cursor seemingly lives a life of > > its own =) > > > > thanks a lot! > > > > -amael > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
