Possessed Mouse

[rov]

My mouse was working all fine before, and last night I did an apt-get upgrade and today my mouse works fine for 30 sec or something and starts moving, clicking,disappearing, for 5 seconds, and then good for 30 seconds, then crazy again and on and on and on.

Can anybody give me any place to start trying to figure out what screwed it up??? I have no clue where to start.

[Cloak|56k]

What kind of mouse do you have???

i have a M$ Intellimouse Pro witch does the same thing :mad:

M$ sucks even in hardware :p

ps: I meant when running M$ hardware through Linux ;)

[ 26 February 2001: Message edited by: Cloak_Linux ]

[jbstew32]

if its acting weird and automagically jumps to the top right of the screen, then it is gpm's fault. Just scroll the mouse wheel to regain control. That is the only thing i know of.. sorry

[jscott]

i have a M$ Intellimouse Pro witch does the same thing :mad:

M$ sucks even in hardware


Make sure your /etc/X11/XFree86config uses the following lines (XFree86 4.0.x)


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection


There are more options, but that should get you started. You may also want to try "Device" "/dev/psaux" Sometimes that works instead... I've have not troubles at all with 3 different IntelliMouse(s) on 3 seperate machines.

[rov]

I usually used XF86Config to configure my X windows, but for some reason it doesn't work anymore....

So far, it seems like that scroll button thing works. I have a logitech mouse with 2+scroll buttons.

[Cloak|56k]

Originally posted by jscott:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection



Will try it out...Thanks..... :)