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cooltheseus
10-22-2002, 05:38 PM
I just installed Slackware Linux and every was working fine, now the mouse just jumps around the screen when I move it. I ran the xf86config and tried that then I screwed up my video. Got the video back working but I still can't use my mouse. Please Help!
Hayl
10-22-2002, 05:43 PM
post the mouse input section from you r XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file (whichever your distro uses.
cooltheseus
10-22-2002, 05:55 PM
# ************************************************** ********************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection
thread_killer
10-22-2002, 06:48 PM
Coincidence? Maybe....

I put slack 8.1 on a box yesterday with a M$ intellimouse through a KVM. I, naturally, selected M$ intellimouse when I did my install. As soon as I brought up KDE and touched the mouse, the arrow would jump to the top of the screen and could not be coaxed to act like it had some common since no matter what I did. I wasn't happy with a couple of facets of the install (I tried to do a very bare-bones installation, and got a little too bare :o ) So I re-installed today. This time I selected a regular two-button PS/2 mouse and it works just fine. Whether I screwed up the install or perhaps it's a slack bug I don't know, but it works just fine, third button and all.
cooltheseus
10-22-2002, 08:04 PM
Any ways to fix this without reinstalling Slackware?
Hayl
10-22-2002, 08:11 PM
try changing the protocol to IMPS/2 instead of Intellimouse.

and add

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
JohnT
10-22-2002, 08:13 PM
In other words so it looks like this..............................


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
cooltheseus
10-22-2002, 08:15 PM
Thanks man, it works now!!!