Mouse problems in xfree86 3.1.2

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2 total messages Started by Andrew Swan Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00

#109

Author: Andrew Swan
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00

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greetings! i have recently installed linux (1.2.13) from a slackware
distribution onto my pentium. have got X windows up and running,
but am having some difficulty using my mouse. its not that it freezes up
(from what i can gather this is the most common problem) - it is the
reverse really ie, its hyperactive. it jumps around all over the screen, 
disappearing from one place and re-materialising in another totally 
random location. this makes it very difficult to do anything at all.

the mouse is a microsoft "home" mouse, with the following in "XF86Config"

Section "Pointer"
  Protocol "Microsoft"
  Device "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

I have also tried another microsoft mouse, one of the "ergonomically"
shaped variety (not sure what its proper name is). it does the same thing

i don't know if it's important or not, but the video card is a diamond
stealth64 pci. 

hope someone can help me?

thanks

andrew swan

Re: Mouse problems in xfree86 3.1.2

#110

Author: Rudy Anduze Jr.
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:00

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In <4cq4i9$dtg_001@chiswick.anprod.CSIRO.AU>
andrew@chiswick.anprod.csiro.au (Andrew Swan) writes: 
>
>greetings! i have recently installed linux (1.2.13) from a slackware
>distribution onto my pentium. have got X windows up and running,
>but am having some difficulty using my mouse. its not that it freezes
up
>(from what i can gather this is the most common problem) - it is the
>reverse really ie, its hyperactive. it jumps around all over the
screen, 
>disappearing from one place and re-materialising in another totally 
>random location. this makes it very difficult to do anything at all.
>
>the mouse is a microsoft "home" mouse, with the following in
"XF86Config"
>
>Section "Pointer"
>  Protocol "Microsoft"
>  Device "/dev/mouse"
>EndSection
>
>I have also tried another microsoft mouse, one of the "ergonomically"
>shaped variety (not sure what its proper name is). it does the same
thing
>
>i don't know if it's important or not, but the video card is a diamond
>stealth64 pci. 
>
>hope someone can help me?
>
>thanks
>
>andrew swan

When selecting the mouse, although you are probably using a Microsoft
mouse, select PS/2 as the mouse driver and that should take care of the
problem.  Do this throught the xf86config.

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