On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 10:27:09PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:16:57PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > | This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > | > I an having weird things happen to my mouse on bootup, and through X. > | > Generic ps/2 mouse, windows type clone > | > I am trying different combinations of : > | > /dev/mouse > | > /dev/psaux (used by gpm) > | > and different protocols > | > protocol PS/2 > | > protocol mousesystems > | > protocol IntelliMouse (used with a different mouse than above two) > | > > | > but the mouse if _still_ unstable. At the slightest touch it careers off > | > screen in some random direction, never to appear again, though upon > | > movement it squeals... > | > | This sounds like a wrong mouse protocol > > I agree here. Try different protocols until one works. You might > want to also unplug the mouse sometimes to "reset" it's internal > state.
echo -n '\377' > /dev/psaux should reset the mouse. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
