On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 10:14:22PM -0700, Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > Sounds like a gpm problem. If you're using XFree4, kill gpm and it should > work ok (Xfree4 does things a bit differently and does not have support > for gpm). If you're not using Xfree4, check your gpm config or try going > around gpm to see if your mouse works without it just fine. > > I had this problem and do every time gpm is started while using xfree4. I > have had it in xfree3 in the past, usually after switching mice.
as i mentioned this problem occurs even when gpm is NOT running, it even occurs in gpm itself (without X) in reply to a previous post i tried using MouseManPlusPS/2 which only altered the behavior, now instead of the pointer ending up in the upper right corner it ends up in the lower left corner. i have checked for irq conflicts and do not see anything (though the BIOS is not terribly helpful in looking for such things since it seems to do everything automatically) i am not using Xfree4, i am using the debian Xfree 3.3.6 packages (3.3.6-10) thanks > -nicole > > At 00:02 on Jul 25, Brad combined all the right letters to say: > > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 06:06:51PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > > when i move the mouse it will at times go out of control, the pointer > > > starts jumping around the screen extremely fast with the buttons going > > > off randomly (i am not clicking the mouse buttons, but the windowmaker > > > menu, and window menus appear and my workspaces are switched around > > > when the mouse `clicks' my windowmaker clip several times, it has even > > > dragged icons off the dock and thrown them away) > > > > > > the pointer usually ends up in the upper right corner of the screen > > > but it jumps around so fast i can only see where it has been by where > > > menus pop up and windows get closed etc. it is exceedingly annoying. > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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