on Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 04:48:10PM +0100, Tim van Erven ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I've been experiencing some kind of alien mouse syndrom while > running X. Sometimes my pointer will just jump up and to the right a > bit when I move the mouse, much like you could get by setting the wrong > mouse in your X config, and then all will be back to normal again. > > However, I've not changed my mouse config in months and it used to work > flawlessly before. (I've got gpm repeating raw mouse events and X > listening on /dev/gpmdata.) > > To give an indication of the timeframe: I first starting experiencing > this problem shortly after upgrading my kernel from 2.4.13 to 2.4.14. I > just tried reverting to 2.4.13, but the problem persists. > > At this point I'm not really sure where to start looking for a cause, > so I'm turning to this list for ideas on how to start isolating this > problem.
In the dumb-and-obvious category, have you tried cleaning your mouse and/or mouspad? -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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