> -----Original Message----- > From: Taylor James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 09:30 AM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > Subject: Jerky, jumpy mouse problem... > > > Hello all, > > I've just installed Debian (woody?) and all is well except > the following. > Having installed and configured X, the mouse is behaving > rather strangely. > It works fine for around ten seconds or so and then just > stops dead for > another ten seconds or so, sometimes jumping to the bottom > left corner of > the screen. Then, after much mouse moving, it springs back to > life and works > fine again. This goes on ad infinitum. > > <SNIP>
Hi James, Try disabling GPM. Disabling this service (and stopping it's running instance) fixed the problem both on my workstation and my laptop. HTH, Sam Stern Bethesda, MD, USA
