[nflug] USB Mouse erratic bahaviour

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Fri Jul 21 14:08:20 EDT 2006


joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
> When we last left our adventurers...
>
>> yes this is laptop. It was actually working fine then
>> it just started happening. I have had this happen
>> before too on pcs. Its a usb belkin mouse. Works fine
>> in winblows.
>>
>> here is the mouse section:
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> Identifier "Mouse0"
>> Driver "mouse"
>> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>> EndSection
>
> I'm also using a USB mouse (but not on a lappy). The only difference 
> is that I'm using Protocol "IMPS/2" (not sure if the capitalization of 
> the "M" is important) and my device is "/dev/psaux" which is a symlink 
> to /dev/misc/psaux. I specifically remember having the problem with 
> /dev/input/mice for some reason. I'm sure that that could be different 
> between distros but give it a shot.
>
>>
>>
>> --- joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
>>
>>> When we last left our adventurers...
>>>
>>>> Im running Fed 5 and have noticed certain times
>>> when I
>>>> move my mouse across screen it stops for while
>>> then
>>>> continues to move gets jerkey movements too. I
>>> have
>>>> had this happen before on other installs of linux
>>> with
>>>> different mice ps2 and usb even with new ones out
>>> of
>>>> the box at work. What would be causing this or is
>>> it
>>>> some sort of bug? Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Is this a laptop? I've seen it happen there before.
>>> Whats your xorg.conf
>>> file like?
>>>
>>>>
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