[nflug] USB Mouse erratic bahaviour

[anthonyriga]

I do have gpm installed and shut off the daemon when I
was troubleshooting. Thought that could have been
causing it. 

--- joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:

> When we last left our adventurers...
> 
> > The mouse is new and the desk is clean I also made
> > sure that there was noting on the optical part of
> the
> > mouse. The mouse works fine in windows. I have
> seen
> > this happen before where you move the mouse cursor
> > back forth and eventually stops and then jumps
> gets
> > real slow too. You move the mouse cursor then is
> stops
> > for few seconds then moves. Its like some sort of
> > redraw problem somewhere. Sometimes too if you
> take a
> > window and grab it and move the mouse fast the
> redraw
> > is really slow. You see the window stop too then
> it
> > starts again.  Ill just do reinstall see what
> happens.
> 
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NOOO! Reinstalling is Windows
> mentality. If you don't 
> figure out what the problem is then it'll just
> happen again. Like in 
> Windows. Sounds like "dirty" isn't the problem since
> it works in MS. Do 
> you have gpm installed? Does it work without X
> started? My guess is going 
> to be that its an X config problem. Try running
> xorgconfig first (after 
> backing up xorg.conf, of course).
> 
> >
> >
> > --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> >
> >> David J. Andruczyk wrote:
> >>> Is this an optical mouse (ie. no ball inside)?
> >> That happens when you
> >>> get a piece of hair stuck in the sensor window.
> >> dragging the mouse
> >>> makes hte hair jump around confusing the mouse's
> >> optical pickup.  Mine
> >>> does this from time to time which is a telltale
> to
> >> clean the desk.....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 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?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
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> >>>
> >>> Dave J. Andruczyk
> >>>
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> >> Yes and they also don't work very well on shiny
> >> surfaces (light reflects
> >> all over misguiding the mouse).
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