[nflug] USB Mouse erratic bahaviour

Pete Cummings pete at linuxcowboy.com
Fri Jul 21 15:38:42 EDT 2006


I'd bet it's an interrupt conflict. Used to happen all the time back 
when there were modem cards in PCs.

Pete

anthonyriga wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --- 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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>> Yes and they also don't work very well on shiny
>> surfaces (light reflects 
>> all over misguiding the mouse).
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