Re: [TCLUG:21459] Mouse under X

[Adam Maloney <adamm@sihope.com>]

Are you using the IMPS/2 protocol, and is it an intellimouse?  If you get
goofy mouse action that's almost certainly a protocol issue.

Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Michael Josephson wrote:

> I'm having a bit of getting my mouse to function under X. It's one of those
> Logitech marble trackball things. It plugs into the ps/2 mouse port (and I have
> that set as the protocol in the config file), and I have /dev/mouse linked to
> /dev/psaux. The problem is that when you try to move the mouse under X, it
> jumps around on the screen, and you can tell that there are random phantom right
> and left clicks occuring. What's funny is that I first installed Linux a few
> weeks ago, and I didn't have any problems with the mouse. I reinstalled last
> week, and haven't been as lucky. Anyone have a guess as to what I'm missing? Oh,
> btw, I'm using Debian.
> 
> Thanks, mj
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