Re: [TCLUG:21459] Mouse under X

[Michael Osterlie <mosterlie@visi.com>]

* Michael Josephson (mjj55409@yahoo.com) [000919 20:10]:
> 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

    Are you running gpm in the background? I know with my Logitech, if I'm
running gpm with X, I get problems with my mouse. There is probably some way
to fix it, but I haven't missed gpm yet, since I'm almost always in X when I
need to cut/paste. Anyway, if gpm is running, try killing it, see if that
helps..

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Michael Osterlie
mosterlie@visi.com