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- To: <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: Random mouse movements when seriously clicked
- From: "Flavio Henrique Araque Gurgel" <fhagur@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:10:17 -0300
- Message-id: <007a01c66ac5$19825030$1be5870a@BRVWBBR>
Package: linux-image
Version: 2.6.15-1-k7
The mouse cursor starts to randomly move and click around the screen for
some seconds.
It happens when I make quick sequential clicks in it, for example, 4 clicks
in the same click interval as a double click.
I need take my hands off the mouse then it stops the random movement and
clicking after one or two seconds, getting back to normal behaviour.
If I need to drag and drop something like a window on the screen it happens
too, not as much as subsequentially clicking but sometimes.
This is a dangerous behaviour because when the mouse starts to click around
it can open programs, right click icons and select operations not wanted by
the user.
I decided to send this to the linux-image package because:
- it doesn't look to be a Xfree or Xorg bug because I have tried both in old
and new Debian versions;
- the same problem occours in text mode when no X is running at all;
- my Xorg.conf is configured to the device /dev/mice.
In the same Hardware:
- this problem happened when using other Linux distros like Ubuntu and
Fedora Core too. I decided to include the bug here because Debian sems to
have a better bug-tracking system and is my distro of choice, better to help
it;
- the problem happens to me since the first time I use Debian on that
hardware, Debian 3.0;
- I had no success talking to the people on the linuxkernel.org;
- I tried several linux-images like x86, 686, k7;
- I tried Debian amd64 unnoficial and testing versions too.
I have tryied some kernel patches found on the net without success.
I have searched on the internet for the problem and it looks to happen to
few people with the same chipset. Nobody had success.
The hardware seems to have no problem because when using FreeBSD (and Xorg)
or Microsoft Windows there's no problem at all.
Hardware description:
Athlon 64 3000+
512MB RAM
Asus A8V motherboard
chipset VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237
HD Serial ATA Seagate 7200rpm 120GB
DVD+CDR-RW LG 52x on the Secondary IDE.
Mouse is a Satellite Intelimouse PS/2 optical.
I have tried another PS/2 mouses like non-optical Logitech and the same
problem occours.
I have tried USB mouses and the problem disappears.
I'm using Debian Testing with the linux-image above.
All packages are up to date today with the ftp.br.debian.org repository.
Sorry about the long description but I think that all information given is
useful.
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