Re: PS/2 mouse rolling away
I've seen this happen with cheap mice exposed to bright light. Seems the
plastic shell is so thin that they let enough light in to trigger the
protoreceptors. The next time it happens, try just shading the mouse with
your hand. If that stop it, then you can disassemble the mouse and spray
the inside with some paint. Or just work in the dark ;)...
-----Original Message-----
From: David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>
To: Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de>
Cc: Debian-User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 07:37
Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse rolling away
Quoting Colin Marquardt (colin.marquardt@gmx.de):
> * Armin Wegner <wegner@ldv35.uni-trier.de> writes:
>
> > my logitech ps/2 mouse behaves oddly. Sometimes, the pointer
> > rolls to the top or bottom of the screen when pressing a button
> > while moving left or right in X and on console. I can stop this
> > by moving the mouse. But I can't
>
> Are you sure this isn´t a mechanical problem? Is the movement that
> steady? I have seen something like that with an old mouse of mine...
> Maybe this "when pressing a button" is pure coincidence?
I get this with a MS serial mouse sometimes. I'm not even touching the
mouse and the cursor starts to "fall" slowly and jerkily down the screen.
I guess even mice get fleas ;-)
Cheers,
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