Re: XFree 4.0.2 and mouse on ibm X20
i had the same problem on my tp570 with xf4 and gpm. so i disabled the
gpm and everything works fine.
ps: for some reason i could never use the wheel of a wheel mouse.
Ole Sebastian Stein wrote:
>
> I am running testing and encountered a stange thing with the mouse. It just
> skips around the screen whenever I touch the trackpoint on my Ibm X20 laptop.
> Even though I don't touch the mouse buttons, menus pop up as if I had. I've
> tried lots of different settings, but it still won't work.
>
> In the end I tried XFree86 3.3.6 from stable instead. No problems what so
> ever. But I would really like to use XFree 4. Any suggestions? Is this a
> bug?
>
> >From the 4.0.3 changelog;
> -A problem with the ThinkingMousePS/2 protocol is fixed in the mouse
> driver.
>
> I dunno if this is it, but nevertheless I am using PS/2 protocol which is
> working in 3.3.6. Also a friend of mine has the ibm T21 and is also using
> PS/2 (strangely enough it is working under 4.0.2 for him).
>
> (linux 2.4.3)
>
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> Ole Sebastian Stein
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>
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