Re: mouse freezes in X

[Brian Clark <brianj@fusionwerks.com>]

Hi Joey,

@ 8:53:09 PM on 11/28/2001, joey tsai wrote:

> Hi, I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical, and I'm currently using
> it via ps/2 port. I had no problems with it for nearly a year, but
> now in X it will simply freeze on the screen and won't respond.
> Restarting X will usually restore it, but eventually it will freeze
> again. Is anyone else having this problem? Does anyone have any
> suggestions? Thanks,

I use the same mouse. I fixed it (and got my wheel to work) by
changing from PS/2 to IMPS/2 in my XF86Config-4 mouse section. Try
that, then restart X and it will probably work just fine.

-Brian