RE: Jerky, jumpy mouse problem...

[Taylor James <James.Taylor@lbhf.gov.uk>]

Thanks to everyone for their help on this. I think the disable gpm solution
is the correct one, although I can't try it 'til later. I'll let you know
how I get on!

Thanks again,

James



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sam Stern [mailto:sam@spamcop.net]
>Sent: 27 February 2002 15:11
>To: james.taylor@lbhf.gov.uk
>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: RE: Jerky, jumpy mouse problem...
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Taylor James [mailto:James.Taylor@lbhf.gov.uk] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 09:30 AM
>> To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
>> Subject: Jerky, jumpy mouse problem...
>> 
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I've just installed Debian (woody?) and all is well except 
>> the following.
>> Having installed and configured X, the mouse is behaving 
>> rather strangely.
>> It works fine for around ten seconds or so and then just 
>> stops dead for
>> another ten seconds or so, sometimes jumping to the bottom 
>> left corner of
>> the screen. Then, after much mouse moving, it springs back to 
>> life and works
>> fine again. This goes on ad infinitum.
>> 
>> <SNIP>
>
>Hi James,
>
>Try disabling GPM. Disabling this service (and stopping it's running
>instance) fixed the problem both on my workstation and my laptop.
>
>HTH,
>
>
>Sam Stern
>Bethesda, MD, USA
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