Re: ps/2 mouse flickering on toshiba - xfree 4.1.0-16
On 16 May 2002, Vasco Figueira wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When recently upgraded from potato to woody, wich means xfree 3.x to
> 4.x, I have occasionaly some problems with my external (ps/2) mouse.
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite 4070, and the mouse is a Microsoft
> Intellimouse 1.2A, PS/2 compatible. Xfree version is the latest on
> woody, 4.1.0-16. gpm is installed, but with or without it, it's the
> same.
>
> The bug is tremendously annoying for two reasons:
> 1) It's occasional and not reproducible. Sometimes happens, sometimes
> not. Sometimes a reboot fixes it, sometimes not.
> 2) If I don't touch the mouse it stays put, if not, it flickers and
> jumps all over the screen every time I move it, pressing things it
> should not press. :-)
>
> I'm totally clueless about this. Should I fill a bug report?
>
> Follows XF86Config-4.
Are you running gpm in a console? If so, try stopping it.
AC
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