This one time, at band camp, rm@ednf.org said: > Hello, > > I an having weird things happen to my mouse on bootup, and through X. > Generic ps/2 mouse, windows type clone > I am trying different combinations of : > /dev/mouse > /dev/psaux (used by gpm) > and different protocols > protocol PS/2 > protocol mousesystems > protocol IntelliMouse (used with a different mouse than above two) > > but the mouse if _still_ unstable. At the slightest touch it careers off > screen in some random direction, never to appear again, though upon > movement it squeals... This sounds like a wrong mouse protocol - try temporarily disabling gpm, and then trying different mouse protocols in X. Usually PS/2 is correct for these mice, but sometimes it's the IMPS/2 one. If that fixes it, then you can run gpm with that protocol, and then set X to use /dev/gpmdata as it's device. It's often difficult to make gpm and X get along nicely, so if you have no real reason to use gpm, I'd recommend dumping it. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | What we do not understand we do not | | steve@lobefin.net | possess. -- Goethe | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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