Re: Mouse Problem
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 10:27:09PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:16:57PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
> | This one time, at band camp, rm@ednf.org said:
>
> | > 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
>
> I agree here. Try different protocols until one works. You might
> want to also unplug the mouse sometimes to "reset" it's internal
> state.
echo -n '\377' > /dev/psaux should reset the mouse.
Pigeon
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