Re: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

[richard lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Saturday 26 June 2004 23:31, Allen Williams wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
[...]
> > This is not a fix, but it might serve as a work-around. If you're
> > not using gpm, install it and reconfigure it and X to play nice
> > together. Then when your mouse goes screwy, just restart gpm and
> > see if that solves the issue.

> I'll give that a shot- don't know what gpm is or how to install it
> (apt-get?), but I'll man it and see what I can do.

gpm is what makes the mouse available in console (text console such as 
you get by alt-F2 etc.).  If you set that up, and then set X-windows to 
read /dev/gpmdata rather than /dev/input/mice or whatever, there is a 
chance it will work.

HTH

-- 
richard