RE: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically
Thanks for the tip. I assume what you mean here is to change the driver in
XF86Config? I'll give that a shot.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard lyons [mailto:richard@the-place.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 4:34 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically
>
>
> 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
>
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> richard
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