On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 05:42:30PM +0100, 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. > ... > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > InputDevice "Generic Mouse" > EndSection > ...
I've had a similar problem, and commented out one of the above mouses to "solve" it. Presumably there's a way to prevent the problem recurring, perhaps using debconf?, but I've opted for the quick fix. I have found that gpm also can cause such problems, but I've long since removed it from my system. Ken -- Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
