On Thursday 24 June 2004 10:36, JoeHill wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:06:45 +0100 > Tony S. Sykes disseminated the following: > > > This is a setting on your windows manager. Not sure which one your are using > > but you should be able to find it in the settings if you wanna turn it off. > > > > Tony. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hoyt Bailey > > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:08 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] Is this action normal? > > > > > > In attempting to trace the source of the pager randomly switching. I > > found something strange. With the pager on desktop 1, using a > > logitech trackman wheel with a roller ball. > > 1. If I move the cursor to the right untill it goes off screen, the > > pager switches from desktop 1 to desktop 2, and the cursor reappears at > > the left side of the screen. > > 2. If I move the cursor down until it goes off screen the pager switches > > to desktop 3, and the cursor reappears at the top of the screen. > > > > Reverse the action of the cursor and the same thing happens. Is this > > normal? > > Ya, like Tony said, this is actually a feature of X which some WM's use, usually > described as 'viewports' moreso that 'workspaces'. It draws one huge desktop, > then divides it up into 4 'quadrants' (actually, this can be configured > differently as well, but that's another story), so that when you move down from > viewport 1, the mouse'jumps' over into viewport 3. > > Sounds like either Pekwm, Kahakai or Waimea to me, but there may be others that > do this. In any case, if you consult the documentation for the WM you are using, > I am quite sure you will see a way to turn this behaviour off. > > BTW, Tony, what's up with yer quoting (or lack thereof), please tell me you are > not using Lookout! > I think its mdkkdm, thats what I needed to know maybe I can fix it now.
-- Regards; Hoyt
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