Try mousedrake for which you may have to su first. Your mention of /dev/psaux is curious. From mousedrake I just choose "wheel mouse" and I'm good to go. Miark ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: [newbie] jerky mouse movement > I've just switched from Debian to Mandrake 8.0 on this computer mainly > because I could never get sound to work with Debian. I'm a little confused > because debian puts most of it's config files in different directories than > mandrake so for give me if I ask a really dumb question. > > After installing mandrake everything seemed to work, including sound except > for the mouse. It moves in a jerky fashion and sometimes it doesn't move at > all. When I use mousedrake or harddrake it seems to work for a few movements > then it reverts back to the jerky motion. > > The mouse is a standard ps/2 mouse with wheel connected to /dev/psaux. In > debian this is usually caused by a conflict between X and a program called > gpm but I don't think gpm is installed in this case. At least it's not listed > in the software manager. > > Does anyone have any ideas I could try? > > Thanks, > > Jay > > ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com >
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