"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > Hi!!! > > I'm new in this S.O. I can say I use it in my work. > Sometimes, when I'm doing my normal things, the mouse > get a problem, i don't know what is it, it looks to be > in other situation, i mean, when i try to click in one > place, it does but 2cm left from i did. i can't know > when it happens. > if someone knows what is what i mean, and know the > answer plear, i appresiate your help. If i have to be > clearer please tell me, i don't know to speak english > very well, i can speak spanish.... > > Soy nuevo en usar el S.O. trabajo con él, pero tengo un > pequeño problema, cuanto intento hacer clic en alguna > parte, lo hace pero corrido como 2 cm a la izquierda, > no se que pueda ser, he intentado hasta cambiar el > controlador del mouse por otro pero no funciona, esto > no ocurre siempre y no he dado para identificar cuando > ocurre. > > Agradezco su ayuda.!!!!
Well, this problem comes up frequently, almost a FAQ. As I happen to have a copy of one of my answers, I'll just quote it below : > Good news ! - I remember some people here on the list (or was it the > "expert"-one ?) having big-time trouble with their Trident chipsets. It > almost drove me nuts as well ! - The problem manifested itself only > occasionally : the mouse-pointer got an offset, and couldn't be moved to > the left rim of the screen, but stopped dead about 30 pixels from it. > Furthermore, when clicking something, I had to point the cursor about > those 30 pixels to the RIGHT of focus. Only cure was to reboot - and > that's not something we linuxers like ;-) > > Well, I looked around on the net and found the answer to all my troubles > on the S.u.S.E. - mailing list : > > http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/wessels_trident_mouse.html > > The solution is surprisingly simple : pass the option "sw_cursor" to > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > In my case, only thing I had to do was to uncomment the line Option > "sw_cursor" by removing the #-mark. > > This being a "newbie"-list, I'll show how "I did it my way" : > > 1. Open a console-window > 2. type : su > 3. enter your root-password > 4. open "Midnight Commander" by issuing the command : mc > 5. highlight the file /etc/X11/XF86Config and press <F4> to edit it > 6. search for the entry below ( or something very similar ) : > > # ********************************************************************** > # Graphics device section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Generic VGA" > Chipset "generic" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Trident CyberBlade (generic)" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > # Chipset "CyberBlade" > # VideoRam 4096 > # Clock lines > > > # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block > # instead of the cursor! > Option "sw_cursor" > Option "power_saver" > EndSection > > > # ********************************************************************** > # Screen sections > # ********************************************************************** > > 7. either remove the #-mark in front of Option "sw_cursor" or simply add > the line > 8. save the file by pressing <F2> > 9. exit "Midnight Commander" by pressing <F10> > 10. back in the console-window, type exit twice , and you are done > 11. restart the X-server or reboot. > > That's all, folks. And credit for this advice to the S.u.S.E. - people ! > Kaj Haulrich
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