Thanks for that Kaj, it's been bugging me for ages - and i do indeed have a Trident Cyberblade.
cheers Matt On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 00:49, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Saturday 01 June 2002 01:05 am, Matt Blake wrote: > > Every now and again using any windows manager - mainly gnome or kde, i > > get a strange problem with the mouse - it is as if the area the mouse > > can move in shifts 2cm to the right but the actual screen stays in the > > same place. So for example when i want to click on the gnome icon to go > > into the main menu i have to click the mouse about 2cm to the right of > > the actual icon. The only way to stop it is a complete reboot - which is > > obviously pretty annoying! > > > > For various reasons i reinstalled mandrake 8.2 and the problem is the > > same. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening or how i can > > solve it? > > > > thanks for any help > > Matt > > Matt, this is a "bug" in some Trident chipsets, especially "cyberblades". > > The solution is surprisingly simple : pass the option "sw_cursor" to the file > " /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 " > > To do that, open a console and become root. Now, fire up a text-editor of > your choice, for example type : "mcedit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (without the > quotes, of course). > > Scroll down the file until you find *Section "Device"*. A few stanzas down > that section, remove the hash-mark (#) in front of *Option "sw_cursor"*. > > Save the file, un-root yourself and restart the X-server (or logout and in > again). > > Done. > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich > Denmark > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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