Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-17 Thread Allan Arguelles
I have this problem with my pc too. I have a razer copperhead, so its not a cheap/crappy mouse problem for me. Best *quick* solution I found was to turn the mouse over when I'm not using it. Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-16 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 15 November 2008, 21:55, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > >> So I want a way to tell the kernel or X11 to ignore mouse motion. >> Either to shut down mouse motion completely, or to allow it but to >> ignore

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-16 Thread Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila
"Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that > the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. > Usually this manifests by the pointer "shaking", moving back and > forward one or two pixels v

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-16 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 15 November 2008, 21:55, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > So I want a way to tell the kernel or X11 to ignore mouse motion. > Either to shut down mouse motion completely, or to allow it but to > ignore it for the effect considering the computer as idle. I have > performed a quick

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 15 November 2008, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > > if it is a usb mouse, disconnect it. Or unload the driver. > > It is PS/2. And if I compile the driver as a module (presently it is > built-in) and unload it while X is running, wouldn't the module refuse > to unload (as it is bei

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. If the mouse not brand new, then it may be full of dust and dirt - assuming it has moving parts at all (i.e it's no

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
> if it is a usb mouse, disconnect it. Or unload the driver. It is PS/2. And if I compile the driver as a module (presently it is built-in) and unload it while X is running, wouldn't the module refuse to unload (as it is being used)? -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus T

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 15 November 2008, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 18:55 -0200, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > >> Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that > >> th

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 15 November 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 15 November 2008 22:55:06 Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > > Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that > > the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. > > Usually this manifests

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Albert Hopkins schrieb am 15.11.2008 22:15: > Yes. What you need to do is write your own mouse driver. Call it > 'crappydrv'. In this driver, you detect events sent by the mouse, but > then simply ignore them. > > HTH, > -a > :D signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 15 November 2008 22:55:06 Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that > the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. > Usually this manifests by the pointer "shaking", moving back and > forward one o

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 18:55 -0200, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: >> Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that >> the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. >> Usu

Re: [gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 18:55 -0200, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that > the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. > Usually this manifests by the pointer "shaking", moving back and > forward one or t

[gentoo-user] How to stop mouse motion

2008-11-15 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
Hi. I have a crappy mouse made in China. One of its problems is that the mouse pointer sometimes moves even while the mouse is not moving. Usually this manifests by the pointer "shaking", moving back and forward one or two pixels very fast (it looks like some 5 times per second). The worst problem