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Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 10:21 PM
To: slug
Subject: Re: [SLUG] mouse pointer offsets to right
On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 10:49, Michael Still wrote:
> I have seen this on both of my laptops (a Toshiba Tecra, and an IBM
> Thinkpad). It happens in both the W thing and Linux... I&#x
On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 10:49, Michael Still wrote:
> I have seen this on both of my laptops (a Toshiba Tecra, and an IBM
> Thinkpad). It happens in both the W thing and Linux... I've never been
> concerned.
yes! so it's not just me!
my (toshiba tecra) laptop does that slowly scrolling to the top
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thanx everyone for your comments
this problem is very intermittent - hasn't happened yet today and i
haven't been able to nail down if any particular event triggers it
this is a Genius Wheel Mouse supplied with a new desktop system from
everythinglinux - i haven't yet tried swapping in another
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Conrad Parker wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:38:41AM +1000, Jan Schmidt wrote:
> >
> >
> > > is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a
> > > hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?]
> > >
> >
> > I've only ever seen trouble with
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:38:41AM +1000, Jan Schmidt wrote:
>
>
> > is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a
> > hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?]
> >
>
> I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm...
> if I get
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:38:41AM +1000, Jan Schmidt wrote:
> I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm...
> if I get gpm out of the way, then the meece run fine. The symptom I see
> using gpm is that X will get confuses and push the cursor up against the
> edges o
Warren was once rumoured to have said:
> when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer
> starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the
> click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the
> screen but stops some amount of pixels
> is it an intellimouse? those things go screwy sometimes. [it may be a
> hardware problem -- have you tried a different mouse?]
>
I've only ever seen trouble with Intellimeeces when uses them through gpm...
if I get gpm out of the way, then the meece run fine. The symptom I see
using gpm is t
Warren wrote:
>when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer
>starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the
>click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the
>screen but stops some amount of pixels short (about 40 i think)
>
If this is on a laptop, it's most likely the trackpad having a hardware
failure. The Dells at work (NT) often do this just before the keyboard dies.
- Jill.
--
Jill Rowling, Systems Administrator
Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia
Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018
Pho
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:24:56PM +1000, Warren wrote:
> when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer
> starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the
> click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the
> screen but stops some
when running redhat 7.3, kde/gnome, every now and then the mouse pointer
starts to point slightly to the right of the area that will receive the
click and it also then cannot be moved hard against the left of the
screen but stops some amount of pixels short (about 40 i think)
so far the only way
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