[Xorg] mouse freaks out

[Erik Harrison]

I had the reverse behavior. I'd periodically loose control of the
mouse until I compiled the mouse driver into the kernel. Problem only
occured on 2.6 kernel

-Erik
On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:29:16 -0500, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
> 
> Some page "i recompiled it as a module(psmouse.c), then loaded it after the
> kernel came up, and all is well... "
> 
> dammed if it didn't fix my problem too.
> 
> Carl K
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Egbert Eich" <eich at freedesktop.org>
> To: "Carl Karsten" <carl at personnelware.com>
> Cc: <xorg at freedesktop.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Xorg] mouse freaks out
> 
> >
> > With a 2.6.6 kernel the mouse support is now in the kernel.
> > The driver will still try to fix it, it is most likely that
> > the kernel is already sending bogus data.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Egbert.
> >
> >
> >
> > Carl Karsten writes:
> >  > Not sure how to describe it.  when I move the mouse just a little, the
> mouse
> >  > cursor flys all over the screen, and I get CR's sent to the term windows.
> >  >
> >  > It is a logitech mouseman wheel.  works fine with 'everything else.'
> swapped it
> >  > with a microsoft mouse, same behavior.
> >  >
> >  > I have tried a few protocols, nothing helps.
> >  >
> >  > Section "InputDevice"
> >  >         Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >  >         Driver      "mouse"
> >  >         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
> >  >         Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> >  > EndSection
> >  >
> >  > LinuxBook1 linux # X -version
> >  >
> >  > Release Date: 18 December 2003
> >  > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
> >  > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.6-rc3-bk11 i686 [ELF]
> >  > Current Operating System: Linux LinuxBook1 2.6.6-rc3-bk11 #18 Sun May 16
> >  > 16:01:44 GMT 2004 i686
> >  > Build Date: 16 May 2004
> >  >         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
> >  >         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> >  > Module Loader present
> >  > LinuxBook1 linux # uname -a
> >  > Linux LinuxBook1 2.6.6-rc3-bk11 #18 Sun May 16 16:01:44 GMT 2004 i686
> Celeron
> >  > (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> >  > LinuxBook1 linux #
> >  >
> >  >
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