[Xorg] mouse freaks out

Carl Karsten carl at personnelware.com
Mon May 17 08:29:16 PDT 2004


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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