[PLUG] Quirky Mouse

[Rogan Creswick]

Have you tried it with gpm disabled? 
/etc/init.d/gpm stop 
will stop gpm, then restart X and see if that helps.

I've also found that controlling the mouse behavior through X directly,
rather than through a WM is more reliable.



-Rogan

On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 02:31:01PM -0700, Richard Steffens wrote:
> In searching for some hint as to why my mouse behaves strangely on my
> newly installed Debian system (cursor doesn't move when mouse is moved
> slowly), I came across this on google:
> 
> gpm and X problem investigated
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing/2000/debian-testing-200008/msg00064.html
> 
> While I don't fully understand it yet, it appears to me that I need to
> figure out if I'm using gpm, and how it is configured. Where do I look
> for that information? man gpm reports: No manual entry for gpm. Could it
> be that there is a misprint on that whole page and that I should be
> looking at gdm?
> 
> One of the comments on that page is:
> 
> 6. My personal experience shows that, with gpm repeating in the ms3
>    protocol, the middle mouse button is very hard to get working in X,
> if
>    at all. Also, movement data of the mouse appears to get lost,
> resulting
>    in erratic and uncomfortable mouse behaviour.
> 
> That sounds like the behavior my mouse is exhibiting. Is this the
> direction I should be pursuing?
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Dick Steffens
> "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
> http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/
> 
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