[NTLUG:Discuss] Crazy Mouse!

[J. Reeves Hall]

kelly Scroggins wrote:

> My mouse is going crazy in X!  It was working fine but now it's not.  It's
> real "jumpy".  If I attempt to click on something it "jumps" horizontally
> and/or vertically away from my target.
>
> I'm running Red Hat 6.0.  This is what my etc/sysconfig/mouse file looks like.
>
> MOUSETYPE="ps/2"
> XMOUSETYPE="PS/2"
> FULLNAME="Generic Mouse (PS/2)"
> XEMU3=yes
>
> Any suggestions?

Does it work in Windows? If so, it's a config problem. Otherwise it sounds like
you need a new mouse. They act weird when they're dying... Or perhaps it just
needs a thorough (as in, take it completely apart and use alcohol+qtip) cleaning.

-Reeves