[NTLUG:Discuss] Crazy Mouse!

[Kelly Scroggins]

Yes, it is a ps/2 mouse and the XF86Config file "thinks" it is too.

    Section "Pointer"
        Protocol    "PS/2"
        Device      "/dev/mouse"

And it's a symlink to /dev/psaux

    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            5 Aug  1 13:37 mouse -> psaux

Kelly


Kevin Brannen wrote:

> I had this happen once.  If I remember right, the problem was a bad type
> specification.  So, it is really a PS/2 mouse?  Is that what your
> XF86Config says it is too?  Is the mouse device correct, and does it
> exist?  (mine is /dev/mouse, which is a symlink to /dev/psaux)  I think
> that's all the normal things to check...
>
> HTH,
> Kevin
>
> 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kelly
> >
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