[NTLUG:Discuss] Funky mouse behavior in FC3

[Terry]

On 6/16/05, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/16/05, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > <wild guess>
> > I think RH / FC uses gdm -  try kdm instead ?
> > </wild guess>
> 
> or mlm  (looks like mlm is new)


<another wild guess>
turn off or dissable gpm  ?

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> > On 6/16/05, lonny.dahl at verizon.com <lonny.dahl at verizon.com> wrote:
> > >
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> > >
> > > Over the weekend, I purchased an Airlink 4 port KVM switch and connected it
> > > to 3 of my computers.  One is a FC3 64 bit machine, one is an old
> > > Smoothwall box and the other is our old dual boot Weenderz 98/FC3 box.  All
> > > 3 boxes boot up ok, I get video on all, keyboards work on all, but the dual
> > > boot box now is doing some funky things with the mouse.  I know it's a FC
> > > thing because the mouse works fine in Weenderz.  What it's doing is, once
> > > the machine boots to the login screen, moving the mouse around causes it to
> > > jump to the far lower left corner of the screen and it acts like it's
> > > clicking on apps as it goes over them.  If you log into a user session, it
> > > does the same thing.  If you move it VERY slowly, it'll move just a bit in
> > > the direction you're moving it to, but then jumps right back to the lower
> > > left corner.  If you get it to pass over an icon on the panel, it brings up
> > > that app like you clicked on it.
> > >
> > > I know this has to be a configuration issue, but have no idea where to go
> > > to see how to fix it.  I've checked the /etc/X11/XFree86.conf file and the
> > > mouse seems to be configured correctly there.  It has to have something to
> > > do with X because it seems to work properly on a text session when booting
> > > into userlevel 3.  I have also tried removing the computer from the KVM
> > > switch and connecting the monitor, mouse and keyboard directly to the
> > > computer, but it's doing the same thing, so it's obvious a configuration
> > > file somewhere has been changed.
> > >
> > > Any ideas what to look for?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > L. Wayne Dahl
> > > Fiber Network Technician
> > > FTTP Fiber Solutions Center
> > >
> > >
> > >
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