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From: "Timothy A. Holmes" <tholmes@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] OT - Mouse going crazy in gnome
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:52:22
Message-Id: 17CD9CE4C0FA574A8B29EF02D49B385D2A947D@srvexch-01.mcaschool.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Mouse going crazy in gnome by Michael Sullivan
1 > > > Can anyone help us with this? I have no idea what to do.
2 > Her mouse
3 > > > and my mouse are identical (optical) and our two
4 > xorg.conf files are
5 > > > very similar. I have not seen this phenomenon on my PC
6 > though. We
7 > > > are using modular X.
8 > > >
9 > > > --
10 > > > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
11 > > >
12 > >
13 > > Hi Michael,
14 > >
15 > > if it is the same "mouse-effect" I recognized as I tried
16 > to configure
17 > > my X...
18 > >
19 > > It may be that the "auto" settings for the protocol fail
20 > to detect
21 > > the correct protocol (the wrong protocol was the reason for
22 > the "wild
23 > > mouse" in my case...).
24 > >
25 > > I cannot determine the kind of mouse (manufacturer, brand,
26 > > interface...) from the output you send with your mail...
27 > >
28 > > My mouse is identified at boot time like this:
29 > >
30 > > input: Logitech N48 as /class/input/input0
31 > > input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Logitech N48] on usb-0000:00:10.0-2.4
32 > >
33 > > it is an three-button USB-mouse (Logitech).
34 > >
35 > > I configured it in xorg.conf like:
36 > >
37 > >
38 > > Identifier "Mouse1"
39 > > Driver "mouse"
40 > > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
41 > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice
42 > > Option "Buttons" "5"
43 > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
44 > >
45 > >
46 > > HTH
47 > >
48 > > Have a nice weekend!
49 > > mcc
50 > >
51 >
52 > I was wrong about her mouse being the same as mine: Her's is
53 > a Mitsumi wheel mouse and mine is a Logitech wheel mouse. Is
54 > there a way to view the boot up messages without actually
55 > rebooting? Also, I pulled this from her dmesg output:
56 >
57 > catherine ~ # dmesg | grep 'ouse'
58 > psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost
59 > synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.
60 > psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost
61 > synchronization, throwing 1 bytes away.
62 > psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost
63 > synchronization, throwing 3 bytes away.
64 >
65 >
66 > --
67 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
68 >
69 >
70
71 Any chance you are using a KVM Switch? -- ive had problems like that in
72 gnome for years using kvm switches. Now I use fluxbox
73
74 TIM
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78 Timothy A. Holmes
79 IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
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RE: [gentoo-user] OT - Mouse going crazy in gnome [SOLVED?] Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>