Re: Mouse is screwing in Xwindows

Scott Stone (sstone@ume.pht.co.jp)
Tue, 19 May 1998 17:09:27 +0900 (JST) 

On Tue, 19 May 1998, Przemyslaw Rudzki wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 May 1998, Keith wrote:
> 
> > I have just Xwindows and Afterstep on another computer with Debian 1.3.
> > I didn't have a problem with my other computer that I put Xwindows and
> > Afterstep on but on this one the mouse does not work right in Xwindows.
> > The mouse works fine until I load Xwidnows. All it does in Xwindows is
> > stay way up at the top of screen I can move the cursor but only accross
> > the top. Could having gpm loaded cause problems in Xwindows. If so how
> > do I unload it?
> > I know this is probably not a AfterStep problem, but I would really
> > appreciate some ideas on how to fix this.
> > 
> 
> I had very similar kind off problem during installation of Linux itself
> (Slackware). As far as I know there are two possible sources of the
> problem. First (this happend to me) is that your mouse might be exposed to
> a very strong source of light. Try to separate it from the light and check
> if it is the problem. 

wouldn't this only be a problem with optical mice?

> 
> Second could be the /etc/XF86Config file. You can change it in three
> different ways: first run XF86Setup (very nice interface), second : run
> XF86Config (this will generate a whole new /etc/XF86Config file; be
> careful with that one), third: manually change the /etc/XF86Config file.
> Very helpfull could be the reading of the man for XF86Config. 
> 
> 
> Dolo
> 
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