Re: flakey mouse problems

From: rado (rado_at_rivers-bend.com)
Date: 11/18/04

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:38:24 -0500

    latest thing I(rado) found:
    checking another Fedora box that I did a full install on, NOT an
    upgrade, incidently, the mouse is fine in this
    box...the /etc/sysconfig/mouse and grep -i device /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    readouts were exactly the same as on this box except for this following
    line:
    FULLNAME="Generic - 3 Button Mouse (PS/2)" instead of Wheel Mouse
    but I just don't think that FULLNAME could be the problem huh???

    I got a sneaky suspicion that it might be in this very old Athelon 850
    processor/mb deal...what do you people think along these lines??
    what has me stumped is how come the mouse performs great in the other 3
    boxes ...one box I know for sure w/the exact same driver as this one but
    yet this box is so flakey.
    rado
    ...

    ok...first, for what it's worth:
    [root@rbmain conf]# cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse
    FULLNAME="Generic - Wheel Mouse (PS/2)"
    MOUSETYPE="imps2"
    XEMU3="no"
    XMOUSETYPE="IMPS/2"
    DEVICE=/dev/input/mice
    [root@rbmain conf]#

    the mouse: it's like, if maybe I hit an edge of the screen it goes
    bananas...if maybe sometimes if it passes over the task bar it just
    starts throwing everything to the screen...then maybe if it happens to
    pass at the top of the screen and hits a program menu it just starts to
    open up stuff that was never opened...this is not just a constant
    deal..I cannot pinpoint it as it's not something that I can make repeat
    constantly...that's why I described it as just "flakey" ummm maybe like
    a lady w/pms w/a loaded 45 in her hand? ::ducking:: hahahaha

    that's bout all I can say bout it, Peter,

    If there was someway that I knew the exact driver required for this
    mouse...I probably have it already installed...I dunno tho...and if I
    knew exactly how to install it...or it's path...I could probably tweak
    it in xorg.conf

    thx
    rado

    Peter wrote:
    Could you describe to us exactly what it is doing?

    Peter

    >Peter wrote:
    >
    >What do you have in /etc/sysconfig/mouse ?
    ("cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse")
    >
    >If you run "grep -i device /etc/X11/xorg.conf", do you have a device
    >listed for a mouse and what is it?
    >
    >Peter
    >
    >rado wrote:
    >[root@rbmain conf]# grep -i device /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    >Section "InputDevice"
    >Section "InputDevice"
    > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    >Section "Device"
    > Device "Videocard0"
    >You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
    >
    >thx for reply Peter...If I remember right...awhile back I lost my mouse
    >config and I used /dev/input/mice as a kluge...knew it wasn't right but
    >at least got a mouse back... I really want to get it right tho...
    >thx,
    >rado
    >
    >
    >rado wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>I can't say this is is an FC3 specific problem. I seem to have had a
    >>
    >>
    >bad
    >
    >
    >>mouse driver under FC2 but put it off til I upgraded just to see if it
    >>would go away but it has gotten even worse! I mean like the whole
    >>
    >>
    >screen
    >
    >
    >>just fills up w/this and that or goes blank ...just seems to do
    >>
    >>
    >whatever
    >
    >
    >>the mouse wants.
    >>
    >>I need to have some direction on how to change the mouse driver in
    FC3.
    >>this mouse is just a plain ole logitech wheel mouse and runnin thru a
    >>kvm switch but the problem is not the mouse...it works fine in the
    >>windows box and the other 2 fedora boxes in this system...just this
    one
    >>box here.
    >>
    >>thx,
    >>rado
    >>
    >> 

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