(Wireless) mouse pointer has beans

From: Terence Parker (terence_at_nospam.deltapath.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:41:59 +0800

I've just installed X on my Gentoo 2004.0 installation - but I appear to
have a problem with my mouse pointer.

My mouse is a Logitech cordless optical plugged into the PS/2 port of my
PC. It works fine in Windows. In Linux however, it does not move at all
- and when it does (see below) the movement is totally uncontrollable
and random. I have tried various settings - IMPS/2 , PS/2, NetScrollPS/2
etc... and all have the same problem.

I'm not sure if this is affected by a writing pad (USB) I also have
installed - it's detected by linux as an HID device. With my cordless
mouse, it doesn't move at all upon entering X, but after a quick tap of
the writing pad it moves - albeit eratticaly, as described above.

I have tried unplugging the writing pad completely - when I enter X I
simply get a pointer that won't move at all.

Is this a problem with my cordless optical? I find even when it DOES
work (on the odd occasion) that it performs as if it's low on batteries
(i.e. click several times before it registers a click) - but this
shouldn't be the case as the batteries are new and it works fine in Windows.

I thought the wireless side of such devices is entirely transparent to
the computer - could this be causing me problems?

Or is this just linux being stupid?

Any help would be appreciated!

Terence

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