Re: crazy mouse on fedora3

From: James Bridge (Rupert.Bear_at_Nutwood.com)
Date: 05/15/05

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    On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 18:19 +0100, James Bridge wrote:
    > On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 10:10 -0400, James T wrote:
    > > On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:15 +0000, luh wrote:
    > >
    > > > Hi all,
    > > >
    > > > my fedora3 PC works fine, but i have some mouse troubles
    > > >
    ...
    >
    > I've just come across something similar. I run Fedora 3 and all has been
    > fine for months. Today the mouse pointer started to make little erratic
    > movements, left and right, gradually drifting to the left edge of the
    > screen. In fact, it has just started up again as I type this. The mouse
    > does work but it is hard to use because the mouse pointer won't stay
    > put. There was hard drive activity at the same time. Both have now
    > stopped again. Keyboard works normally.
    >
    > There are Windows viruses which do this sort of thing. Has anyone else
    > come across a Linux version? Any suggestions what to do about it? (FWIW,
    > it's now started playing up again.)
    >
    Turned out to be dust in the optical mouse...

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