On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Doug Koobs wrote:
> Steven Buehler wrote:
>
> >I had the same issue with the trackpoint (I believe that's the name IBM used
> >for it) and it was a driver change that fixed it.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Doug Koobs" <dkoobs@dkoobs.com>
> >To: <slug@nks.net>
> >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 8:41 PM
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cursor moves on its own
> >
> >>>Sounds like a PS/2 mouse losing sync (or whatever it does wrong). What
> >>>type of mouse/trackball do you have? What type does XFree86 think it is?
> Well, I thought I had fixed this by changing the protcol to PS/2, but it
> was just teasing me. It started acting up again yesterday. So today, I
> decided I would try a new tactic. I went on Ebay and ordered a another
> laptop. Now the pointer on the Toshiba works fine!
Well, that's kind of a "nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito" solution, but
whatever works.
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