On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Levi Bard wrote:
> OK, I have a newly installed machine here, and the mouse is acting
> somewhat erratically, sort of a tamed down version of what happens
> when you select the wrong mouse protocol. Basically, the system is
> usable, but occasionally the pointer will jump to the edge of the
> screen, or some phantom clicks will register in a weird location.
>
> I'm thinking the problem is either Gnome(2.8) or Metacity, because I
> don't have this problem if I mouse around in GDM. I'm going to
> install some more WMs and see if the problem is resolved, so hopefully
> I can just run a different VM inside of Gnome, which I'd really like
> to keep on this machine.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Yes, I tried changing the protocol in the XF86Config.
> No, GPM is not running.
I had a much more severe case of this when I first moved to a 2.6.x kernel
using the new input system. I added "psmouse.proto=imps" to my kernel
boot options and all is well now. There are a couple of different
protocols you can try there, google will of course provide them =).
Jason
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