Mouse weirdness, evdev, opengl, xorg

c0nv1ct · n00b Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 8

With xorg-server 1.4.0.90, nvidia drivers 169.07, and evdev 1.1.5-r2, problems still exist. Its been months, i still dont get why this is still broken. Atleast i've found that having VLC running fixes the problem (i prefer mpd over audacious).

syscrash · Guru Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541

I've fixed one problem here:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13808
Let's hope they integrate the fix soon.

(This has to do with the mouse not reacting properly to slow movements.)
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PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 6609

I use:

Jinxter2K7 · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 15

kaosone · Guru Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 446

for me this fix doesn't work

kaktuspalme · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 27

For me the fix doesnt work either(in et).

I went into the game today, and ive seen when i go right side with the mouse , it runs very fast, little movements are enough to make a 360 movement.
But When i go with the mouse rightside, then it makes nearly nothing. Same with up and down, when i go up it runs very slow. When i go down, it rans very fast down.

A little bit strange the problem.

Sorry for bad english.

azp · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

I've seen strange issues in Darwinia too. Like the previous post, the mouse is super sensitive and moves all over the place, totally uncontrollable. It's a real shame that when I finally took some time to sit down and play, it didn't work as it should...

:cry:

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azp · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject:

I've found this solution in the gentoo evdev (HAL) guide. Add this following setting inside a Module section:

Section "Module"
...
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
...
EndSection

The full guide can be found here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml
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Animatrix · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

chabo · n00b Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 24

try downgrade x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev to 2.1.3 version if you use evdev as a mouse driver in xorg.conf
i've had this problem after some upgrade of evdev or xorg and had to downgrade

i have:
x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4

azp · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

I could mention that I'm using Xorg-1.5.3-r5 with the "new" HAL fdi settings. I think there have been bug fixes regarding this issue going into xorg-1.5, but I might be totally off base.
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cjmace · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 111

Any further updates on this?

I have a Microsoft wireless mouse and have no issues with the pointer. The mouse buttons are very slow to react in gnome (like 5-10 seconds to bring up a menu). In individual applications they work fine. No issues with keyboard. Very strange.

Have current portage versions of Xorg, gnome and nvidia. emerge -e x11 nvidia gnome gave no help. Issue is the same with device set as mouse or as event device.

Really strange and annoying.

azp · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:36 am Post subject:

My issues went away when updating Xorg, and that was 3 years ago, so your problem is probably something very different. Xorg has even left HAL behind since this thread was started, and is now using evdev exclusively. Have you checked out the Gentoo Xorg evdev guide?
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