Mouse acting weird

Badone · n00b Joined: 19 May 2002 Posts: 20

Ok, so I got Gentoo installed and then went on to install XFree86 and Gnome. I then installed the nvidia drivers successfully. My problem is with the mouse. At first, the xf86config script set the protocol to microsoft, and the mouse didn't even move, with both /dev/mouse and /dev/psaux. I then changed the protocol from microsoft to IMPS/2. Now, I can move the mouse, but it's slow. The mouse also clicks when I'm not clicking and it keeps moving back to the bottom left corner. It's weird, I'm trying to go to the top right corner and it jumps back down to the bottom left. It's also a pain since the gnome bar starts over there so it's going up and down. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Guest · Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 4:55 am Post subject:

Are you running gpm? gpm has known issues with XFree86.

Jim

Badone · n00b Joined: 19 May 2002 Posts: 20

Nope, no gpm

Sivar · Apprentice Joined: 25 May 2002 Posts: 266 Location: USA

The same thing occurs with my mouse. I use a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (the big red glowing one) and I suspect that it isn't entirely compatible with the IMPS/2 code used in Xfree86. What exact mouse do you have?

Sadly, the only solution I have found is no solution. Either I use the regular mouse protocol with no mouse wheel, or I use the IMPS/2 protocol with a confused mouse.
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Badone · n00b Joined: 19 May 2002 Posts: 20

Lol, that's the problem, mine is just an old HP 2 button ps/2 mouse. No optical, no track ball, no scroll button.

Badone · n00b Joined: 19 May 2002 Posts: 20

Figured it out! Lol, didn't know there was a PS/2 protocol. Thanks for the help

mattengi · Guest

I use my wheel mouse in 'PS/2' option. but can't use wheel.
In 'IMPS/2' option, mouse confused(always tried to move bottom left corner)
I want to know its my fault setting or XFree 4.2...