Mouse is jumpy - hard to get anything done.

[purplehayes]

I'm Uber-Noobie to this, but I did manage to get Mandrake 8.0 installed last night without any hitches except one. My Logitech Mouseman wheelmouse is super jumpy. It will jump all over the screen and it seems to have an affinity for the lower left-hand corner.

How do I correct this problem? Don't forget, dumb down the answers.

PH
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[scott_R]

Obviously, something isn't right with your setup. Try using a more generic driver using mousedrake, or mouseconfig (at the command line if it's too hard to use X) to get by till you can look at the howto's or get better advice from someone that knows something. :)

[posidamuS]

I had the same problem when I installed SUSE 7.2. YOur problem, which may have been the same as mine, was that my video resolution was set too high! Everytime I tried adjusting my reso my mouse was extremely jumpy. Basically, I had no controll over it. I would check our linux config and make sure your screen resolution is supported by your video card. If the resolution is too high it effects your mouse.

hope this helps out.

Never take a computer apart untill you have been properly introduced.

[ph34r]

Make sure gpm isn't running and make sure you have the proper protocol listed in your XF86Config file.

[Roy Smith]

and while the above info is most likely your problem, try cleaning the mouse inside, if it has a ball, as the ball can pick up dust and hairs and such and transfer that stuff to the rollers, which can cause some pretty erratic behavior.

[Silent Bob]

I have never gotten a specific X mouse driver to work with it's intended mouse. The Genius Netmouse pro worked best with the Microsoft Intellimouse driver and oddly enough vice-versa.

Try picking either a generic driver or a device that is similar to what you have in everything but name.


To do this press CTRL-ALT-F1 and log in as root, then run mouseconfig


[ 06 November 2001: Message edited by: Silent Bob ]

[-B]

I am having the exact problem, I am running SUSE 7.2 on an HP PIII 850 and it does the exact thing. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to change it in xwindows with my mouse all jacked up. How do I install a different mouse or change me resolution when I cant use my mouse. can someone point me to a "how-to" page or give step by step instrctions on how I can do this? Thanks in advance for your help, and great web-site

[Lorithar]

Most likely this is the incorrect mouse protocol for the device in
/etc/X11/XF86Config or
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Depending on which version of X is installed.

Boot to a command prompt level of linux, and edit the file by hand ... my personal preference, or rerun the appropriate X configuration program... some distros include their own.

there is a line in there that looks similar to

driver "mouse"
option "protocol" "ps/2"

or similar.... there are quite a few options you can put in there, but the ps/2 and imps/2 are likely the most common and cover quite a range of ps/2 attached mice.

check out http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.html
for details on mouses or mice in X...