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Bug 80614

Summary: Mouse pointer erratic
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz>
Component: XFree86Assignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Ted Kaczmarek 2002-12-28 19:31:44 UTC
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Description of problem:
I am using Logitech MouseManPlus/PS2, the pointer is erratic to the point where
it is not usable.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Phoebe
2.Setup X for MouseManPlus/PS2 protocol
3.startx
    

Actual Results:  Mouse is uncontrollable, hops all over the desktop.

Expected Results:  Mouse behaves properly.

Additional info:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Snippet from config, why are their two Section "InputDevice" ?

Comment 1 Warren Togami 2002-12-28 21:31:27 UTC
Two mice are configured automatically when you set "PS/2" in redhat-config-mouse
or anaconda in order to accomodate hotplug USB mice.  This is very handy for
laptops but unfortunately something in the kernel is broken that is preventing
it from working at the moment (Bug 80359).

I suspect that your erratic pointer behavior is due to the gpm bug (Bug 80309).
 Please try disabling gpm with "service gpm stop; chkconfig gpm off".  If this
fixes the pointer behavior in X, please close this as a duplicate to Bug 80309.
 

Comment 2 Ted Kaczmarek 2002-12-28 21:44:18 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 80309 ***

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:50:44 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.