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by **Dzend** » Tue, 16 Jul 1996 04:00:00

Dear friends,

Having installed slackware and XFreeR6 on my 486 PC, i have the
following problem with my 2-button mouse:
Declaring my mouse as Microsoft or MouseMan in the X config file,
the mousepointer only moves when i move my mouse quick and far
enough, but hardly in the direction i want it. Also sometimes menus
pop up, without clicking the mouse. With other configurations my mouse
does not respond at all.

I checked the following:
my mouse works ok under Windows
my mouse worked already ok under a previous slackware installation

Any ideas what goes wrong? Where can i find more help?

Thank you for your attention

Wolfgang Stoecher

by **Dzend** » Tue, 16 Jul 1996 04:00:00

Dear friends,

Having installed slackware and XFreeR6 on my 486 PC, i have the
following problem with my 2-button mouse:
Declaring my mouse as Microsoft or MouseMan in the X config file,
the mousepointer only moves when i move my mouse quick and far
enough, but hardly in the direction i want it. Also sometimes menus
pop up, without clicking the mouse. With other configurations my mouse
does not respond at all.

I checked the following:
my mouse works ok under Windows
my mouse worked already ok under a previous slackware installation

Any ideas what goes wrong? Where can i find more help?

Thank you for your attention

Wolfgang Stoecher

by **Tim Ke** » Wed, 17 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>Subject: sorry, basics: my mouse goes wild
>Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:32:14 +0200
>Dear friends,
>Having installed slackware and XFreeR6 on my 486 PC, i have the
>following problem with my 2-button mouse:
>Declaring my mouse as Microsoft or MouseMan in the X config file,
>the mousepointer only moves when i move my mouse quick and far
>enough, but hardly in the direction i want it. Also sometimes menus
>pop up, without clicking the mouse. With other configurations my mouse
>does not respond at all.
>I checked the following:
>my mouse works ok under Windows
>my mouse worked already ok under a previous slackware installation
>Any ideas what goes wrong? Where can i find more help?

Sounds like the wrong mouse decode routine. If you have gpm-1.00, there is a
neat little mousetest program, which does a good job of telling what kind of
mouse you have. The 'have to move very fast' indicates that you need to
get the upper bits set to get any decode, so my guess would be that the mouse
is using 5-byte, and your driver uses 3-byte. This happens on my cheapo mouse
when I switch the switch on the bottom. Usually the driver re-syncs on the
mouse action (button press) byte, but occasionally it gets out of sync,
causing random buttons.Hope this helps.
tk

by **AJ Richards** » Wed, 24 Jul 1996 04:00:00

: Having installed slackware and XFreeR6 on my 486 PC, i have the
: following problem with my 2-button mouse:
: Declaring my mouse as Microsoft or MouseMan in the X config file,
: the mousepointer only moves when i move my mouse quick and far
: enough, but hardly in the direction i want it. Also sometimes menus
: pop up, without clicking the mouse. With other configurations my mouse
: does not respond at all.

If it's a busmouse, try the Busmouse HOWTO, at your local sunsite
mirror. If it's a serial mouse, try the Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO,
at your local mirror or direct from http://www.veryComputer.com/

Your might need some of the more * configs set in your Xconfig
file - something like ClearDTR. Look at the XF86Config man page
for details.

Geoff
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