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by **Greg Hughe** » Fri, 26 Jun 1998 04:00:00

Hey everyone. I've just got an annoying problem I'd like to get rid of,
if I can. Everytime I switch out of X to a virtual console and then
switch back, my mouse is completely unresponsive for about 3 seconds and
then when it does come back, it acts like it's moved around and clicked
on everything, even though I haven't touched it! For example, when
playing SVGALib-Quake, then quitting out, the mouse selects some text in
the Xterm I launched it from, even though I haven't touched the mouse!

I'm using XFree86 3.3.2 with the Millennium video card (2 MB) and a
Logitech PS/2 mouse. If anyone knows what's going on, please give me a
shout!

Thanks,
- Greg

by **Carl Russman** » Thu, 02 Jul 1998 04:00:00

> Hey everyone. I've just got an annoying problem I'd like to get rid of,
> if I can. Everytime I switch out of X to a virtual console and then
> switch back, my mouse is completely unresponsive for about 3 seconds and
> then when it does come back, it acts like it's moved around and clicked
> on everything, even though I haven't touched it! For example, when
> playing SVGALib-Quake, then quitting out, the mouse selects some text in
> the Xterm I launched it from, even though I haven't touched the mouse!

> I'm using XFree86 3.3.2 with the Millennium video card (2 MB) and a
> Logitech PS/2 mouse. If anyone knows what's going on, please give me a
> shout!

My guess is that it's a PS/2 thing. I noticed the same thing on my
computer, which is a 486 with a totally different video card and version
of XFree86. I sort of accepted it as "normal" until a few days ago when
I was compiling stuff on a (text) virtual console. Every once in a
while I'd get an error from X along the lines of "unable to open mouse"
and X would die.
The dreaded gpm program doesn't seem to be involved, though. I just
killed it, and the same thing is still happening here.

Hopefully someone else has some more stuff to add; it is kind of
annoying now that I think of it!

--Carl

by **Greg Hughe** » Thu, 02 Jul 1998 04:00:00

> My guess is that it's a PS/2 thing. I noticed the same thing on my
> computer, which is a 486 with a totally different video card and version
> of XFree86. I sort of accepted it as "normal" until a few days ago when
> I was compiling stuff on a (text) virtual console. Every once in a
> while I'd get an error from X along the lines of "unable to open mouse"
> and X would die.
> The dreaded gpm program doesn't seem to be involved, though. I just
> killed it, and the same thing is still happening here.

> Hopefully someone else has some more stuff to add; it is kind of
> annoying now that I think of it!

> --Carl

Well, X has never died on me with mouse errors. =) But, um, I used to
have a different mouse (still PS/2) and it worked fine. In fact, the
system was working fine with this current mouse (Logitech FirstMouse+
PS/2) until I put on Slackware 3.5 with XFree86 3.3.2. So, I don't know
what's up with it. If I have GPM running before I start X, I can't use
the mouse at all in X. When I switch from a text-mode console to an X
console, I get a pause of about 2-3 seconds where I can't do anything,
(i.e. move the mouse or type) and then when I finally do get control,
the mouse goes haywire for 1/2 second and it's like it did about a
million clicks / movements in that time. It's really weird and very
annoying.

by **Carl Russman** » Fri, 03 Jul 1998 04:00:00

> Well, X has never died on me with mouse errors. =) But, um, I used to
> have a different mouse (still PS/2) and it worked fine. In fact, the
> system was working fine with this current mouse (Logitech FirstMouse+
> PS/2) until I put on Slackware 3.5 with XFree86 3.3.2. So, I don't know
> what's up with it. If I have GPM running before I start X, I can't use
> the mouse at all in X. When I switch from a text-mode console to an X
> console, I get a pause of about 2-3 seconds where I can't do anything,
> (i.e. move the mouse or type) and then when I finally do get control,
> the mouse goes haywire for 1/2 second and it's like it did about a
> million clicks / movements in that time. It's really weird and very
> annoying.

I'm running XFree86 3.2.? (whatever came with Redhat 4.2), so if this is
an X problem, it's not limited to 3.3.2. I tried it with both my old
PS/2 mouse and my newer PS/2 trackball, and they both do it, so I doubt
it's a flakey mouse. The only times I've really noticed the pointer
jumping around was with a bad mouse; it'd suddenly lock up while I was
in X, I'd have to wiggle the cable (we've all done this one, haven't
we?) and then switch to a VC and back. It'd really go nuts for a second
or so after this with clicks to programs, the wm, everything. Luckily
it never seemed to launch any programs. With a working mouse (soldered
cables!), I only get a 2 to 3 second delay after switching back to X.
Weird. This is really getting annoying now that someone pointed it out!

--Carl

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Weird mouse behaviour w/ XFree86 3.3.2 and Logitech PS/2 mouse

Weird mouse behaviour w/ XFree86 3.3.2 and Logitech PS/2 mouse

Weird mouse behaviour w/ XFree86 3.3.2 and Logitech PS/2 mouse

Weird mouse behaviour w/ XFree86 3.3.2 and Logitech PS/2 mouse

Weird mouse behaviour w/ XFree86 3.3.2 and Logitech PS/2 mouse