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froke
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 Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:40 am Post subject: mouse out of control in X with kernel-2.6.2 [RESOLVED] |
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Every once in a while, when I'm using my laptop mouse (its the little red stick / nipple-like mouse on a Thinkpad R40) in X, the mouse will just go out of control, sometimes clicking on random things like opening new tabs in firefox. If I just take my finger off for a few seconds, then it returns to normal.
Every time it happens, an entry in /var/log/messages appears:
| Code: | | psmouse.c: Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away. |
I searched google and found some options to pass to my kernel at boot, but neither of them helped. They were psmouse_resolution=200 and psmouse_noext=1
Another interesting thing is that the mouse doesn't respond at all for about 3 seconds when X is first started. The cursor is just stuck in the middle of the screen.
I didnt have any of these problems with kernel-2.4
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Here is my mouse section of XF86Config
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
EndSection
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lostinlinux
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:01 am Post subject: |
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I have the same problem with my laptop except it happens every 20 seconds or so making using kernel 2.6.2 unbareable. From what I have read this is a common problem, hope they fix this one soon
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DarkSorcerer
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Same here:
Linux 2.6.2 an Logitech MX500 mouse.
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/var/log/messages:
Feb 27 17:15:39 gentoo kernel: psmouse.c: MX Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away
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Mouse is connected on PS/2, my XF86Config:
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection
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Any ideas?
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vcat
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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I have recently had the same problem on Gentoo as well. Allthough I'm pretty sure it is due to the croocked drivers. I encoutered the same mad mouse behavior some time ago while running RH8 on Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 0) video card. As far as I know the only way to deal with this problem is to use hardware cursor instead of software. As far as I remember most drivers accept the following options "hw_cursor" or "sw_cursor" or "HWCursor"/"SWCursor". Switch on software cursor instead of hardware. It "might" help.
Cheers!
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froke
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Where exactly do you specify HWCursor and SWCursor? In XF86Config or pass parameter to kernel at boot??
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vcat
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| You should specify it in XF86Config |
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redbaron16
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| I have a thinkpad R31, and I had problems with my mouse randomly jumping places.... come to find out whenever it checked the status of my battery was when the mouse would jump, so i set the time in between checking the battery, and now it only does it once in a blue moon as opposed to 2 time a min. |
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froke
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 3:30 am Post subject: |
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I just upgraded to gentoo-dev-sources with kernel-2.6.3-r2 and I have yet to experience the problem with the mouse flying out of control. However, there is still a little lag when X first starts where I cannot move the mouse, but it is not as long as it used to be.
Considering this resolved.
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