Microsoft optical wheel mouse weirdness! [SOLVED}

gullyg · Last edited by gullyg on Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:15 pm; edited 1 time in total

Ok - not sure if this is the correct forum, but anyway.

I've an optical microsoft wheel mouse connected to my computer via usb. However whatever i do i cant get the scroll to work, and when the computer is working very hard the mouse goes crazy and starts jumping arround the screen and clicking randomly.
I moved it from a usb/ps2 adaptor becuase the problem was far worse under ps2 - however the scroll works under ps2.

Also the weird movement problem is far worse if the computer is overclocked!!

So i suppose the main prblem is the weird action of the mouse is the main problem - if this could be solved i'd happily go back to ps2 and live happily ever after (And not bother you nice folks ever again - or until i've got another problem)

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System is -

XP2500 barton - will happily OC to over 3200+ speeds (except for this mouse problem)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev2
Various junk - Sound is onboard.
FX5200 vga.

Here is my Xorg.conf file (none of the configs make any difference!)

noodle · n00b Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 43

Hi,

I had the same problem, this worked for me:

gullyg · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

Cheers looks to has done the trick.

Will have to stress test it tonight - any re-overclock it.

Will let you know many thanks

iain

Update --

On USB the scroll still wont work and on ps2 the mouse still goes crazy. Any ideas welcome

cheers
Iain
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gullyg · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:21 am Post subject:

Ok, i've tried every thing i can think of - all the drivers i can find etc.

I've now got it on the usb port but it's starting to playup there as well!!

Has anyone got any ideas before i throw this bloody mouse out the window and has to go back to my £2 ebuyer ball mouse?

Cheers

iain
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mouse256 · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 32

I'm having the same problem here:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1409480#1409480
Here it works when I use PS2, athough I have know the mouse doing funny once (and I'm only using this config for half an hour now, so let's hope ;-)

) Moving the mouse suddenly drops the pointer all over the screen and it starts clicking, have you the same problem?
My pc is also a lot overclocked (running a amd barton 2500+ (166*11 default) @ 230*10

gullyg · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:54 pm Post subject:

I've down clocked my barton a bit and put the mouse back on the ps2. With helped it still goes mad every so often. but whatever i try i cant get the middle wheel to work!!
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mouse256 · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 32

okay, scroll wheel works on PS2, but it's starting driving me nuts, It's getting mad too often:

gullyg · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:18 pm Post subject:

OK

It's fixed, i'm not really sure what i've done - however i had to reinstall xorg when i upgraded to kernel2.6.8r1 (The nvidia kernel module really botched xorg for some reason!!).

Anyway i'm on usb with scroll, so it's all GOOOOOD!!

Many thanks all

Iain
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chovy · Guru Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 453

did you remove the nvidia driver? I'm having the same problem in 2.6.16-r7
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