absolutely CRAZY mouse behavior dispite configuration.

bushk

i know there's like 50,000 mouse threads, but trust me, none of them offered a solution to my problem.

problems:
1. mouse movements become erratic during prolonged button pressing (dragging).

2. mouse wheel button (press the wheel) works, but up and down movements do nothing.

my xorg.conf:

bushk · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:05 am Post subject:

also, to note, whenever the system goes into more stress (emerging, or quake3, etc) sometimes when i press a key on the keyboard it never echo's, and the mouse goes ALLLL FRITZY jumping around and randomly clicking on it's own. i'm betting these problems are related.
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BlastM · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:18 am Post subject:

You don't need imwheel just for a simple USB wheel mouse.

Just have the following in your mouse section in xorg.conf:

bushk · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject:

moving zaxismaps to smaller numbers results in other buttons malfunctioning. higher numbers no response. protocol changes no differences. usb--ps/2 adaptor, no difference.

boot messages warn me that my dma is turned off (whatever that is) and something may be slow. could these be related? gkrellm says my HD maxes at 1.5mb/s...and it's a 8mbbuffered 7200rpm drive. perhaps this 'causes everything including hte mouse to becoem laggy and eratic during emerging. any thoughts? any solutions?

thanks for the efforts.

cheers!
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BlastM · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:10 pm Post subject:

Fuck it.

Buy a new mouse.

And DMA is how DVD drives and HDDs talk to each other bypassing the CPU. You might need to turn it on in the kernel. Post to Kernel & Hardware about that one.

bushk · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:23 pm Post subject:

hehehe. the feeling is mutual. however, it's not like there's anything wrong physically with the mouse...in runs on winblows perfectly. so i'd be replacing a perfectly good piece of equipment...and i'm not in a financial position to do such a thing.

thanks for the tip on the dma.
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tryn · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:37 am Post subject:

Look at this link and see if my answer there will help you.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=241604&highlight=

bushk · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:37 am Post subject:

SOLVED.

ok. so, the combination of choosing /dev/psaux AND useing a usb-ps/2 converter seemed to have worked...wheel IS functioning. w00t w00t.

thanks all, only i wish i knew why the mouse works in ps/2 but doesn't in usb with EXACTLY the same config. :\
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j3rm · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject: grr!

Ok... this sucks. Unfortunately I don't have the liberty to switch to a USB/PS/2 converter, as my mouse is already ps/2. Maybe I should buy a ps2 to usb converter and then put a usb to ps2 converter on that!

Anyway, is there a real solution to this, or are there just work arounds that may or may not work? I've tried all the suggestions to no avail.
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DNAspark99 · Guru Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 321

I had the same issue, where no matter what configs i used for xorg.conf, and even usb kernel modules, my dell optical usb mouse was jumpy and chaotic under high CPU usage (and sometimes not even) ...it wasn't until I googled around a bit that someone mentioned possible interference from proximity to other devices... so I removed the mouse from the area, moved my LCD monitor back a few inches, moved the wireless mouse reciever (for another mouse on another computer), and brought the mouse back....oddly enough, it seems to have greatly improved the situation, it's only been about 30 mins so far, but it hasn't jumped under my stress tests so far...