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audiodef
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: HELP! Mouse cursor will not move [SOLVED]

After my last world update, the mouse cursor will not leave the left side of the screen on my laptop. When I use the mouse pad, the cursor rapidly oscillates between the left side of the screen and wherever my finger lands on the pad. It basically moves up and down and that's it. I've been trying different INPUT_DEVICES and downgraded xorg-server, to no avail. I'm stumped on this one and I'd appreciate some help figuring out what's going on. I had to set KDE to move the mouse with the numpad arrow keys. It's not a hardware problem, which I confirmed when I booted up with a sysrescCD, where the mouse works fine.

xorg.conf is auto-configure.

make.conf:

Code:

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example.
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
# WARNING: Changing your CHOST is not something that should be done lightly.
# Please consult http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml before changing.
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
VIDEO_CARDS="intel fbdev"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics"
CAMERAS="*"
COLLISION_IGNORE="/"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc/hosts /etc/issue /etc/conf.d/hostname"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
FEATURES="ccache parallel-fetch buildpkg fixpackages"
CCACHE_SIZE="2G"

GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/source/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tera-byte.com/ http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/ "

SYNC="rsync://rsync21.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"

USE="X a52 aac aalib acpi addbookmarks afs aim alias alsa amr amrnb amrwb apm
arts aspell atm autoreplace avahi bash-completion beagle berkdb bindist
bl bookmarks bzip2 cairo cdaudio cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrom cgi
clamav clamd cleartype connectionstatus contactnotes cpudetection crypt
css cups curl custom-cpuopts cvs cxx daap dbus dga dhcp dirac dts dv dvd
dvdr dvdread embedded emerald encode exif fbcon fbcondecor fbdev ffmpeg
flac flash fltk font-server fontconfig fortran freesound ftp gadu galago
gdbm gecko ggi gif gimp glitz glsa gnokii gnome-keyring gnome-print
gnomecd gnutls gpac gphoto2 gpm grub gtkhtml guile hal highlight history
htmlhandbook hunspell icons iconv icq id3 id3tag ieee1394 ifp inotify
inquisitio iproute2 ipv6 irc jai java jce jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal
kdehiddenvisibility kdeprefix kdm kipi kqemu ladspa lame latex lcms
libcaca libgcrypt libnotify libsamplerate lm_sensors login-watch lzo mad
mbox md5sum mdnsresponder-compat messenger midi mmx mono mounts-check mp2
mp3 mp3rtp mp3tunes mp4 mp4live mpeg mplayer msn mtp musepack musicbrainz
nas nautilus ncurses nemesi netmeeting networking networkmanager njb nls
nntp nowlistening npp nsplugin nss ntlm offensive ogg openal openexr
opengl pam passwordsave pcmcia pda pink pixmaps pkcs11 pmu png portage
ppds prediction prelude profile python qa qt-static qt3 qt3support qt4
quicktime rar realmedia rtc ruby samba sametime scanner schroedinger sdl
sensord shout slp smbkrb5passwd sms sndfile soundtouch sox spell srt sse
sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification statistics subject-rewrite subversion
suidcheck svg tagwriting teletext templates texteffect tga theora threads
tiff timidity tk tracker transcode translator truetype twolame unicode
unsupported userfiles v4l v4l2 vamp vcd video vidix visibility
visualization vorbis wav wavpack webdav webpresence win32codecs winbind
winpopup wma wxwindows xanim xcb xcomposite xft xine xinerama xinetd xml
xorg xpm xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zeroconf zlib
zsh-completion -apache2 -autoipd -boundschecking -custom-optimization
-debug -doc -eds -emacs -evo -examples -firefox -games -gcj -gnome
-gstreamer -gtk -howl-compat -ip28 -ip32r10k -krb4 -libffi -lilo
-mailwrapper -milter -minimal -mozdevelop -moznocompose -moznoirc
-moznopango -moznoroaming -multislot -mysql -nocxx -nopie -nossp -nptl
-ntp -objc -oss -postgres -rubytests -socks5 -static -test -xemacs
-xforms -xprint -zemberek"

emerge --info:

Code:

Portage 2.2_rc26 (default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.28-gentoo-r2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r2-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T5250_@_1.50GHz-with-glibc2.0
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:45:02 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash: 4.0_p10-r1
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.7
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r15, 2.5.4-r2
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8
dev-util/cmake: 2.6.3
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.3-r1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils: 2.19.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.28-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/conf.d/hostname /etc/hosts /etc/issue /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/source/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tera-byte.com/ http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/ "
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync21.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi addbookmarks afs aim alias alsa amr amrnb amrwb apm arts aspell atm autoreplace avahi bash-completion beagle berkdb bindist bl bluetooth bookmarks branding bzip2 cairo cdaudio cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrom cgi clamav clamd cleartype cli connectionstatus contactnotes cpudetection cracklib crypt css cups curl custom-cpuopts cvs cxx daap dbus dga dhcp dirac dri dts dv dvd dvdr dvdread embedded emboss emerald encode esd exif fam fbcon fbcondecor fbdev ffmpeg flac flash fltk font-server fontconfig fortran freesound ftp gadu galago gdbm gecko ggi gif gimp glitz glsa gnokii gnome-keyring gnome-print gnomecd gnutls gpac gphoto2 gpm grub gtkhtml guile hal highlight history htmlhandbook hunspell icons iconv icq id3 id3tag ieee1394 ifp inotify inquisitio iproute2 ipv6 irc isdnlog jai java jce jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kdeprefix kdm kipi kqemu ladspa lame latex lcms ldap libcaca libgcrypt libnotify libsamplerate lm_sensors login-watch lzo mad mbox md5sum mdnsresponder-compat messenger midi mikmod mmx mono mounts-check mp2 mp3 mp3rtp mp3tunes mp4 mp4live mpeg mplayer msn mtp mudflap musepack musicbrainz nas nautilus ncurses nemesi netmeeting networking networkmanager njb nls nntp nowlistening npp nptlonly nsplugin nss ntlm offensive ogg openal openexr opengl openmp pam passwordsave pcmcia pcre pda pdf perl pink pixmaps pkcs11 pmu png portage ppds pppd prediction prelude profile python qa qt-static qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime rar readline realmedia reflection rtc ruby samba sametime scanner schroedinger sdl sensord session shout slp smbkrb5passwd sms sndfile soundtouch sox spell spl srt sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification statistics subject-rewrite subversion suidcheck svg sysfs tagwriting tcpd teletext templates texteffect tga theora threads tiff timidity tk tracker transcode translator truetype twolame unicode unsupported usb userfiles v4l v4l2 vamp vcd video vidix visibility visualization vorbis wav wavpack webdav webpresence win32codecs winbind winpopup wma wxwindows x86 xanim xcb xcomposite xft xine xinerama xinetd xml xorg xpm xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid xvmc yahoo yv12 zeroconf zlib zsh-completion" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="*" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel fbdev"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

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Last edited by audiodef on Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:01 am; edited 1 time in total

d2_racing
Bodhisattva

Joined: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 13047
Location: Ste-Foy,Canada

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject:

Hi, can you post this :

Code:

# equery list xorg
# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

audiodef
Watchman

Joined: 06 Jul 2005
Posts: 6639
Location: The soundosphere

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:36 pm Post subject:

equery list xorg:

Code:

* installed packages
app-doc/xorg-docs-1.4-r1
app-doc/xorg-sgml-doctools-1.2
x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r4
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
x11-misc/xorg-cf-files-1.0.2

xorg.conf is autoconfigured; however, here is an xorg.conf I had been working with. The mouse behaves the same way with or without this xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dri"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option    "Protocol" "auto"
Option    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor"    # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey"    # <i>
#Option "CacheLines"    # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces"    # <i>
#Option "PageFlip"    # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

MarioCorleone
Guru
Guru

Joined: 29 Jun 2003
Posts: 336

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject:

from my experience, evdev does not get along with your keyboard and mouse drivers, i rebuilt my xorg-server 1.5.3 with evdev and joystick as my only input devices, commented out the keyboard and mouse lines in my xorg.conf, and everything was fine _________________ -Mario

d2_racing
Bodhisattva

Joined: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 13047
Location: Ste-Foy,Canada

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

Hi, you should read this thread : https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-722498.html

audiodef
Watchman

Joined: 06 Jul 2005
Posts: 6639
Location: The soundosphere

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject:

mario18 wrote:

from my experience, evdev does not get along with your keyboard and mouse drivers, i rebuilt my xorg-server 1.5.3 with evdev and joystick as my only input devices, commented out the keyboard and mouse lines in my xorg.conf, and everything was fine

This is actually what I had. What you see in my info now is that I added keyboard and mouse because it wasn't working with only evdev. Now it's still not working.

Now to check out the link d2 posted...
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audiodef
Watchman

Joined: 06 Jul 2005
Posts: 6639
Location: The soundosphere

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject:

d2_racing wrote:

Hi, you should read this thread : https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-722498.html

The part about removing the keyboard and mouse device sections from xorg.conf preventing the display from even starting on my system.

However, however it happened, taking keyboard and mouse back out of make.conf and recompiling xorg-server, and rebooting, puts me back into a system with a working mouse.

I still don't know what happened, but thanks to all for replying!

d2_racing
Bodhisattva

Joined: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 13047
Location: Ste-Foy,Canada

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:52 am Post subject:

No problem

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