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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!panix!not-for-mail From: mikhail@panix.com (Mikhail Kuperblum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with mice Date: 12 Nov 1995 00:55:58 -0500 Organization: <p> Lines: 22 Message-ID: <48429e$2vh@panix.com> References: <482t6g$m9a@panix.com> <87vioq4srg.fsf@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com As Martin Butkus <y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de> enunciated: > >>>>> "MK" == Mikhail Kuperblum <mikhail@panix.com> writes: > In article <482t6g$m9a@panix.com> mikhail@panix.com (Mikhail Kuperblum) writes: > > > MK> Just finished installing v2.0.5. Ran into mice problem. Every > MK> time I startx, my mouse either totally doesn't work or skips > MK> (I see the pointer, then it's gone, then I see it again) and > > Maybe you configured the wrong protocol in /etc/XF86Config? (I ran into this > problem when the user's guide of my 3-button mouse described a wrong way to > switch it into Logitech mode - check for that, too.) I wish it was that simple. I tried two different mice (Logitech and Microsoft) and basically ran them through all possible settings in /etc/XF86Config. The best I was able to master was a jerky mouse motion with a bunch of "interrupt level overflow" errors every couple of seconds. -- mikhail