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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!uct.ac.za!quagga.ru.ac.za!howland.erols.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X mouse problem Date: 12 Sep 1996 11:51:53 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <518q09$cq@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <514uom$fg0@garcia.efn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chris Brunner (cjb@efn.org) wrote: : I am having a weird problem in XFree386 for FreeBSD 2.10. When I move : the mouse around it works fine, but every few seconds that the mouse is : moving, it jumps to a random point on the screen. This is very annoying, : especially with the X scrolling desktop. This problem has discouraged me : from using X and two FreeBSD guys have had no luck in suggesting what : this may mean. : Anyway, thanks for reading this! You've either got the wrong pointer device specified in your XF86config or you've got a dodgy mouse. If your XF86config is correct (can't tell if you don't describe your setup), buy a new mouse - they're not expensive. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....