Mouse problem

[jdunn]

I'm using a M$ Basic Optical Mouse plugged into the PS/2 port on my desktop PC. Every minute or so, the mouse pointer warps to some far edge of the screen. Its not a huge problem...its just annoying. How can I fix this?

[askrieger]

Re: Mouse problem

You could verify that the "Configured Mouse" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file looks like this;

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 option "CorePointer"
 option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

If it doesn't, you may have found your problem.

However, I would try another mouse, because this sounds like a hardware problem. I'd also check the connections on the mouse, most of those things have no stress relief. You should have two identical PS/2 connectors, I would swap the keyboard and mouse and see if that makes the mouse work and the keyboard go nuts.

[jdunn]

Re: Mouse problem

The xorg.conf info is identical. The PS/2 connection seem okay.
I'll have to find another mouse.

[devnull73]

Re: Mouse problem

perhaps an IRQ clash? Ive heard some network and sound cards dont like sharing IRQs on the PCI bus.

cat /proc/interrupts

[jdunn]

Re: Mouse problem

Well, I have another computer and it runs Windows XP. I swapped the M$ Basic Optical Mouse on my Linux box for the M$ IntelliMouse Optical on my XP machine. Intellimouse Optical works fine on Kubuntu and Basic Optical Mouse works fine in Windows XP. Perhaps the problem is related to the mouse driver in Kubuntu