From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Gc9vs-0006ra-Td for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:14:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9O0AatM022241; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:10:36 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (thunder.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.71]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9O04wEX032338 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:04:58 GMT Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE534C2E2 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:04:56 +1000 (EST) Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] OT - Mouse going crazy in gnome [SOLVED?] From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1161642781.12185.48.camel@camille.gateway.2wire.net> References: <17CD9CE4C0FA574A8B29EF02D49B385D2A947D@srvexch-01.mcaschool.local> <1161642781.12185.48.camel@camille.gateway.2wire.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:34:53 +0930 Message-Id: <1161648293.1195.4.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b4bc3139-71c8-4dde-bb42-07da956f968e X-Archives-Hash: 1ece98017c7cb689d98b6fc4444a7a9d On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 17:33 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:45 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone help us with this? I have no idea what to do. > > > Her mouse > > > > > and my mouse are identical (optical) and our two > > > xorg.conf files are > > > > > very similar. I have not seen this phenomenon on my PC > > > though. We > > > > > are using modular X. > > > > > > > > > Any chance you are using a KVM Switch? -- ive had problems like that in > > gnome for years using kvm switches. Now I use fluxbox > > > > What's a KVM switch? I changed the protocol in my wife's xorg.conf file > and she says it's behaving itself so far. I'll let you know if it > starts going screwey again... A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch is a hardware device that lets you use one keyboard, video & mouse one 2 to 8 (or more) computers. Very neat, especially for server rooms. Anyway, I had the same problem as you, and changing the protocol from "auto" to something specific fixed it for me... -- Iain Buchanan I've got all the money I'll ever need if I die by 4 o'clock. -- Henny Youngman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list