Mouse Very Shakey In Linux

[LSA]

It isn't so shakey in windows but when i go to linux it is almost unbearable....

Do I need drivers or something?

It is a GE (yes the fridge makers :lol:) clone of the m$ optical mouse

:helpsmile:

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@23 January 2004 - 13:41
It isn't so shakey in windows but when i go to linux it is almost unbearable....

Do I need drivers or something?

It is a GE (yes the fridge makers :lol:) clone of the m$ optical mouse

:helpsmile:
You need to adjust you xfree86 config file. The location of it varies depending on your distro. Aslo you need to know what kind of mouse you have and what it does You may have to knock your runlevel down to 3 instead of 4 or 5 so that X graphical server will not try to run at bootup. You need to be root at a shell prompt. The config file is probably located in "/usr/share/X11/lib" It may be a few more directories in between that as well depending on your distro. You might try to run XFree86 --config from the terminal without the quotes. as see if that works. Anyway this is the section youll need to edit. This is only an example of the fields you need to change...........not a solution.


> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver "mouse"
> Identifier "Mouse[1]"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
> Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
> Option "Name" "Autodetection"
> Option "Protocol" "ps/2"
> Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
> EndSection

*edit*
Btw.................http://www.xfree86.org/support.html

[LSA]

Thanks, people with tux avatars have to stick together :lol:

I will give that a try thanks for the reply

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@23 January 2004 - 15:44
Thanks, people with tux avatars have to stick together  :lol:

I will give that a try thanks for the reply
Hehe

http://johngalt.crosswinds.net/anim/tuxanim012.gif

[LSA]

looks like tux had a few :guinesssmile: :lol:

this is what my mouse config looks like now (before changes)

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

the protocol is IMPS/2... is that right for a usb mouse? maybe that is the problem...ill mess with it....you have to restart x for any changes to take effect right?

thanks

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@23 January 2004 - 16:14
looks like tux had a few :guinesssmile: :lol:

this is what my mouse config looks like now (before changes)

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

the protocol is IMPS/2... is that right for a usb mouse? maybe that is the problem...ill mess with it....you have to restart x for any changes to take effect right?

thanks
I think that 0 beside mouse should be a 1 or 2. 1 for left hander and 2 for right, and 3 is for middle button mouse so on and so forth.

Try using /dev/mouse orf /dev/psaux, that way it might link symbolically and find your mouse automatically. Other than that it looks ok.

What distro is it?

[LSA]

its red hat 9

hey its better than windows!!!

*edit*
I was looking at the config file closer and it shows 2 mice configs...hmmm

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@23 January 2004 - 16:25
its red hat 9

hey its better than windows!!!

*edit*
I was looking at the config file closer and it shows 2 mice configs...hmmm

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Just use the first one. And make sure you make a backup of any config file you touch.

[LSA]

So delete the second mouse config? :fear2:

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@23 January 2004 - 16:51
So delete the second mouse config? :fear2:
No. It should use the first one by default unless you already commented some code out. If you did you might want to get it back the way it was and then change the first one only.

Leave the comments on the second one and just leave it --> #

[LSA]

no i left it there, this is the first time i edited a config file besides .bash_profile so i just want to make sure i do it right :ph34r:

im going to 0wn this mouse :gunsmile: :lol:

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@23 January 2004 - 17:00
no i left it there, this is the first time i edited a config file besides .bash_profile so i just want to make sure i do it right  :ph34r:

im going to 0wn this mouse  :gunsmile:  :lol:
Good luck.............just be careful. :P

In the meantime:


https://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/rhl9.html

[LSA]

Thanks for all your help shn! :)

I'm going to try some of the things you posted and i hope i dont mess up my mouse!