UNC Linux Users Group

[Liyun Yu <yu AT radonc.unc.edu>]

Jesse Aaron Safir wrote:

> Liyun et al,
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> > it is using XFree86.
> >    
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> well...what I see in /etc/X11 is "xorg.conf" rather than "XFree86.conf".
>
>  
OK, XORG is a new version of XFfee86. It is almost the same just
with some minor differences. The principle works here.

> > you may correct it from there - you may not have /dev/ums0 directory,
> > instead, your /dev/<name of the mouse device directory> is different.
> > make changes from there, then remember to save the file, reboot the
> > system if you wish to do so by issuing command reboot
> >    
>
> Okay I don't see /dev/ums0.  What I see is /dev/input/mice in the
> xorg.conf file.  When I look at the file system, I see that device and I
> also see one called /dev/input/mouse0.  Should I try switching to that?
>  
Yes, please make the change to your xorg.conf file.
Remember to copy your original file to a different file with changed 
name first,
then modify the xorg.conf file.  That should fix your mouse driver issue 
with the
LINUX. I had problem like that before and I have fixed it by that way.
Without pointing to the correct device path, it will try to work using the
default settings and that is why it is not working well.

> BTW, it's not that my mouse doesn't work at all, it just works a little
> and then it suddenly freaks out and starts jumping all over the screen and
> clicking everything, which makes a real mess.  If I leave it alone, then
> it will work again after a little while.  The problem seems consistent
> if I set it to either Auto/Generic or PS/2/PS/2.  I don't know what other
> kind of setting I could choose.
>  
Yes this is a typical mouse driver issue.

> BTW, I think I may have logged in as root with "safe mode" and then ran
> startx and did NOT have the problem with the mouse.  I can test that
> again.
>  
Please test to make sure if you can login with a regular user
and did not have mouse issue. Since you have pointed that your xorg.conf
did not point mouse to the correct path, I still think you have a mouse 
driver issue there.

Thanks,

Liyun